Breast cancer news

Frozen needles, a smokefree UK, microbubbles and how scientists in the US are trying to break cancer cells’ ‘legs’. Here’s our weekly news report.

A new study has estimated the ages at which women with faults in two particular genes are most at risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer.

Targeted treatment up front improves survival for advanced prostate cancer, and we predict a change in thinking for precision cancer medicine.

The drug trastuzumab emtansine (Kadcyla) will soon be routinely available for patients in England with an advanced type of breast cancer.

Using two immunotherapy drugs together could help treat some patients with an aggressive form of breast cancer, according to an Australian study.