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Test created by UCL and Innsbruck University also detects DNA markers for breast, womb and ovarian cancer

After losing four relatives to respiratory illness, Zeina Matar fled her hometown north of Lebanon's capital where she says a decaying power plant generates little electricity but very deadly pollution. Thick black smoke sometimes billows from its red-and-white chimneys, leaving a grey haze in the air above the Zouk Mikael…

‘Seven years ago, I had symptoms of ovarian cancer but didn’t realise. I didn’t know at the time that the bloating, abdominal pain, feeling full and needing to wee more urgently were all signs,’ says one patient

Charity Breast Cancer Now warns of a ‘postcode lottery’ of NHS care for women after mastectomy

A charity has called for more action to raise awareness among women and GPs.

The charity Breast Cancer Now has called for services to be put back on track.

The test performed better than currently available methods for detecting women with advanced cell changes who need treatment.

A more precise assessment, which detects cell changes that could require treatment, has been developed by scientists.

Actress Samantha Womack has opened up to fans after undergoing her first chemotherapy session since being diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this year

Saoirse Macfarlane developed a number of blood cancer symptoms, which were put down to a change in her body's hormones

October marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The Canadian Cancer Society estimates that one in eight women will contract breast cancer in their lifetime, making it the most common cancer among Canadian women.