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Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK, with around 55,200 people diagnosed each year. It starts in the breast tissue, most commonly in cells lining the milk ducts. Breast cancer predominantly affects women, but men can get it too.
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Experts are urging breast cancer patients to complete their full prescription of tamoxifen, following long-term results from a major Cancer Research UK-funded trial which showed the cancer was less likely to come back in women who took the drug for five years, compared to two years. Experts are urging breast cancer patients to complete their full prescription of tamoxifen, following long-term results from a major Cancer Research UK-funded trial which showed the cancer was less likely to come back in women who took the drug for five years, compared to two years.

by Cancer Research UK | News | 21 March 2011

21 March 2011

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A new centre launched today will cement Oxford's place at the forefront of cancer research, and form one of the final links in a unique chain of Cancer Research UK Centres across the country. A new centre launched today will cement Oxford's place at the forefront of cancer research, and form one of the final links in a unique chain of Cancer Research UK Centres across the country.

by Cancer Research UK | News | 15 March 2011

15 March 2011

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Cancer Research UK scientists have pinpointed a key cancer-causing gene that, when overactive, triggers a particularly aggressive type of breast cancer to develop. Cancer Research UK scientists have pinpointed a key cancer-causing gene that, when overactive, triggers a particularly aggressive type of breast cancer to develop.

by Cancer Research UK | News | 18 February 2011

18 February 2011

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Women over 70 are being diagnosed with breast cancer at a later stage leading to lower survival from the disease in the elderly, new research showed today (Wednesday). Women over 70 are being diagnosed with breast cancer at a later stage leading to lower survival from the disease in the elderly, new research showed today (Wednesday).

by British Journal of Cancer | News | 16 February 2011

16 February 2011

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More than six per cent of bowel cancer patients in Scotland died within 30 days of diagnosis according to new research published in the British Journal of Cancer. More than six per cent of bowel cancer patients in Scotland died within 30 days of diagnosis according to new research published in the British Journal of Cancer.

by British Journal of Cancer | News | 7 February 2011

7 February 2011

Although more and more women are surviving, breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK and it has been on the rise for several years. Although more and more women are surviving, breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK and it has been on the rise for several years.

by Henry Scowcroft | Analysis | 4 February 2011

4 February 2011

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The lifetime risk of getting breast cancer has risen from one woman in nine to one in eight - according to Cancer Research UK. The lifetime risk of getting breast cancer has risen from one woman in nine to one in eight - according to Cancer Research UK.

by Cancer Research UK | News | 4 February 2011

4 February 2011

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Cancer Research UK will be supported by AstraZeneca and Pfizer in a multimillion pound initiative to examine how genetic tests to improve cancer diagnosis can be best rolled out across the NHS. Cancer Research UK will be supported by AstraZeneca and Pfizer in a multimillion pound initiative to examine how genetic tests to improve cancer diagnosis can be best rolled out across the NHS.

by Cancer Research UK | News | 1 February 2011

1 February 2011