Breast cancer
3 women of colour on what others should know about breast cancer
There are lot of myths surrounding the disease.
Mother with stage four cancer hopes to keep ‘memory alive’ through rubber ducks
Bex Hainsworth was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2016.
Prostate cancer now England’s most common cancer – figures
Diagnoses of the disease overtook breast cancer in 2022 and 2023, Prostate Cancer UK said.
Carrickfergus father organises ‘firewalk’ for charity following wife’s cancer death
Thomas Haighton is raising money for Cancer Fund for Children
New study of people living with secondary breast cancer in Northern Ireland will help ‘overlooked patients’
Cancer Focus NI estimates there are around 250 patients diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer every year
What screenings are available on the NHS to detect cancer early?
Screening programmes can help to diagnose cancer or risk of cancer sooner and improve the likelihood of successful outcomes.
Daily tablet for advanced breast cancer patients set for NHS rollout
Elacestrant is recommended for patients whose cancer has worsened after at least a year of treatment with hormone therapy and CDK4/6 inhibitor.
New blood test can spot breast cancer at earliest stages, say scientists
Researchers said the fast and non-invasive technique could pave the way for a screening test for multiple forms of cancer.
Breast cancer drug blocked for NHS use as price talks break down for third time
Nice said it was ‘extremely disappointed’ it will be unable to recommend trastuzumab deruxtecan, sold under the brand name Enhertu.
Care assistant with breast cancer had ‘inappropriate’ surgeries – inquest told
Disgraced surgeon Ian Paterson said it was ‘nonsense’ that an open breast biopsy and double mastectomy performed on a patient were unnecessary.