Breast Cancer Campaign
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| Founded | 1988 |
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| Type | Charitable organisation |
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Area served
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United Kingdom and Ireland |
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Employees
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86 |
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Volunteers
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460 |
| Website | http://www.breastcancercampaign.org |
Breast Cancer Campaign was a breast cancer research charity based in the United Kingdom. In 2015, Breast Cancer Campaign merged with another charity, Breakthrough Breast Cancer, to form the UK's largest breast cancer research charity - Breast Cancer Now.
In 2006, Breast Cancer Campaign asked 56 of the UK’s breast cancer experts for their views on current breast cancer research. The aim was to highlight key gaps in breast cancer research and help to identify the future challenges that needed to be achieved in order to gain the maximum benefit for patients.
In 2006, Campaign published "The History of Breast Cancer", a report that highlighted the key achievements made in breast cancer research over the last 2,000 years. The report aimed to outline how the money spent on research has not only advanced our knowledge of breast cancer but also directly benefited patients.
In 2014 it was announced that Breast Cancer Campaign would be merging with the charity Breakthrough Breast Cancer.
The Breast Cancer Campaign Tissue Bank is a collaboration between four research centres. It aims to create a bank of breast cancer tissues for researchers to study. The four research centres are:
Breast Cancer Campaign have support the Off-patent Drugs Bill a Private Members Bill that would increase Government support for off-patent drugs where there is no incentive for pharmaceutical companies to support the creation of life enhancing breast cancer drugs.
The 'Spread the Word' campaign aims to increase efforts aimed at preventing deaths from secondary breast cancer.
wear it pink is a UK-wide fundraising initiative organised by Breast Cancer Now. Held annually in October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, supporters wear an item of pink and in return donate £2 each. The money raised funds around 100 projects, specifically breast cancer research throughout the UK and Ireland. This awareness emphasizes the need for improved diagnosis, treatment, prevention and cure.
wear it pink is the UK’s original and biggest pink day during October. Set up in 2002 by Campaign to help fundraise for breast cancer research, since its beginning, the fundraising initiative has raised over £23 million for breast cancer research.[1] Anyone can take part and it is popular with office workers, schools and community clubs. The 2011 Wear it Pink event raised £2.2 million for cancer research. The 2017 event will take place on Friday 20 October. As said by a Bolton West MP, "I know people who have lost friends and family members to the disease and I would like to encourage local residents to support Wear it Pink to raise valuable funds for breast cancer research".
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