Family history

• Health & Medicine

Celebrity cancer stories: help or hindrance?

Cancer news often gets more attention if a celebrity has been diagnosed, but does this help raise awareness or can the celebrity angle do more harm than good? Cancer news often gets more attention if a celebrity has been diagnosed, but does this help raise awareness or can the celebrity angle do more harm than good?

5 July 2013

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NICE publishes new guidance for women at high risk of breast cancer

Almost half a million healthy women at high risk of breast cancer can now be offered drugs that can cut their chances of developing the disease. Almost half a million healthy women at high risk of breast cancer can now be offered drugs that can cut their chances of developing the disease.

25 June 2013

New scheme to routinely test patients for inherited cancer genes

A new research programme will lay the foundations for routine testing for inherited cancer genes in patients with the disease. A new research programme will lay the foundations for routine testing for inherited cancer genes in patients with the disease.

21 May 2013

Family history of bowel cancer increases odds of survival

A new study has found a link between family history of the disease and a better chance of survival, published in the British Journal of Cancer. A new study has found a link between family history of the disease and a better chance of survival, published in the British Journal of Cancer.

20 March 2013

Bowel cancer gene discovery cracks mystery of families with a strong history of the disease

Cancer Research UK-funded scientists have discovered that two gene faults increase the risk of bowel cancer in families with a strong history of developing the disease, who, until now, had no explanation as to why their risk was greater. Cancer Research UK-funded scientists have discovered that two gene faults increase the risk of bowel cancer in families with a strong history of developing the disease, who, until now, had no explanation as to why their risk was greater.

23 December 2012

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High-risk women may need more frequent ovarian cancer screening

Screening women at high risk of ovarian cancer once a year may not be effective enough to spot the disease in its earlier stages, and more frequent screening may be needed for this group of women, according to new research published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Screening women at high risk of ovarian cancer once a year may not be effective enough to spot the disease in its earlier stages, and more frequent screening may be needed for this group of women, according to new research published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

7 December 2012

• Science & Technology

Twenty-five years since landmark bowel cancer discovery

28 August 2012

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Bowel cancer - 40 years of progress but early detection is key

2 April 2012

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Hundreds more breast cancer patients should be tested for BRCA1 gene

Leading breast cancer experts are calling for women under 50 diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer to be offered testing for faults in the BRCA1 gene. Leading breast cancer experts are calling for women under 50 diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer to be offered testing for faults in the BRCA1 gene.

15 February 2012

• Health & Medicine

The Pill, pregnancy and cancer – making sense of the headlines

26 October 2011

• Science & Technology

Shutting down cells' 'back-up generator' to beat kidney cancer

17 August 2011