• Health & Medicine

Breast cancer death rates continue to fall in UK

Breast cancer death rates will fall in the UK and across nearly all EU countries in 2019, a new study predicts. Breast cancer death rates will fall in the UK and across nearly all EU countries in 2019, a new study predicts.

19 March 2019

• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine

Rewriting the breast cancer rulebook 

Our scientists have found that breast cancer is not 1 but 10 different diseases, each with a different risk of coming back or spreading. Our scientists have found that breast cancer is not 1 but 10 different diseases, each with a different risk of coming back or spreading.

13 March 2019

• Health & Medicine

Molecular patterns could better predict breast cancer recurrence

New research suggests the genetic and molecular make-up of individual breast tumours holds clues to how a woman’s disease could progress. New research suggests the genetic and molecular make-up of individual breast tumours holds clues to how a woman’s disease could progress.

13 March 2019

• Science & Technology

Stitching together a ‘Google Earth’ for cancer

Our scientists at the National Physical Laboratory are using their expertise in measurement to draw a new map of cancer. Our scientists at the National Physical Laboratory are using their expertise in measurement to draw a new map of cancer.

14 February 2019

• Health & Medicine

Researchers develop comprehensive new way to predict breast cancer risk

Scientists have created the most comprehensive method yet to predict a woman’s risk of breast cancer, according to a study by Cancer Research UK. Scientists have created the most comprehensive method yet to predict a woman’s risk of breast cancer, according to a study by Cancer Research UK.

15 January 2019

• Health & Medicine

Three breast cancer relapse tests recommended for NHS use

Three tests designed to predict if breast cancer will come back after treatment have been recommended for use on the NHS. Three tests designed to predict if breast cancer will come back after treatment have been recommended for use on the NHS.

20 December 2018

• Health & Medicine

Women reveal reasons they reject a preventive treatment for breast cancer

Only around a fifth of women at higher risk of developing breast cancer think they need to take a drug proven to help prevent the disease. Only around a fifth of women at higher risk of developing breast cancer think they need to take a drug proven to help prevent the disease.

3 December 2018

• Personal Stories

My sister’s cancer diagnosis: ‘I just remember waiting for news all the time'

Rachel, from East Sussex, shares how her sister Thekla’s breast cancer diagnosis has affected the family so far. Rachel, from East Sussex, shares how her sister Thekla’s breast cancer diagnosis has affected the family so far.

13 November 2018

• Health & Medicine

Targeted drug could extend lives of some women with advanced breast cancer

Combining a targeted drug with hormone therapy could extend survival for some women with advanced breast cancer, according to new trial results. Combining a targeted drug with hormone therapy could extend survival for some women with advanced breast cancer, according to new trial results.

23 October 2018

• Health & Medicine

Immunotherapy trial shows promise for some women with an aggressive breast cancer

An immunotherapy drug has shown promise for the first time in a form of aggressive breast cancer. An immunotherapy drug has shown promise for the first time in a form of aggressive breast cancer.

23 October 2018

• Health & Medicine

Computer simulation suggests risk-based breast screening could have benefits

New computer simulation study suggests only screening women deemed at a ‘high risk’ of breast cancer could help to reduce unnecessary diagnoses. New computer simulation study suggests only screening women deemed at a ‘high risk’ of breast cancer could help to reduce unnecessary diagnoses.

6 July 2018

• Health & Medicine

Older breast cancer patients in England less likely to survive than in four other European countries

Older women diagnosed with breast cancer in England are less likely to survive their disease than those in Belgium, Poland, Ireland and the Netherlands. Older women diagnosed with breast cancer in England are less likely to survive their disease than those in Belgium, Poland, Ireland and the Netherlands.

7 June 2018