Breast cancer screening could be tailored to match individual risk – study
An improved breast cancer screening method could allow doctors to check women more or less often depending on their risk of developing the disease, new research suggests.
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New blood test ‘can predict return of breast cancer before treatment’
A new blood test could help predict whether women with breast cancer will respond to treatment before it begins.
Treatment combo gives young breast cancer patients ‘new hope’
A new treatment combination could help thousands of younger women with breast cancer live longer, research suggests.
Night shift workers not at greater breast cancer risk, study suggests
Night shifts do not increase the risk of breast cancer, a ten-year study of more than 100,000 UK women suggests.
Night shift workers not at greater breast cancer risk, study suggests
Night shifts do not increase the risk of breast cancer, a ten-year study of more than 100,000 UK women suggests.
New cancer drugs approved for NHS use in Scotland
Medicines for breast cancer, skin cancer and schizophrenia have been approved for use by NHS patients in Scotland.
Brave patient heaps lavish praise on NHS Tayside after breast cancer treatment
A brave patient has heaped lavish praise on NHS Tayside after her treatment for breast cancer.
Cancer patients support NHS Tayside doctors who lowered chemo doses
A group of former cancer patients has thrown their support behind doctors caught up in the Tayside chemotherapy controversy.
Woman inspires others by taking up painting after breast cancer diagnosis
A woman has inspired the internet with her first paintings, a hobby she took up after being diagnosed with breast cancer.
Diet rich in coffee, fruit and veg ‘cuts breast cancer risk’
A diet rich in coffee, fruit and vegetables may protect against breast cancer, research suggests.
Genetic test can help doctors decide on breast cancer treatment, study suggests
A genetic test can help predict whether patients with the most common type of breast cancer will benefit from chemotherapy, a new study suggests.
Tayside chemo dosage probe doc denies calling breast cancer return risk ‘a good guess’
Patients affected by the Tayside breast cancer crisis will take their fight for answers to the very top – after it was alleged investigators had only hazarded a “good guess” at the risk of the disease returning.
Cancer survivors affected by Tayside chemo dose fallout form help group
Locals affected by an NHS move to give breast cancer patients lower doses of chemotherapy have created a support group while the fallout continues.
EXCLUSIVE: 14 Tayside deaths to be probed over cancer chemotherapy dosage
The treatment of 14 patients who died while receiving chemotherapy treatment at NHS Tayside is to be investigated by an independent expert in the wake of the health board’s dosage controversy.
Breast cancer deaths to be probed after patients given lower chemotherapy doses
A health board’s treatment of 14 breast cancer patients who died will be reviewed by an independent expert after bosses admitted hundreds of patients were given lower doses of chemotherapy.
Thousands of NHS breast cancer patients eligible for new drug combination
Thousands of breast cancer patients could benefit from a new drug combination on the NHS, health officials have said.
Breast cancer patients given lower doses of chemotherapy in Tayside
NHS Tayside will change the chemotherapy treatment provided to breast cancer sufferers after a report revealed patients were being given a lower dose of drugs than in the rest of Scotland.
‘Magic bullet’ drug effective against hard-to-treat breast cancer, says expert
An experimental “magic bullet” drug has the potential to change the way women are treated for one of the most deadly forms of breast cancer, an expert has said.
Women at risk of breast cancer ‘should be screened in their thirties’
Up to 86,000 women in their thirties with a family history of breast cancer should receive annual mammograms, researchers say.
Genetic changes identified which may predict breast cancer relapse
Scientists have identified genetic changes that may predict the likelihood of breast cancer relapse in women who take a common type of hormone therapy.