About Breast Cancer UK

Breast cancer patients are often the last to be considered when breast cancer issues are discussed. Breast Cancer UK (BCUK) works to address this - a strategy that is reflected in its Trustee membership - the majority of whom are 'veteran' breast cancer patients who have all been treated for the disease more than once.

BCUK is a patient advocacy organisation, formed in April 1999, to represent UK consumer views on breast cancer and became a registered charity in August 2001. We aim to influence both public policy and research agendas in the areas of causes, prevention and treatment of breast cancer, with particular emphasis on the involvement of those with breast cancer in the process. We are dedicated to the primary prevention of breast cancer, nationally and internationally, focussing on environmental pollutants as one of the underlying causes of the rising incidence of the disease.

We launched the No More Breast Cancer campaign in the autumn of 2005 with the publication of our report Breast cancer: an environmental disease. Our Campaign argument is that breast cancer should be considered an environmental disease because it is impacted by the high levels of carcinogens and endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that we are exposed to every day at home, work and school.  These hazardous chemicals accumulate in our bodies and affect our health.

Trustees

• Clare Dimmer
• Gwynne Wallis
• Dianne Dowling
• Karen Goodfellow
• Kevin Dimmer
• Bernice Butcher

Our work has a UK and Europe-wide focus through funders, networks and the European Parliament.