Prevent Breast Cancer funds high-quality research projects that fall into four distinct pillars: gene research, screening and early detection, environment and lifetsyle risk factors and preventative drugs.
We often seed-fund new ideas researching into the prediction and prevention of breast cancer – without our original funding these research projects would not happen. Furthermore once these pilot projects have been undertaken, they can often support large grant applications to organisations such as The National Institute of Health Research.
We work closely with The Manchester Breast Centre to collaborate with world renown experts in the field. Being situated at the only Breast Cancer Prevention Centre in the UK – inside the NHS Nightingale building – we’re right at the front-line in the fight against the disease.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK, despite it being a rare disease in men. Every year, over 55,900 individuals are diagnosed – that is 153 people a day. Each year we lose 11,500 to this disease. For us, that is 11,500 too many. In the UK breast cancer rates in women have increased by 24% since the 1990s. Incidence rates for breast cancer are projected to rise by 2% in the UK between 2014 and 2035, to 210 cases per 100,000 females by 2035. At Prevent Breast Cancer, we believe we can stop the problem before it starts.
We are always looking for people who can volunteer with us at events, bucket collections and awareness activities. If you can join in and make some noise for prevent breast cancer, whether that be a bucket collection or with our London Marathon cheer squad, we would love to bring you on board team PBC!