• Health & Medicine

Breast screening – are women being treated unnecessarily?

10 July 2009

• Health & Medicine

Cancer screening – is everyone benefiting equally?

17 June 2009

One stop breast clinics best for women

High-quality one-stop breast clinics could be the most effective way to spot breast cancer early, a study published in the British Journal of Cancer* reveals today (Wednesday). High-quality one-stop breast clinics could be the most effective way to spot breast cancer early, a study published in the British Journal of Cancer* reveals today (Wednesday).

10 June 2009

Potential shown in breast cancer biomarker

SCIENTISTS have found a new biomarker that can predict the outcome of breast cancers that have spread to the lymph nodes, reveal findings published in the British Journal of Cancer today (Wednesday). SCIENTISTS have found a new biomarker that can predict the outcome of breast cancers that have spread to the lymph nodes, reveal findings published in the British Journal of Cancer today (Wednesday).

10 June 2009

• Health & Medicine

Researchers find clues to improve breast cancer survival

Checking lymph nodes during surgery and assessing the hormone status of tumours could help improve breast cancer survival in the UK, according to research published today in Annals of Oncology. Checking lymph nodes during surgery and assessing the hormone status of tumours could help improve breast cancer survival in the UK, according to research published today in Annals of Oncology.

8 June 2009

• Health & Medicine

New research sheds light on ways to improve treatment for aggressive breast cancer

Changing the order that chemotherapy drugs are given to breast cancer patients before surgery makes treatment much more effective, according to trial results presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) conference, today. Changing the order that chemotherapy drugs are given to breast cancer patients before surgery makes treatment much more effective, according to trial results presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) conference, today.

29 May 2009

• Health & Medicine

Can aspirin prevent cancer?

2 May 2009

• Health & Medicine

Aspirin for forty somethings could cut cancer risk

Taking aspirin in your 40s could cut the risk of cancer developing later in life, according to research published in the Lancet Oncology today. Taking aspirin in your 40s could cut the risk of cancer developing later in life, according to research published in the Lancet Oncology today.

29 April 2009

• Health & Medicine

Number of women dying from breast cancer hits record low

The number of women dying from breast cancer has fallen to less than 12,000 for the first time in almost 40 years, Cancer Research UK reveals today. The number of women dying from breast cancer has fallen to less than 12,000 for the first time in almost 40 years, Cancer Research UK reveals today.

22 April 2009

• Science & Technology

'Gene hunters' find two new breast cancer genes

Cancer Research UK scientists have found two new regions of the genome that alter a woman's risk of breast cancer, according to a study in Nature Genetics today (Sunday). Cancer Research UK scientists have found two new regions of the genome that alter a woman's risk of breast cancer, according to a study in Nature Genetics today (Sunday).

29 March 2009

Breast cancer and shift work

Yesterday the Danish government announced that it would compensate women who had spent long periods working nights, and who went on to develop breast cancer. Yesterday the Danish government announced that it would compensate women who had spent long periods working nights, and who went on to develop breast cancer.

16 March 2009