AACR 2022: Team of scientists and clinicians wins global award for transforming breast cancer treatment 04 Apr 2022 A group of UK clinical and non-clinical scientists working together across different areas of cancer research has won the AACR Team Science Award for work that has transformed treatment for many patients with breast cancer. Find out more Show/Hide
Low-cost test could pick out breast cancer patients at increased risk of relapse 02 Nov 2020 Testing women’s response to hormone therapy for breast cancer given around the time of surgery could be a fast and cheap way of predicting how likely the disease is to come back, a major clinical trial has found. Find out more Show/Hide
Major ‘plasmaMATCH’ trial uses blood test to match women with breast cancer to range of precision treatments 10 Sep 2020 A blood test that can identify a variety of mutations in advanced breast cancer can reliably match women to effective targeted treatments, early results of a major clinical trial reveal. Find out more Show/Hide
Long-term safety of radiotherapy in fewer doses for patients with early breast cancer demonstrated in 10-year study 14 Jul 2020
One-week course of radiotherapy could benefit women with early stage breast cancer, study finds 28 Apr 2020
Practice-changing clinical trial reduces long-term radiotherapy side effects in women with breast cancer 21 Dec 2018
Fewer but larger radiation doses cause similarly low side-effects as conventional breast cancer radiotherapy 21 Oct 2018
Targeting chemotherapy with genetic testing provides effective treatment for women with aggressive breast cancer 30 Apr 2018