The Latest Breaking News from Breast Cancer

The annual conference of the American Society of Clinical Oncology is always the biggest event-making cancer conference. And this year, the attention-grabber was AstraZeneca, as its lung and breast cancer drugs significantly slowed the spread of disease in two trials, potentially establishing the medicines as the new standard of care…

World’s largest cancer conference in Chicago shares ‘impressive’ findings in vaccines, drug trials and AI

Did you know that casual drinks with friends or having a “wine mom” moment to unwind could actually be nudging up your risk for breast cancer? It sounds like a buzzkill. But it’s a truth that many might not know: Alcohol actually causes breast cancer.

Despite rapidly rising rates of breast cancer in younger women and overwhelming evidence supporting the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of screening, the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care has recommended against systematic screening for women between the ages of 40 and 49.

Research finds women who go through early menopause are almost four times as likely to contract ovarian cancer

Latest study shows Enhertu, rejected by Nice, can stall growth of tumours by a year, longer than standard chemotherapy

‘I just don’t know how long I’ve got,’ said the presenter, after several of the women in her family have died from the illness

The ‘ultra-sensitive’ test can pick up traces of a tumour’s DNA ahead of a full relapse, when it is much harder to treat.

The ‘liquid biopsy’ uses whole genome sequencing to look for genetic faults in a patient’s DNA

New ‘liquid biopsy’ will act as an early warning sign to anticipate risk of tumours returning

‘I went from clean results to a malignant mass in eight months,’ Hyland says