Woman at Downing Street breast cancer protest fears for daughters

Suzanne Harper considers herself "lucky" that she noticed an "overlooked" strain of breast cancer that does not show up on mammograms. When she spotted "puckering" on her breast, a decade-long journey with the disease followed which took her to some "dark places", the 66-year-old said. "It makes you assess things very differently," she added, saying that it sparked fears for her three daughters. Harper is one of 22 women who have been affected by lobular breast cancer - representing the number diagnosed each day in the UK - who staged silent vigils outside Westminster on Wednesday to demand government funding into "urgently needed" research. Lobular breast cancer makes up 15% of all breast cancer cases, but campaigners say it is under-studied and rarely recognised due to rarely forming a lump in the same way as other breast cancers. It differs from more common forms of breast cancer in that it begins in the milk-producing lobule glands, as opposed to 70-80% of breast cancers. Harper, from Tunbridge Wells, Kent, thought the changes to her body were down to stress, menopause and caring for her children. But during a chance check of her body she spotted "puckering" on her breast. The