Breast Cancer Now Forum

Hi Liz,  Thank you so much for your message.  If you do start this treatment, it wouldn't be too late share your views, as there are several stages of the drug assessment process so we may be able to reflect on any views you share, later in the process. It would be so helpful to hear your experience, to make sure the voices of people affected by breast cancer are heard, so If you do start on this treatment, please feel free to email me at Policy@breastcancernow.org. Thanks again,  Sukhi    ... View more

Hi how long after the first blood test did you repeat the blood , I need to wait week for next blood test so no treatment for 2 weeks now if this makes sense . Many thanks for your reply x  ... View more

Hi all, Just to let you know there’s still time to share your experience with us of the medicine pembrolizumab (also known as Keytruda) when used in combination with chemotherapy specifically for the treatment of certain patients with locally recurrent inoperable or secondary triple negative breast cancer who have not had prior chemotherapy. The treatment is approved for use on the NHS in England, and the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) is currently assessing whether it can be made available on the NHS in Scotland. We will be attending a meeting with the SMC in August to put forward the views of people affected by breast cancer. If you have experience of the drug and want to help shape our input, please contact me at policy@breastcancernow.org by 25 July 2022. You can share your experience by answering a couple of questions over email, or we can arrange a short call at a time that suits you. Many thanks, Sukhi ... View more