

Research: Breast drug for prostate
A breast cancer drug could be used to stop prostate cancer returning, a study has found. The drug acts by stopping tumours carrying out...


Screening: Life, and mammograms, begin at 40
Forty is the optimal age for women to start having regular mammograms to reduce the number of breast cancer deaths, the findings of a US...


Research: Breast cancer drug gives new hope to IVF parents
A breast cancer wonder drug is being used in IVF to boost success rates for older women. Tamoxifen is normally given to patients who have...


Research: Breast cancer breakthrough
A breakthrough treatment for early stage breast cancer destroys the disease with fewer side effects than the usual approach, trials show....


Treatment: New breast cancer hope
A combination therapy halting cancer growth for twice as long in women with the most common type of advanced breast cancer, is being...


Treatment: Radiotherapy is a lifesaver
Breast cancer patients will soon be offered lifesaving radiotherapy while lying on their front for the first time, in an attempt to...


Research: Breast cancer hope
Queensland scientists have discovered a molecule responsible for controlling a set of genes that, when “switched on”, can improve...