NI Minister Shailesh Vara visits leading breast cancer researchers in Belfast

During a tour of the research labs, Mr Vara met Dr Niamh Buckley and Dr Paul Mullan to learn about their ground-breaking research into ‘triple...

3 July 2018

New research exposes inadequate care for breast cancer patients at treatment end

With the release of substantive new research uncovering inadequate care for women with breast cancer after they’ve finished hospital treatment...

2 July 2018

Higher BMI is associated with a lower risk of breast cancer before the menopause

In the largest global study into the relationship between weight and premenopausal breast cancer to date, scientists from The Institute of Cancer...

21 June 2018

Hundreds of breast cancer patients denied or rushed into life-changing surgeries amid rise of policies to restrict breast reconstruction

Hundreds of breast cancer patients are being denied or rushed into the reconstructive surgeries they need, following the introduction of 'arbitrary'...

18 June 2018

8 in 10 women unhappy with sex life after breast cancer

Charity warns lack of support leaves women’s sex lives “side-lined” Eight in 10 (79%) women diagnosed with breast cancer say they are unhappy with...

8 June 2018

Study shows older breast cancer patients in England are less likely to survive than in 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...

7 June 2018

Study shows one patient’s advanced breast cancer has been ‘eliminated’ using T-cell immunotherapy

Immunotherapy is an exciting area of research which in recent years has resulted in effective new treatments being made available for melanoma and...

4 June 2018

Letter suggests even more women may be affected by screening failure than previously thought

A new letter by researchers at King’s College London suggests that as many as 500,000 women may have not received their final invitations to the...

25 May 2018

Breast screening workforce will not be able to cope with backlog following crisis, unless urgently reinforced

The breast screening workforce does not have the capacity to absorb the thousands of catch-up mammograms required following the serious failure in...

15 May 2018