Category: Education

We’re taking a look at different chemotherapy treatments for patients with secondary breast cancer. Last week we covered Capecitabine and one of the community, Amanda Verrecchia, now talks about her experience of the treatment.

What is Capecitabine Capecitabine, also called Xeloda, is a chemotherapy drug used to treat a number of different cancers including secondary breast cancer. It works by slowing or stopping the growth of cancer cells.

Chemotherapy is a cancer treatment where medicine is used to kill cancer cells. There are many different types of chemotherapy medicine, but they all work in a similar way.

The final blog in the Working with Cancer series from SBC patient, Lynne. 

Working with cancer. 

Blog 4 in a series of blogs from SBC patient, Lynne, about Working with Cancer. 

Receiving a secondary and incurable diagnosis

Here is the 3rd in a series of blogs from SBC patient, Lynne, on Working with Cancer - 

Returning to Work After Cancer

#MenGetBreastCancerToo It’s Men’s Health Week, so join @WalktheWalk and collaborating charities. Spread the word… Check your Chest… Save lives!

Here is the 2nd in a series of blogs from SBC patient, Lynne, about her experiences of Working with Cancer.

Being away from work. 

SBC patient, Lynne, shares a series of blogs with us about Working with Cancer.

Stepping away from work after a cancer diagnosis

What was your experience of the period just prior to your lumpectomy? Was everything explained to you about the type of procedure, options available and what to expect from recovery?

The next patient blog in the OWise & Make 2nds Count collaboration comes from Diane Lavin and she shares her HER2+ Secondary Breast Cancer story. 

A mastectomy is an operation to remove all of the breast and is used to treat breast cancer in both men and women. Recovery time can take between 4-6 weeks.

In the third blog of our partnership with Make2ndsCount, we want to share reliable information surrounding the science behind HER2 positive secondary breast cancer, as well as current and future treatments available. Nearly a third of people diagnosed with earlier stages of breast cancer will develop advanced disease [1][2].

As part of Complementary Therapy Week, Kayley tells us about her experience of using cryotherapy *Disclaimer: The benefits of therapies is not yet a recognised treatment in the U.K, please speak to your specialist before using Cryotherapy. I go to cryotherapy.

Following the first blog of our series with OWise about the science behind HR+ secondary breast cancer, in this blog, we wanted to share with you the experience from Jacqui Crewe, a secondary patient with HR+, HER- breast cancer.