Some household detergents, antiseptics and insecticides are potential environmental risk factors and new targets for treating an aggressive form of breast cancer, scientists say.
A simple blood test could detect breast cancer up to five years before any clinical signs of the disease, according to research.
A 'Party in Pink' dance event has taken place for charity.
A woman discovered she has breast cancer after spotting an unusual heat coming from her chest on a thermal imaging camera at an Edinburgh tourist attraction.
Patients must be able to attend cancer screening during evenings and weekends, and in locations close to their home or work, a Government-ordered review has said.
Thousands of patients with incurable breast cancer are repeatedly visiting GPs before they are diagnosed amid concerns their symptoms are not being taken seriously or misinterpreted, a new report has suggested.
Breast cancer patients who have a ‘special’ type of immune cell in their tumours have a higher chance of survival than those who do not, new research suggests.
A Ninewells nurse is urging both women and men to get themselves checked after she herself was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Two 31-year-old women have told how they became “secondary sisters” after learning that their breast cancer is incurable and they will not be able to have children.
The death rate for women with breast cancer has plunged 44% in nearly 30 years, according to new figures.
The first targeted immunotherapy treatment for people with triple negative breast cancer has been provisionally rejected for use on the NHS.
Beyonce’s father Mathew Knowles has revealed he underwent surgery after being diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this year.
Social media giant Facebook has restored an educational video about breast cancer initially banned because it believed it contains nudity, a baffled charity boss said.
Tayside doctors are still prescribing lower chemo doses to breast cancer patients despite agreeing to follow national guidelines, it has been claimed.
Menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) has been linked to an increased risk of breast cancer which can persist for more than a decade after usage stops.
Menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) has been linked to an increased risk of breast cancer which can persist for more than a decade after usage stops.
Independent experts have made 19 recommendations following the revelation that cancer patients in Tayside were given lower doses of treatment than those in the rest of Scotland.
A new blood test could be up to 100 times more sensitive at monitoring the progress of early stage breast cancer than existing tests, scientists believe.
A new blood test has been shown to detect the return and spread of breast cancer more than 10 months before symptoms emerge.
The Scottish Government will respond to a critical report of NHS Tayside’s chemotherapy services in “the coming weeks”.