Hormones - A to Z

Hormones is a sub-category of Causes of cancer

• Breast cancer risk factors
• HRT and cancer
• Hormones and cancer in the UK - statistics
• Our impact on breast cancer
• The birth control Pill and cancer

• Dr Simak Ali
• Hormones and cancer
• Hormones in our environment - do they affect our risk of cancer?
• Our progress and achievements in the 2000s

• News story: Oestrogen-only HRT after hysterectomy 'may protect against breast cancer'
  7 March 2012
• News story: Study sheds new light on breast cancer hormone links
  12 August 2011
• Press Release: 'Chattering' receptors drive breast cancer
  14 January 2010
• Press Release: 'Defence' gene reveals how oestrogen fuels cancer
  12 January 2009
• Press Release: The pill gives long-lasting protection against ovarian cancer
  25 January 2008
• News story: Hormone may protect tumours says research
  29 January 2007
• News story: Cancer Research UK welcomes new contraceptive pill
  29 March 2006
• Press Release: Oxford scientist bolsters sex hormone link to breast cancer
  29 April 2003
• Press Release: Sex hormones raise breast cancer risk in older women
  16 April 2002

• News story: Researchers defend HRT breast cancer study
  17 January 2012
• News story: Contraceptive pill does not increase risk of early death
  16 March 2010
• News story: Consumers ignore warnings about tan jab dangers
  19 February 2009
• Press Release: Breast cancer subtypes are different diseases
  25 April 2008
• Press Release: Cervical cancer risk reduces after stopping the pill
  9 November 2007
• News story: Oral contraceptive pill may be associated with breast cancer risk says study
  1 November 2006
• Press Release: Welsh scientists uncover role of female hormones in breast cancer spread
  17 June 2003
• Press Release: Use of the pill linked to cervical cancer
  3 April 2003

• August 2011 podcast

• December 2008 podcast