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Mum so scared of getting breast cancer she checks daily for lumps gets the disease twice before she is 30 and campaigns for kinder treatments

A mum whose fear of getting breast cancer prompted her to check daily for lumps for years only to have the disease twice by the time she was 30 is campaigning for kinder treatments after chemotherapy made her so sick she was hospitalised. Jade ...

10 Aug 2022 at 09:03

Infertility in men linked to higher chance of developing breast cancer – study

Infertile men may be twice as likely to develop breast cancer than those without fertility issues, new research suggests. The study also found there were significantly more men with no children among those who had been diagnosed with breast ...

17 May 2022 at 02:25

Extra radiotherapy ‘boost’ could keep some breast cancers at bay – study

Women with certain types of breast cancer may benefit from a radiotherapy “boost” to help keep the disease at bay, a new study suggests. Researchers found that women with an early form of breast cancer were more likely to stay free of the ...

23 Aug 2022 at 18:37

Health

Healthy nurse has breasts and ovaries removed “to see sons grow up” as BRCA1 gene mutation makes her susceptible to cancer in both

An ICU nurse who was eight when her mum died from breast cancer and is desperate to see her sons grow up has had life changing surgery to remove her breasts and ovaries after inheriting the BRCA1 gene mutation making her more susceptible ...

13 May 2022 at 08:25

Women with advanced breast cancer get new immunotherapy on the NHS

Around 100 women a year with advanced breast cancer will be able to try a new type of immunotherapy on the NHS. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) has overturned its draft rejection of Keytruda (pembrolizumab) ...

25 May 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Mother and daughter diagnosed with breast cancer within a week of each other

A Scottish mother and daughter, who were both diagnosed with breast cancer within a week of each other, are set to take to the catwalk. Angela Jones, 60 and daughter Mary, 32, were both told they had the cancer in 2021 and will next ...

13 Mar 2023 at 00:01

Scientists discover a new way to help prevent breast cancer ‘time bomb’

Researchers have discovered why breast cancer cells that have spread to the lungs may wake up following years of sleep and form incurable tumours. The research, funded by Breast Cancer Now, reveals the process that triggers this ...

13 Mar 2023 at 16:00

What is a mammogram and who can receive them?

Sarah, Duchess of York has revealed she is recovering from an operation after being diagnosed with breast cancer during a routine mammogram. Here, the PA news agency looks into who can get a mammogram and what happens. – What ...

25 Jun 2023 at 22:16

Health & Wellbeing

Sarah, Duchess of York has operation for breast cancer: What to know about mammograms

26 Jun 2023 at 09:05

Family

Pregnant mum induced early for double mastectomy after breast cancer diagnosis ‘grateful to be alive’ as son turns one

A mother who was told she had three cancerous tumours in her right breast while pregnant with her first child and felt like “a patchwork doll” after having two mastectomies just weeks after being induced early to deliver ...

21 Aug 2023 at 07:00

Scotland

Home worth £3.5m to be given away as part of charity campaign

A six-bedroom home overlooking the world-famous Gleneagles golf course worth more than £3,500,000 is to be given away as part of a new campaign raising money for charity Breast Cancer Now. The winner of the latest Omaze ...

22 Sept 2023 at 09:06

Government urged to remove VAT from period pants

More than 50 MPs, retailers and charities have written to the government urging it to remove the 20% VAT on period pants, the reusable underwear designed to be worn as an alternative to using tampons and sanitary ...

10 Aug 2023 at 13:46

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