Cancer news

Researchers have identified a protein that controls how breast cancer cells spread around the body.

We look at the fourth of our Grand Challenges and ask the experts how we can find ways to tell the difference between lethal and non-lethal tumours.

In the run up to World Cancer Day 2016, we caught up with breast cancer survivor, to find out how she was doing, and why she’s supporting World Cancer Day again.

UK research has suggested that the drug anastrozole could be a new option for some post-menopausal women with DCIS.

Cancer Research UK scientists have found that five in six women with increased risk of breast cancer turn down drugs likely to prevent the disease.

‘Love handles’, ‘muffin top’, ‘beer belly’, ‘extra padding’, ‘cuddly bits’, ‘winter insulation’… We all have names for the squishy bits we keep meaning to lose – but apart...

Experts have reported an increase in preventative double mastectomies since Angelina Jolie announced that she had undergone the procedure in 2013.

Most women questioned in a survey were unaware that drinking alcohol or being obese could increase their risk of developing breast cancer.

Scientists have shown for the first time that tumour DNA shed into the bloodstream can be used to track cancers as they evolve and respond to treatment

The public don’t fully understand the purpose of all the national cancer screening programmes, with few people aware that some can prevent the disease