Prevent Breast Cancer

💗 Free Breast Awareness Café in Rochdale 💗

Join us at the Witley Road Wellbeing Hub (OL16 5HE) from Tuesday 7 July to Thursday 9 July, 9:30 am – 2:30 pm for free hot drinks, snacks and a friendly chat about breast health.

Our team speaks Urdu and Punjabi, and will be sharing how to check your breasts, recognise signs of breast cancer and access free NHS breast screening.

Everyone’s welcome!

People with Jewish ancestry are more likely to carry BRCA gene mutations, which significantly increase the risk of breast cancer.

To address this, the NHS launched the Jewish BRCA Testing Programme as a trial, offering genetic testing to help identify people at higher risk earlier.

Following its success, the programme has now been made permanent, a major step forward for cancer prevention.

Early testing means more people can understand their risk and take action sooner.

At Prevent Breast Cancer, we’re proud to support research that helps people understand and act on their genetic risk. We are currently funding a study led by Professor Michelle Harvie at The University of Manchester, exploring how women identified as BRCA carriers interpret their risk and make decisions about prevention.

Read our latest blog to find out more – https://loom.ly/sS5jEYU