Dublin scientists awarded more than €200k to develop drugs to treat secondary breast cancer in the brain

With the new funding, Professor Leonie Young, Dr Damir Varešlija and the Endocrine Oncology Research team will also explore whether drugs could help...

29 November 2018

Genes could predict best time of day for breast cancer patients to receive radiotherapy

The research, which was led by the University of Leicester and conducted in the HOPE clinical trials facility at Leicester’s Hospitals, found that by...

16 November 2018

Study shows breast screening linked to 60% lower risk of death from breast cancer

Women who take part in breast screening have a significantly greater benefit from treatments than those who are not screened, according to a study of...

9 November 2018

Leading organisations unite to create a new charity for everyone affected by breast cancer

The merger of Breast Cancer Care and Breast Cancer Now will create the UK’s first comprehensive breast cancer charity – providing ‘...

6 November 2018

New study links sleeping patterns to breast cancer risk

In an observational study of 180,215 participants of the UK Biobank project, the team of researchers at the University of Bristol, Massachusetts...

6 November 2018

Breast Cancer Care and Breast Cancer Now unite to create a new charity for everyone affected by breast cancer

Leading charities, Breast Cancer Care and Breast Cancer Now, have today announced their intention to merge in Spring 2019 to create a charity for...

5 November 2018

Charity grant funds pioneering research to help stop women dying of secondary breast cancer

Founders of secondary breast cancer charity, Secondary1st, met with researchers funded through the UK’s largest breast cancer research charity,...

1 November 2018

Just 48% of British women regularly check their breasts for signs of cancer, despite rising incidence

The research, led by charity Breast Cancer Now, found that the most common reasons women cited for not checking their breasts regularly were because...

31 October 2018

Cambridge radiotherapy research study could help reduce the need for breast cancer mastectomies

A leading University of Cambridge oncology doctor has been awarded a grant worth almost £195,000 by Breast Cancer Now to investigate whether treating...

30 October 2018