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Steve Quirke of CFS, Sutton Coldfield raises £5,494.50.

Steve Quirke runs London Marathon for Breakthrough.

Halls World of Christmas 2011 supporting Breakthrough Breast Cancer

Thank you to Hall's Garden Centre for raising £500 and Rotary Wylde Green for raising £500 and making the World of Christmas event so successful and raising a wonderful £1,000 for us! Donkeys, reindeer, Santa, sherry, pink cup cakes, Christmas carols and tinsel created the perfect festive scene. Special thanks to David Hall for collecting over 60 super raffle prizes and to all the staff at Hall's for their hospitality and to everyone who came along to support us over the weekend. Also big thanks to Linda and John Collier for raising another £1,000 for us from the lovely folk at Clarendon Acoustic Club bringing your total up to a huge £7,000 so far! See the pink photos below.

Breakthrough news

Moderate weight loss could reduce levels of sex hormones linked to breast cancer

According to a US study a moderate amount of weight loss can significantly reduce levels of sex hormones that are associated with an increased risk of breast cancer.

HRT and breast cancer risk re-assessed

A major reappraisal by international experts shows how the evidence relating to HRT has changed over the last 10 years.

"Near-complete" picture of breast cancer

Scientists have revealed a 'near-complete' picture of breast cancer for the first time, after completing a project of stunning scale and scope. They have gained this unique insight into the life of the disease after sequencing the entire genomes of 21 breast cancers - and looked at every single fault which helped those tumours develop. The results are published in two papers in the prestigious Cell journal.