Breast cancer

Silicone Breast Forms for women who've had a mastectomy

Boost Breast Forms Pop Up Shop

Event Date: 
19/06/2023 - 10:00am to 25/06/2023 - 4:00pm
Venue: 
John Lewis, Exeter

Boost's innovative breast form products will be hitting the high street for the first time this summer! Our breast forms are a great summer alternative for women who've had a mastectomy after their breast cancer treatment. Come along to try our products, have a fitting and meet our team.

We'll be in John Lewis from the 19th to 25th June, 10 am - 4pm daily.

We can't wait to see you there!

www.wewearboost.com or contact us hello@wewearboost.com for more information.

Silicone Breast Forms for women who've had a mastectomy

Innovative Breast Form Company Hits The High Street in Exeter This June!

Boost Breast Forms are hitting the high street in Exeter this summer!

Cornwall-based innovators Boost are set to hit the high street in June for their first ever South West pop-up shop. The team will be bringing their innovative breast forms to John Lewis in Exeter, offering customers opportunities to purchase the products in a high street store for the very first time.

“We’re really excited to be bringing our products to Exeter,” Boost co-founder Sam Jackman said. “Not only will we be able to offer fittings and product advice in person for the first time, we hope that...

Three generations take on Fizz Run in memory of big-hearted breast cancer patient

Authored by Hospiscare
Posted: Thu, 06/14/2018 - 10:37pm

Places on the Hospiscare Twilight Walk , taking place on 7 July, are going fast, so walkers – and runners – are advised to sign up soon. For the first time, this year’s event includes a 5k fun run as well as the now-traditional 5 or 10 mile walking routes, to cater for women and girls of all ages and levels of fitness.

Starting at the Maer in Exmouth, the event has a ‘Pink Fizz’ theme, so runners and walkers who agree that pink isn’t just a colour, it’s an attitude are encouraged to dress accordingly. The fizz – a drop or two of bubbly – will await them, along with a bacon bap and...

Testing for immune ‘hotspots’ can predict risk that breast cancer will return

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sat, 08/05/2017 - 9:35pm

Scientists have developed a new test that can pick out women at high risk of relapsing from breast cancer within 10 years of diagnosis.

Their study looked for immune cell ‘hotspots’ in and around tumours, and found that women who had a high number of hotspots were more likely to relapse than those with lower numbers.

The new test could help more accurately assess the risk of cancer returning in individual patients, and offer them monitoring or preventative treatment.

Scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, analysed tissue samples from 1,178 women...

I lost my mum to cancer... Now I'm getting dirty for the cause

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Sat, 07/15/2017 - 11:01pm

Catherine Price was aged just 13 when her mum died from cancer and coming to terms with her death hasn’t been easy. Having also experienced the upsetting loss of four other close relations to cancer - Catherine is getting together with her close friend Danni Floyd to take on Race for Life Pretty Muddy. The 24 year-old support worker is keen to urge women of all shapes and sizes to muck in and join the fight by signing up for Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life Pretty Muddy event in Exeter on Saturday 22 July at Westpoint. Cancer is a disease which has robbed her also of her young cousin...

Exeter scientist urges women to take on Race for Life

A SCIENTIST in Exeter is urging women to back life-saving research - by signing up for Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life.

Prof Willie Hamilton, lead researcher and professor of primary care diagnostics at the University of Exeter, has spent much of his career working in collaboration to help discover new and more effective ways to diagnose cancer by applying different methods to GP surgeries.

As a GP himself he has dedicated his working life to studying which cancer symptoms are the most important, so that GPs can more readily spot potential cancer at an earlier stage. He...

Thousands take part in Exeter Race for Life

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 07/25/2016 - 12:58pm

Thousands of women united at Westpoint Exeter this weekend with one mission in mind – to conquer cancer.

Now Cancer Research UK is calling on Exeter’s formidable army of mighty-mums, gutsy-grans, feisty friends and go-getting girls to make every step count by paying in their sponsorship money as soon as possible.

Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life, in partnership with Tesco, is an inspiring women-only series of 5k, 10k and Pretty Muddy events which raises millions of pounds every year to fund life-saving research.

Ruth Chamings, Race for Life event manager for...

Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital invests in Women’s Health

Authored by Anna Pryce
Posted: Wed, 02/17/2016 - 1:18pm

Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital has invested £120,000 in breast care imaging technology. The new mammography suite enhances the state-of-the-art diagnostic offering at the hospital.

The Fuji Amulet system provides high quality images which helps to detect abnormalities more effectively. The images are produced immediately with no processing time. The system is more comfortable for patients as the scanning time is reduced.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK with around 12,000 women dying of the disease every year.

Although breast screening cannot...

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Suppliers and customers noticed something different about the AnTech team last Friday as they wore pink to support ‘Wear It Pink’ Day, a national campaign to raise funds for Breast Cancer Now.

As well as wearing a whole spectrum of pink shades, the AnTech team also held a pink raffle with local companies’ kindly donating prizes, children’s toys and a homemade Mary Berry’s White Chocolate Cheesecake to take home – who could resist?

AnTech’s team of keen bakers also took to their kitchens and created fabulous pink sweet treats including cheesecakes and cupcakes to sell on the...

Cancer support group relaunches

FORCE is relaunching its support group for younger women with breast cancer.

From November 11, drop-in sessions will be held at the charity’s Support and Information Centre in Exeter on the second Wednesday of each month from 1.30pm-3pm.

Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in women but it is less common in the under 50s for whom it presents specific issues.

The Younger Women’s Breast Cancer Support Group (under 50s) offers an opportunity to talk in a supportive and informal environment.

For more information, contact FORCE Oncology Support...

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