In 2015 businesses in Fleet came together for Paint Fleet Pink week to help raise £30,000  for the Frimley Breast Care appeal. And we would like to come together again to support this campaign in Breast Cancer Awareness Month with a Paint it Pink day on Friday 23rd October.

COVID-19 meant that fundraising was put on hold, but unfortunately Breast Cancer doesn’t go on hold. All breast cancer trials were stopped at the beginning of the pandemic and patients are having to take another journey for their treatments. The charity BRAs has been set up by two Fleet residents who are surviving breast cancer patients and are concerned about what breast cancer patients are going through right now. 

No one wants to be a patient in a Breast Cancer Unit, but if you do find yourself a patient, BRAS want to ensure the unit at Frimley is maintained as the best place to be treated in the country to receive treatment and with the most up to date facilities.  We are lucky to have a fantastic team of breast consultants who are passionate and strive above and beyond to give the best possible treatment. 

The helix on the ‘s’ is DNA, the true face and future of treatment for breast cancer. 1 in 4 women within the UK will be referred and seen with breast symptoms. Breast cancer is the commonest solid cancer in the UK, with 1 in 8 women affected within their lifetime. Everyone will know someone touched by this disease.

Frimley Park treats 400 new cancers a year and an audit of breast cancer survival, shows a 5-year survival rate of 93%, 6% higher than the national average. The Frimley breast unit has contributed to many national and international breast studies. We work together and are a very cohesive, interactive and dynamic team.

The Breast team are committed to excellence and through the years, they have introduced new techniques in breast surgery well ahead of many national and bigger units. “We continue to develop new techniques and want to be at the cutting edge of new developments.”