Stephanie Butland

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Tag: cancer research

The best of Pinktober

As is usual in October, lots of people have been in touch to tell me what their organisations are doing to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Despite my mixed feelings about the whole shebang, here are the ones I am happy to give the Bah! seal of approval to…..
I like Marks and Spencer’s practical, helpful [...]

Frozen out

Gaynor sent me a link to a news article about what Kefah Mokbel, my surgeon, is up to these days. (Apart from, y’know, saving lives.)
You can read about the trial, for destroying small breast cancers in situ under local anaesthetic, here.
I think this is so exciting. Because it’s not just dealing with cancer and the [...]

Cancer in the news

It looks like all of that money we’ve been putting in tins, all of those bags taken to cancer research shops, all of the sponsored walks and swims and cycles and silences, all of that consenting to trials and donating ourselves to medical research, is paying off.
There may be a drug to help with pancreatic [...]