Researchers in Germany have shown that a multigene test can identify breast cancer patients who do not need chemotherapy and who have a good chance of surviving five years after diagnosis.

A new combination of two proven breast cancer drugs has either eradicated tumours or shrunk them to ‘barely visible size’ in just 11 days. Doctors in Manchester gave a combination of trastuzumab and lapatinib to 257 women and within 11 days in 11% of the […]

Screening The European Breast Cancer Conference in Amsterdam has heard that thousands of cases of breast cancer are going undetected by the standard screening techniques used by the NHS.

Scientists in Singapore have developed an optical device that could bring on-the-spot diagnosis for some cancers and other diseases closer to becoming a reality, it’s been reported this week.