Scientists have used artificial intelligence to recognise patterns in breast cancer – and uncovered five new types of the disease, each matched to different personalised treatments.

Multicentre UK study finds new blood test could detect the return and spread of breast cancer on average 10.7 months before tumours became visible on scans or patients developed symptoms

Scientists have uncovered a crucial change in cancer cells that allows them to spread around the body – by switching from sugar to fatty acids to fuel their growth.