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As part of our series looking at different chemotherapy treatments for secondary breast cancer, Sarah Michaeloudis shares her experience of Carboplatin this week.

We are looking at different types of chemotherapy - how you take it and possible side-effects - and then hearing from a patient about their experience. This week it’s Carboplatin.

As part of our series looking at different chemotherapy treatments for secondary breast cancer, Emma Emery shares her experience of Eribulin Mesylate this week.

Next in our series covering different types of chemotherapy is Eribulin Mesylate. What is Eribulin Mesylate?

The stage of a cancer tells you how big it is and how far it has spread and helps your team decide which treatment is needed. Stage 1 The earliest stage where the cancer is found in the breast or lymphs nodes under the arm.

We are looking at different types of chemotherapy - how you take it and possible side-effects - and then hearing from a patient about their experience. This week it’s Gemcitabine.

If you’ve had this chemotherapy as part of your treatment and you’d be happy to share your experience with us, please email support@make2ndscount.co.uk and we’ll be in touch.

As part of our series looking at different chemotherapy treatments for secondary breast cancer, Val Boxall shares her experience of Epirubicin) this week.

We are looking at different types of chemotherapy - how you take it and possible side-effects - and then hearing from a patient about their experience. This week it’s Epirubicin.

We talked to Fiona Semple, Senior Post Doctoral Fellow, to find out more about the pioneering research project Make 2nds Count is funding with the Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre. Tell us about your role at the University of Edinburgh’s Breast Cancer Translational Research Group?

As part of our series looking at different chemotherapy treatments for secondary breast cancer, Terri Read shares her experience of Nab Paclitaxel (Abraxane) this week. When were you diagnosed with secondary breast cancer?

Thank you to Erin & the MyTomorrow's team for taking the time to talk to Claire about our work with secondary breast cancer patients. 

Find out more about the work of MyTomorrows here 

SECONDARY BREAST CANCER AWARENESS SHOULD BE A 365 DAY-A-YEAR CAMPAIGN Vital education needed for the forgotten cancer marked on 13th October each year Woeful ignorance of secondary breast cancer requires more than just a single awareness day today (October 13) to educate the public about this forgotten form of the disease. Charity Make 2nds Count which is leading a campaign to highlight secondary breast cancer, a disease currently killing 1000 women a month in the UK, says it needs to be a year-round initiative to prevent lives being destroyed.

We are looking at different types of chemotherapy - how you take it and possible side-effects - and then hearing from a patient about their experience. This week it’s Nab Paclitaxel.

I had my secondary diagnosis confirmed in 2016 straight after my primary treatment ended so I went from one massive hurdle straight into another one. No real time to breathe and ‘enjoy the moment’.

Two-fifths of UK population are unaware of the condition killing 1,000 women and men every month Astonishingly, just under two-fifths of the adult population in the UK are ignorant about secondary breast cancer, a new survey shows. The disease killed former Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding last month (Sept) yet according to a YouGov poll just three weeks later, 38% of those questioned say they don’t know what secondary breast cancer is.