The Research

Against Breast Cancer funds groundbreaking cancer research to improve detection, treatment and increase survival after breast cancer diagnosis. The focus of our research is preventing secondary spread, the main cause of breast cancer related deaths.

The ultimate goal of Against Breast Cancer is to stop secondary breast cancer from claiming lives. Our unique approach is to do this by focusing our research on three key areas: prevention, detection and therapies.

Our research teams at several of the UK’s leading academic institutions are carrying out projects which address these three areas-

1. Prevention - how diet and lifestyle may increase or reduce your risk of developing secondary breast cancer, providing sound, evidence-based advice relevant to a UK population.
2. Detection - how to design better tools for earlier diagnosis of secondary breast cancer to increase survival rates.
3. Therapies- how the body’s natural defences could be harnessed to design more effective treatments and ultimately a vaccine against breast cancer.