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Breast Cancer Now

Breast Cancer Now

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If you’re looking for authentic stories about life with and beyond breast cancer, we’re here. Welcome to the Breast Cancer Now podcast.

Join host Laura for open, supportive and honest conversations with guests who have personal or professional experience of breast cancer.

Laura Price is a writer, podcaster and author of the novel Single Bald Female. She’s living with secondary, incurable breast cancer.

We’re Breast Cancer Now, the research and support charity. If you’ve got questions about breast cancer, go to our website breastcancernow.org.

New episodes every other Friday.


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Episodios
  • S7 Ep1: A bold new chapter (Claire Rowney)

    S7 Ep1: A bold new chapter (Claire Rowney)
    Mar 27 2026


    Key Topics:
    04:01 What do the charity's goals actually mean?
    05:10 Breast Cancer Now's new look
    07:13 What does the charity's new strategy mean for people with breast cancer?
    15:23 Reaching that 2050 goal
    18:40 Claire's own breast cancer diagnosis
    23:30 What empowerment really is
    26:30 The importance of attending your breast cancer screening
    29:05 What Breast Cancer Now is doing to help younger people with breast cancer
    32:10 The importance of getting diagnosed early
    33:30 Raising awareness of the signs and symptoms of breast cancer
    36:40 How the charity is going to support people post-treatment
    38:50 How is Claire doing, now?
    44:45 What work is being done into health inequalities
    46:05 How close is a cure for breast cancer?
    48:20 Research into what causes breast cancer
    49:30 The colour pink
    50:30 Why was it important to spend money on the new look?
    51:20 They importance of fundraising
    53:07 What did Claire learn as a result of her diagnosis?
    53:40 What should the listener take away from this episode?
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    55 m
  • S6 Ep23: What does it mean to you to live well?

    S6 Ep23: What does it mean to you to live well?
    Jan 3 2026
    Breast Cancer Now's mission is that by 2050, everyone with breast cancer will live, and be supported to live well. What does it mean to you to live well?

    That's the question Laura asked each of our guests this season, and the answers were diverse, enlightening, and hinted at hope for the future.

    You can also watch this episode on YouTube.

    Thank you for listening to this season of the Breast Cancer Now podcast! We'll be back with more episodes soon.

    We’re Breast Cancer Now, the research and support charity. However you’re experiencing breast cancer, we’re here. For information and support, visit our website or phone our free helpline on 0808 800 6000 (UK only).
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    25 m
  • S6 Ep22: Travel insurance with breast cancer might be easier than you think – with Fiona Macrae

    S6 Ep22: Travel insurance with breast cancer might be easier than you think – with Fiona Macrae
    Dec 19 2025
    Planning a holiday when you’re living with or beyond breast cancer can feel daunting, especially when it comes to getting travel insurance. In this episode, Laura speaks with Fiona Macrae, founder of the travel insurance brand Insurancewith. Diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005 and living with metastatic (secondary) breast cancer since 2020, Fiona shares her personal journey and why freedom to travel is so important to her.

    In a conversation full of hope and practical tips from their own experiences, Fiona and Laura get stuck into:

    • why travel insurance matters, especially when you have a cancer diagnosis,
    • how medical screening works and what insurers are really looking for,
    • common myths about being “uninsurable” after your treatment changes or a progression,
    • confusing terminology when applying for travel insurance and how to make sense of it,
    • practical tips for planning trips, timing holidays around treatment, and talking to your medical team,
    • Fiona’s own story, taking her frustration with the system and creating a travel insurance brand with people with cancer at its heart.

    If you'd like to find out more about Breast Cancer Now's support services, visit the Breast Cancer Now website or phone our free helpline on 0808 800 6000 (UK only).

    You can subscribe to this podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Every episode is available to watch or listen to on the Breast Cancer Now website. You can also watch it on YouTube.

    The discount code IWCommunity gives 20%* off an Insurancewith premium.

    * The discount code ‘IWCommunity’ offers you a 20% discount made up of our automatic 15% online discount price and an additional 5% discount against our Customer Service Centre prices. This is discounted from our core policy price before you add any additional cost of optional extensions or additional medical premium. Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.

    Insurancewith is a travel insurance brand. They are not an insurer or underwriter. Policies are underwritten by regulated insurers, and terms and conditions apply. Insurancewith is a trading name of Travel Insurance Facilities Plc, a travel insurance distributor. Policies are underwritten by FCA-authorised insurers. They do not offer personal advice. Always read your policy documents and ensure the cover meets your needs. Breast Cancer Now does not endorse, or recommend Insurancewith.

    If you're struggling to get travel insurance, you can also try the MoneyHelper directory, which lists specialist providers who may be able to help – including Insurancewith.


    Key Topics:
    2:24 Why is it important that we travel?
    3:33 Fiona's breast cancer diagnosis
    6:50 Dealing with a cancer diagnosis as a new mother
    7:44 Fiona's diagnosis of metastatic (secondary) breast cancer
    12:21 Fiona sets up travel insurance brand Insurancewith
    14:38 Do you need travel insurance?
    18:25 Declaring breast cancer on your travel insurance
    20:40 Getting cover with a new diagnosis or drug
    24:33 The importance of the health questionnaire when buying travel insurance
    31:45 More claims can be related back to cancer than you might think
    33:28 The cost of repatriation
    34:57 How does neutropenia affect travel insurance?
    39:29 Is flying detrimental to our health?
    42:07 Do you need travel insurance if you're staying within the UK?
    43:33 When should you book your travel insurance?
    44:55 Should you put friends and family on the same insurance policy as you?
    46:29 Does the destination country change how expensive insurance is?
    47:34 How does mental health work with travel insurance?
    50:38 Unhelpful terminology in travel insurance policies
    55:53 What about metastatic (secondary) breast cancer in the brain?
    1:00:49 High risk activities and insurance with breast cancer
    1:02:00 Going on holiday while on a clinical trial
    1:02:48 Business insurance and cancer
    1:04:57 Practical tips for travelling
    1:10:05 What it means to Fiona to "live well"
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    1 h y 12 m
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