new hormonal and chemotherapies. advances in radiotherapy. plus improvements in detection and public awareness. myrate mackenzie who s 69 and from surrey was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002 after finding a swelling under her arm. she s grateful for all her treatment, but remembers feeling very scared at the beginning. i had no idea what my future was going to be, you know, how long i was going to live, oranything, and i had the chemotherapy, then surgery, radiotherapy, drug therapy, so, the whole book thrown at me, but it s clearly worked. but there are concerns about the current state of cancer care with severe staff shortages. the charity breast cancer now says many patients are waiting far too long for a diagnosis and for treatment and without urgent action we risk seeing decades of progress unravelling. live now to cambridge. also taking part in the study, welcome. thank you for being with us how important is this research? is mainly about being able to offer reassur
myrate mackenzie who s 69 and from surrey was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002 after finding a swelling under her arm. she s grateful for all her treatment, but remembers feeling very scared at the beginning. i had no idea what my future was going to be, you know, how long i was going to live, oranything, and i had the chemotherapy, then surgery, radiotherapy, drug therapy, so, the whole book thrown at me, but it s clearly worked. but there are concerns about the current state of cancer care with severe staff shortages. the charity breast cancer now says many patients are waiting far too long for a diagnosis and for treatment and without urgent action we risk seeing decades of progress unravelling. the time is 6:15. our top story this evening.
of progress unravelling. live now to cambridge. also taking part in the study, welcome. thank you for being with us how important is this research? is mainly about being able to offer reassurance to those diagnosed with breast cancer? it s also to offer reassurance of course. that s really important that women and men understand what s in store for them. it s also important because breast cancer isn tjust one thing, it s of different things. and finding out which groups need more work in more research to help them as well as some of the other groups that do like me have done really well. ~ ~ . that do like me have done really well. ~ . ., .,, that do like me have done really well. ~ . ., ., ,, ., well. which are those groups that need more well. which are those groups that need more research, well. which are those groups that need more research, more - well. which are those groups that need more research, more help? | need more research, more help? people with triple negative breas
after finding a swelling under her arm. she s grateful for all her treatment, but remembers feeling very scared at the beginning. i had no idea what my future was going to be, how long i was going to live or anything. i had the chemotherapy, then surgery, radiotherapy, drug therapy. the whole book thrown at me. but it s clearly worked. but there are concerns about the current state of cancer care with severe staff shortages. the charity breast cancer now says many patients are waiting far too long for a diagnosis and the treatment, and without urgent action, we risk seeing decades of progress unravelling. fergus walsh, bbc news. the sixth anniversary of the grenfell tower fire was commemorated in west london this evening. the monthly silent walk marked the 72nd month since 72