Britain's 100 year war against cancer

Britain has the world's biggest decreases in premature deaths from lung cancer and breast cancer, scientists from Cancer Research UK report. Britain has the world's biggest decreases in premature deaths from lung cancer and breast cancer, scientists from Cancer Research UK report.

3 July 2002

• Health & Medicine

New drug may prevent breast cancer

A new breast cancer drug, tipped to replace tamoxifen as the gold standard hormone treatment, also has the potential to prevent or delay up to 80 per cent of breast tumours in most high risk post-menopausal women. A new breast cancer drug, tipped to replace tamoxifen as the gold standard hormone treatment, also has the potential to prevent or delay up to 80 per cent of breast tumours in most high risk post-menopausal women.

20 June 2002

Project launched to investigate breast cancer's link to race

A north London medical student is to undertake an important research project to establish if people of mixed race have a higher risk of breast cancer. A north London medical student is to undertake an important research project to establish if people of mixed race have a higher risk of breast cancer.

16 June 2002

Stress will not bring back breast cancer

Violence, bereavement, debt and other stressful experiences do not increase the chances of breast cancer returning in a woman who has been treated for the disease. Violence, bereavement, debt and other stressful experiences do not increase the chances of breast cancer returning in a woman who has been treated for the disease.

13 June 2002

Triple risk for breast cancer twins

Women who have an identical twin sister with breast cancer are at least three times more likely than average to develop the disease, a leading Cancer Research UK scientist will tell fellow experts. Women who have an identical twin sister with breast cancer are at least three times more likely than average to develop the disease, a leading Cancer Research UK scientist will tell fellow experts.

4 May 2002

Researchers identify breast cancer risk gene

Inheriting a damaged version of a gene called CHK2 nearly doubles a woman's chance of developing breast cancer, Cancer Research UK scientists report in Nature Genetics. Inheriting a damaged version of a gene called CHK2 nearly doubles a woman's chance of developing breast cancer, Cancer Research UK scientists report in Nature Genetics.

21 April 2002

Sex hormones raise breast cancer risk in older women

High levels of sex hormones in older women can double their risk of breast cancer, Cancer Research UK scientists report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute1. High levels of sex hormones in older women can double their risk of breast cancer, Cancer Research UK scientists report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute1.

16 April 2002

Miscarriage does not increase women's breast cancer risk

Having a miscarriage does not increase a woman's risk of breast cancer at any age, according to one of the largest ever studies on the link between reproductive factors and the disease, published in the British Journal of Cancer today. Having a miscarriage does not increase a woman's risk of breast cancer at any age, according to one of the largest ever studies on the link between reproductive factors and the disease, published in the British Journal of Cancer today.

12 February 2002