Key Summary
- Campaigners met health secretary urging £20m for lobular cancer research
- Dr Susan Michaelis, founder of the campaign, recently passed away
- Wes Streeting acknowledged the need for more research and collaboration
A group of lobular breast cancer campaigners interacted with health secretary Wes Streeting and called for the need for more research into the dreaded disease.
The cancer forms in the milk producing lobule glands and goes undetected, as it does not often form a lump. It has no specific treatment.
The lobular moon shot project, which has been campaigning for research funding for the disease, was initiated by Dr Susan Michaelis from Horsham in West Sussex.
She was supposed to attend this meeting, but she passed away recently.
The campaign in association with the Manchester Breast Centre has a team of global experts to beat the cancer.
The want the government to allocate £20 million over five years for the lobular cancer research.
"The day after my wife passed away, the leaders of most political parties wrote to the prime minister and Wes Streeting, and said 'please fund this project, stop other people dying,” said Tristan Loraine, Dr Michaelis’s husband.
"This is the will of the majority of MPs,” he added.
After meeting the campaigners, Streeting said, "I'm so grateful the team from the Lobular Moon Shot project took the time to meet me today, less than a week since losing Dr Susan Michaelis, their founder and the driving force behind the campaign.”
"This is an under researched disease and I was grateful to have the opportunity to speak to campaigners to understand how we can bring together academics, charities, and industry to improve our understanding of lobular breast cancer which goes undetected in too many women and robs too many families of mums, sisters, and daughters,” he added.
