Mammograms & Me Metro

The breast cancer journey and how health policy is helping.
...today, Dawn Butler MP chats to Stephanie O’Brien. 
Stephanie was inspired by my breast cancer screening campaign #FindTheMillion – to go along to a screening. When she did, she discovered she had stage 1 cancer in her right breast. She had the lump removed and had radiotherapy. 
In our final episode of this series today, we’ll be hearing her story, and discussing the current health policy around breast cancer. And I’ll give you an update on where my journey is and what’s next for me.  
 
Don’t forget to sign up for #FindTheMillion – tell five friends about this podcast now!
 
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Breast cancer: honest advice and support
...today, Dawn Butler MP chats to Victoria Ekanoye. 
She’s an actress best known for playing Angie in Coronation Street – and her work in The Royals, Almost Never and Doctors. And she’s a patron for ‘Prevent Breast Cancer’, a charity all about funding research to prevent breast cancer in future generations.  
Today we’ll be talking about her journey with breast cancer, and discussing advice and support that we’ve come across. 
 
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Mammograms and support.
...today, Dawn Butler MP chats to Dame Laura Lee (Maggie’s), Alice Davies (Cancer Research UK) and Addie Mitchell (Breast Cancer Now). 
 
We’ll be discussing screenings and mammograms – what they are, how they’ve changed and what to expect from them. And we’ll be talking about support – what support is out there for both people with breast cancer, and their loved ones.  
 
Don’t forget to sign up for #FindTheMillion – tell five friends about this podcast now!
 
Produced by Pineapple Audio Production. 
*In 2020 to 2021, almost a million fewer women in England were screened for breast cancer and Breast Cancer Now estimated that as of May 2022, almost 8,000 people in England were living with undiagnosed breast cancer largely because of screening disruption. The latest NHS England Cancer Waiting Times 31-day data (for August 2023) indicate that there are now an estimated 5,962 missing breast cancer diagnoses which are not in the system due to the impact of COVID.


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Breast cancer, race and mortality rates.
...today, Dawn Butler MP chats to Isola Blair.   
 
Isola is a social worker, one of the founder members of Beyond Cancer and a survivor of breast cancer herself, too. 
 
Today we’re going to be talking about her story, and about different communities. 
 
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Breast Cancer: Dawn's journey, getting checked and what you need to know.
...today, Dawn Butler MP chats to Dr Nighat Arif. 
She is a GP specialising in women’s health and family planning, with over 16 years of experience in the NHS and private practice. We see her regularly on BBC breakfast and This Morning. And her new book ‘The Knowledge – your guide to female health – from menstruation to menopause’ is available to buy now. 
 
Today we’re talking about Dawn's journey with breast cancer and getting Dr Arif’s advice on getting checked and what we need to know about breast cancer. 
 
Don’t forget to sign up for #FindTheMillion – tell five friends about this podcast now!
 
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Mammograms and breast cancer: the myths, the facts and the details of what it’s really like...
...today, Dawn Butler MP chats to Dr Liz O’Riordan.  
She's a Consultant Oncoplastic Surgeon at Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust. In 2015, at the age of 40, Liz was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer, which is somewhat ironic as she's a breast cancer surgeon. In the last few months, she had a local recurrence and has started treatment for it.  
 
She started blogging about her experiences as a doctor and a patient - and wrote ‘the Complete Guide to Breast Cancer’ in 2018. She's got her own podcast called ‘So Now I’ve Got Breast Cancer’ and her new memoir ‘Under the Knife’ was released last month.
 
Don’t forget to sign up for #FindTheMillion – tell five friends about this podcast now!
 
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