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Breast Cancer Now
aka Breast Cancer Care, Breakthrough Breast Cancer
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.
Overview
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.
Location
London, GB
Type
consortium
Website
Newsweek 2026 oncology rank
Not in top 300 listing used
OnCo score
#491 · 6 points (0 Newsweek + 0 NCI + 6 from 3 linked objects) · ranking
- Nurse helpline 0808 800 6000
- Someone Like Me peer support
- Moving Forward courses
- Online forum
- Patient information on triple negative breast cancer
- Toby Robins Research Centre at the ICR
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