The UK Charity dedicated to Triple Negative Breast Cancer
What is the UK Charity for TNBC?
We are a new charity, registered with the Charity Commission in England and Wales (reg no. 1192952) dedicated to helping people with TNBC in the UK by providing them with better information and support, and by funding research into TNBC.
Making A Donation
All donations to the UK Charity for Triple Negative Breast Cancer will be spent exclusively on TNBC. A donation will allow us to support more women with TNBC and invest in the excellent UK scientific centres that are doing much needed and ground breaking research into TNBC. Follow to button below to find out more about how donations work and to make one yourself.
When you are first diagnosed
Triple negative breast cancer, often shortened to TNBC, affects 1 in 6 people with breast cancer. There are similarities, but also differences, between TNBC and other types of breast cancer. That means some, but not all, of your treatments and experiences will be the same as for other people newly diagnosed with breast cancer.
This area of the website is intended for people who have been diagnosed with TNBC with no visible sign that the cancer has spread; we hope it will help you to understand your treatment options, enable you to ask questions to your oncologist and cope effectively with the physical and emotional pressures.
Working Towards A Cure For People With Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is still the cancer most likely to affect women in the UK, and 1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime. When breast cancer is caught early it can usually be cured by a combination of surgery, with or without radiotherapy, and drug treatment. In some women, however, the cancer has already spread as seedlings (or metastases) that are too small to be seen and are not killed by drug treatment after their diagnosis. In those people the cancer can come back (or recur) elsewhere in the body, and once these seedlings become visible, breast cancer can be controlled but not cured.
This page explores the process of looking for a cure for Triple Negative Breast Cancer.
”I am delighted that a charity has been launched that is specifically aimed at helping patients with TNBC.”
— Dr Chris Twelves, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Oncology, and Director, NIHR Leeds Clinical Research Facility.