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BBC News
a day ago
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South East lobular cancer campaigners meet health secretary
A group of campaigners, including some from Surrey and Sussex, have met Health Secretary Wes Streeting in a call for more research into a form of breast cancer which "has no specific treatment".Lobular cancer is often missed because it begins in the milk-producing lobule glands and often does not form a Susan Michaelis from Horsham in West Sussex, founded the Lobular Moon Shot charity and was due to be at the meeting on Monday but died last a statement, the government said it was taking "decisive action" to tackle breast cancer and continued to encourage applications for research funding. Dr Michaelis's husband, Tristan Loraine, said: "The day after my wife passed away, the leaders of most political parties wrote to the prime minister and Wes Streeting, and said 'please fund this project, stop other people dying.'"This is the will of the majority of MPs."The campaigners want the government to commit to spending £20m over five years for research. Kate Ford from Walton-on-Thames was diagnosed with lobular breast cancer in 2022, and has undergone surgery, chemotherapy and said: "Lobular cancer has been known about for 80 years and 22 women a day are diagnosed in the UK, and they find out there is no specific treatment because the basic biology of this disease has never been studied."The Lobular Moon shot, partnered with the Manchester Breast Centre have put together a team of global experts. The project is ready to go." A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: "We're taking decisive action to tackle breast cancer head-on, from launching world-leading AI trials to catch it earlier, to driving forward vital research that improves care and saves lives."It said it continued to encourage further applications for research funding through the National Institute for Health and Care Research and UK Research and added: "Our reforms to cancer care will see more than 100,000 people getting diagnosed faster with thousands more starting treatment within two months. "Across the NHS, we've already hit our target of delivering two million extra operations, scans and appointments seven months early."
BBC News
2 days ago
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- BBC News
Cancer campaigner dies after 14 years with illness
A woman who campaigned relentlessly for research into lobular breast cancer has died after living with the illness for 14 Susan Michaelis launched the Lobular Moon Shot Project in 2023 to fight for £20m in funding for research into the biology of invasive lobular breast Michaelis, from Horsham in West Sussex, had been due to meet Health Secretary Wes Streeting on Monday to press him on the died at home on 9 July, while wearing a Lobular Moon Shot Project t-shirt, with her husband, Tristan, and close friends. Dr Michaelis had completed a degree in marketing, though her dream was to become a saved enough money to become a private pilot, then pilot teacher before making it as an airline pilot, flying to remote communities in the challenging terrain of the Northern Territory of in 1997, Dr Michaelis collapsed mid-flight. She lost her medical certificate and never flew as an airline pilot again, but contributed to the Australian Senate carrying out an investigation and went on to become an air accident her injuries sustained as an airline pilot, Dr Michaelis completed Half Ironman triathlons and became the first Australian to receive a British Citizen Award for her work in aviation being diagnosed with lobular breast cancer, she set about campaigning for research into the illness, which she said was "just not being done".Lobular cancer makes up 15% of all breast cancer cases, but campaigners say it is under-studied and rarely recognised due to rarely forming a lump in the same way as other breast differs from more common forms of breast cancer in that it begins in the milk-producing lobule glands, as opposed to 70-80% of breast last month, Dr Michaelis was one of 22 women to take part in a vigil outside Downing Street, representing the 22 women who are diagnosed with the disease every year, a rose named the Dr Susan Michaelis Rose was launched by Harkness Roses at the Chelsea Flower meeting with Mr Streeting on Monday will still go ahead, with Dr Michaelis's husband and the Lobular Moon Shot Project continuing her work.
