We respond to a to major study into the link between HRT and breast cancer risk

The study, published in The Lancet, used data from 108,647 women who had developed breast cancer to investigate the impact of taking menopausal...

24 August 2019

We respond to development of blood tests to track pre-surgery breast cancer progress

The researchers, from the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and the Cambridge Institute, have created a new technique called TARDIS,...

9 August 2019

We respond to NHS England breast cancer waiting times

New NHS waiting times data from Q1 of 2019/20 (April to June) and the month of June 2019 have been released by NHS England and NHS Improvement....

9 August 2019

We respond to a study suggesting that substituting poultry for red meat may reduce breast cancer risk

The study followed 42,012 American and Puerto-Rican women (35-74 years old), who have a sister or half-sister already diagnosed with breast cancer,...

8 August 2019

We respond to provisional NICE approval of neratinib

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has today (7 August 2019) announced its draft decision to provisionally approve...

7 August 2019

Personalised 'liquid biopsy' could detect return of breast cancer nearly eleven months earlier than hospital scans

A personalised blood test for women with early breast cancer could detect the return of the disease nearly eleven months earlier than hospital scans...

1 August 2019

Hope for aggressive breast cancers as diabetes drug creates new potential avenue for treatment

New research funded by Breast Cancer Now has shown that a drug commonly used to treat Type 2 diabetes could make breast cancer cells susceptible to...

23 June 2019

Night shifts do not increase breast cancer risk, major UK analysis suggests

In a new ten-year study of more than 100,000 women, funded by Breast Cancer Now, researchers examined extensive details of women’s night shift work,...

29 May 2019

Scottish trial to train radiographers to help reduce patients’ fears of breast cancer returning

Researchers at the University of St Andrews have been awarded over £110,000 by charity Breast Cancer Now in partnership with the Scottish Government’...

21 May 2019