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Breast Cancer Now

Breast Cancer Now

By: Breast Cancer Now
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 If you’re looking for authentic stories about life with and beyond breast cancer, we’re here. Welcome to the Breast Cancer Now podcast.

Join host Laura for open, supportive and honest conversations with guests who have personal or professional experience of breast cancer.

Laura Price is a writer, podcaster and author of the novel Single Bald Female. She’s living with secondary, incurable breast cancer.

We’re Breast Cancer Now, the research and support charity. If you’ve got questions about breast cancer, go to our website breastcancernow.org.

New episodes every other Friday.


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Episodes
  • S6 Ep12: Giving breast cancer patients #MoreTimeToLive

    S6 Ep12: Giving breast cancer patients #MoreTimeToLive
    Aug 1 2025
    Sophie Blake, who lives with secondary breast cancer, talks to Laura about Breast Cancer Now's campaign to make sure everyone with breast cancer across the UK can get access to the drugs they need to survive.

    Eleanor from Breast Cancer Now also joins the conversation to explain the issues with the drug approval system in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and what work Breast Cancer Now is doing to help change things.

    Help us take action now with our automatic form that contacts your MP asking them to help fix the system.

    Find out more about Breast Cancer Now's campaign, #MoreTimeToLive

    You can follow Sophie Blake on X @sophieRblake and Instagram @sophieblake72.

    If you'd like to find out more about Breast Cancer Now's support services, visit the Breast Cancer Now website or phone our free helpline on 0808 800 6000 (UK only).

    You can subscribe to this podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Every episode is available to watch or listen to on the Breast Cancer Now website. You can also watch it on YouTube.

    Key Topics:
    2:01 Sophie explains what secondary breast cancer means to her
    3:23 The importance of access to breast cancer drugs
    4:54 The meaning of "More Time To Live"
    6:44 Enhertu: a drug that was rejected for use on the NHS in England
    10:10 Eleanor outlines the problem with drugs not being approved
    13:07 The Severity Modifier, explained
    18:38 The reality that people are dying of breast cancer every day
    22:23 Breast Cancer Now's recommendations to MPs to help change the system
    25:49 The response to the campaign so far from Wes Streeting and NICE
    28:21 The timescales required for change
    34:33 How listeners can get involved in the More Time To Live campaign
    37:31 Sophie talks about the impact of her campaigning on her family
    42:39 What it means to Eleanor to live well
    44:30 What it means to Sophie to live well
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    47 mins
  • S6 Ep11: Faye and Rebecca on The Show by Breast Cancer Now

    S6 Ep11: Faye and Rebecca on The Show by Breast Cancer Now
    Jul 18 2025
    Faye and Rebecca join Laura in the podcast studio to talk about The Show by Breast Cancer Now. At The Show, they joined 21 other people who live with or beyond breast cancer, as models for the day.

    They speak about the nerves and excitement of taking to the catwalk in stylish outfits, the importance of support and friendship between all their fellow models, and how they feel several weeks after the big night!

    Faye also talks about how her diagnosis of breast cancer affected her body image, and how it gave her a new perspective on her career. Rebecca talks about the difficulties of going through cancer treatment when her body reacted badly to the drugs, and the importance of sharing her story to help others.

    You can watch The Show 2025.
    Apply to be a model in The Show 2026.

    If you'd like to find out more about Breast Cancer Now's support services, visit the Breast Cancer Now website or phone our free helpline on 0808 800 6000 (UK only).

    You can subscribe to this podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Every episode is available to watch or listen to on the Breast Cancer Now website. You can also watch it on YouTube.

    Key Topics:
    2:18 Rebecca's diagnosis and treatment for breast cancer
    5:03 Faye's diagnosis and treatment for breast cancer
    9:49 Looking back at The Show by Breast Cancer Now
    19:26 Overcoming a breast cancer diagnosis
    21:48 Taking part in The Show while going through active treatment for breast cancer
    24:29 Experience of breast cancer in a West African community
    27:13 Cultural taboos around breast cancer
    28:04 Taking to the catwalk in The Show!
    30:58 Working with a fashion stylist
    33:05 The experience of having hair and make up done for The Show
    35:50 Losing body confidence after breast cancer
    36:40 Rebecca's bodybuilding career
    39:51 Making your own choice regarding cancer drugs
    42:40 Faye's body image after breast cancer
    44:35 Faye changes career after her cancer diagnosis
    46:45 The feeling of community as a model in The Show
    51:41 What it means to Rebecca to "live well"
    52:55 What it means to Faye to "live well"
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    57 mins
  • S6 Ep10: Donna Fraser on mental attitude towards breast cancer

    S6 Ep10: Donna Fraser on mental attitude towards breast cancer
    Jul 4 2025
    Donna Fraser OBE, Team GB athlete, was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 36, with no family history. In this episode of the Breast Cancer Now podcast, Donna talks to Laura about how this shock diagnosis affected her and the tough decisions she had to make about her world-class athletics career.

    Donna also speaks about being an Ambassador for Breast Cancer Now, and her work to improve breast cancer diagnosis and treatment more accessible for people in ethnically diverse communities.

    You can follow Donna on Instagram: @donnalegz and @donnafraserobe

    If you'd like to find out more about Breast Cancer Now's support services, visit the Breast Cancer Now website or phone our free helpline on 0808 800 6000 (UK only).

    You can subscribe to this podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Every episode is available to watch or listen to on the Breast Cancer Now website. You can also watch it on YouTube.

    Key Topics:
    2:08 Donna is diagnosed with breast cancer
    6:05 Introducing "Diane", Donna's voice of determination
    7:37 Making the decision to have a mastectomy
    9:20 Recovering from a mastectomy
    11:21 The effects of breast cancer surgery on body image
    15:18 Donna's new relationship with her body after breast cancer
    18:23 Donna makes the decision to go public about her breast cancer
    20:21 Black women and breast screening attendance
    23:48 Donna's work raising breast awareness among younger women
    24:37 The barriers to accessing breast cancer diagnosis and care
    27:58 Donna becomes an Ambassador for Breast Cancer Now
    31:05 Pink Ribbonwalks – a charity fundraiser
    34:39 Sport and exercise after breast cancer
    36:12 Tips for getting back into exercising after surgery
    39:23 Staying breast aware after active treatment for breast cancer
    40:07 Donna makes the decision to retire
    45:05 The highlights of Donna's athletics career
    46:18 What it means to Donna to "live well"
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    50 mins
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