The Latest Breaking News from Cancer

In the past fortnight, I've learned some interesting things about my breasts. And unaccustomed as I am to featuring this body part in my written work, I was so foolishly surprised by some of them that I thought it worth sharing, writes Annabel Crabb.

At 24, Nikki Neofitou's double mastectomy was classed as an elective surgery and pushed back by 10 months but, two weeks before her surgery, she was diagnosed with the very cancer she was trying to avoid.

18-time Grand Slam singles champion Martina Navratilova has opened up about being "cancer-free" in an interview with Piers Morgan, having been diagnosed with stage one throat and breast cancer in January

Tennis great Martina Navratilova said she’s cancer-free, just over two months after revealing she had been diagnosed with two unrelated forms of cancer.

A study from the University of Oxford evaluates how hormonal birth control, including combination and progestogen-only pills, increase risk for breast cancer.

Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer worldwide, with around 2.3 million women diagnosed with the disease every year. In the UK alone, it is estimated that one in seven women will develop breast cancer at some point in their lifetime.

Research finds use of progestogen is associated with a 20-30% higher risk but this falls after no longer taking it

But experts suggest the benefits of taking the contraceptives may outweigh the risk of taking the pill.

Proud parents Shelly and Robert Battista welcomed identical twin girls into the world just two years after Shelly had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed during cancer treatment