• Health & Medicine

Behind the headlines - Can housework really reduce your risk of breast cancer?

5 March 2009

Breast cancer rates fall as women abandon HRT

Breast cancer rates among women in their 50s are falling at the same time as the number of women under 60 receiving prescriptions for hormone replacement (HRT) has halved - according to Cancer Research UK. Breast cancer rates among women in their 50s are falling at the same time as the number of women under 60 receiving prescriptions for hormone replacement (HRT) has halved - according to Cancer Research UK.

13 February 2009

• Science & Technology

Behind the Headlines: SNPs - hunting for cancer genes

6 February 2009

• Science & Technology

'BRCA1-free' birth isn’t a "slippery slope to designer babies"

30 January 2009

• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine

Genetic tests for cancer?

28 January 2009

Breast cancer four times more likely in women with strong family history

Women who have a strong family history of breast cancer are over four times more likely to develop the disease than the general population, according to research published in the British Journal of Cancer*. Women who have a strong family history of breast cancer are over four times more likely to develop the disease than the general population, according to research published in the British Journal of Cancer*.

19 January 2009

• Science & Technology

Oestrogen causes DNA mutations – is this how it fuels cancer?

12 January 2009

The LOX enzyme - Preparing the ground for cancer spread

7 January 2009

• Health & Medicine

Breast cancer treatment – getting personal

12 December 2008

How tamoxifen prevents breast cancer in some women but not others

The power of the drug tamoxifen to reduce breast density is key in preventing breast cancer - according to a presentation today in America by Cancer Research UK scientists. The power of the drug tamoxifen to reduce breast density is key in preventing breast cancer - according to a presentation today in America by Cancer Research UK scientists.

12 December 2008

• Health & Medicine

New research moves us one step closer to personalised breast cancer treatment

CANCER RESEARCH UK scientists have found that a test, already used in breast cancer diagnosis, can also predict who will and who wonїt benefit from commonly used chemotherapy drugs. CANCER RESEARCH UK scientists have found that a test, already used in breast cancer diagnosis, can also predict who will and who wonїt benefit from commonly used chemotherapy drugs.

12 December 2008

• Health & Medicine

Does vitamin D protect against cancer?

This month, the authoritative International Agency for Research into Cancer (IARC) have weighed in on the issue. This month, the authoritative International Agency for Research into Cancer (IARC) have weighed in on the issue.

10 December 2008