Kemptown MP supports ‘Secondary Breast Cancer Awareness Day’
Simon Kirby MP shows support for people living with incurable secondary breast cancer. Simon Kirby, the MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, met with Breast Cancer Care in Parliament yesterday, Tuesday, October 13, 2015, to pledge support for people living with incurable secondary breast cancer.
Simon Kirby MP shows support for people living with incurable secondary breast cancer.
Simon Kirby, the MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, met with Breast Cancer Care in Parliament yesterday, Tuesday, October 13, 2015, to pledge support for people living with incurable secondary breast cancer.
Currently data for primary breast cancer is recorded, yet no accurate figures exist around the number of people diagnosed or living with incurable secondary breast cancer.
Breast Cancer Care believes the poorer care people with the incurable disease often receive is due to these missing numbers making it near impossible to plan the vital services needed.
On Secondary Breast Cancer Awareness Day Simon Kirby MP attended the parliamentary event – hosted by Craig Tracey MP, co-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Breast Cancer – to meet women who are living with the disease, and to show their support for the charity’s campaign.
Mr Kirby MP said: “It is extremely important to be showing my support for secondary breast cancer patients.
“We still don’t have accurate data on those living with the incurable disease and I hope that this will be made a priority.”
To find out more about secondary breast cancer and how to get involved with Breast Cancer Care’s campaign, click here:
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