# Breast Cancer Now

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## TL;DR

The UK's breast cancer research and support charity: a free nurse helpline, the Someone Like Me peer service, Moving Forward courses, an online forum and patient information on triple-negative disease, alongside funding of the Toby Robins Research Centre at the ICR.

## Summary

Breast Cancer Now is the UK charity formed from Breast Cancer Care and Breakthrough Breast Cancer. Its services page lists a free nurse helpline (0808 800 6000), Someone Like Me (peer support from someone who has had a similar diagnosis), Moving Forward courses for people finishing treatment and an online forum. Its information pages cover triple negative breast cancer (around 15 percent of breast cancers; more common in women with an altered BRCA1 gene and in Black women), olaparib, breast prostheses and reconstruction. It funds the Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre at The Institute of Cancer Research, directed by Andrew Tutt.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-09-24
- Also known as: Breast Cancer Care; Breakthrough Breast Cancer
- Tags: charity; uk; breast
- City: London, GB
- Type: consortium
- Website: https://breastcancernow.org/

## Sources

- Breast Cancer Now: https://breastcancernow.org/
- Services and information: https://breastcancernow.org/all-services/services-and-information-at-breast-cancer-now
- Triple negative breast cancer: https://breastcancernow.org/about-breast-cancer/diagnosis/types-of-breast-cancer/triple-negative-breast-cancer

## Connected records

- cancers: [Breast cancer (all types)](https://onco.cc/cancers/breast-cancer/), [Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC)](https://onco.cc/cancers/tnbc/)
- institutions: [Macmillan Cancer Support](https://onco.cc/institutions/macmillan-cancer-support/), [The Institute of Cancer Research](https://onco.cc/institutions/icr-london/)
- people: [Andrew Tutt](https://onco.cc/people/andrew-tutt/)
- trials: [TNT (Triple Negative Trial)](https://onco.cc/trials/tnt/)

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