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New recommendations published: screening intervals and more

and how to inform them of the harms and benefits strategies for communicating effectively with vulnerable groups such as...

Where body fat is carried can predict cancer risk

the odds in your favour and has lots of other benefits too. Making small changes in eating, drinking and keeping physically active...

Increasing breastfeeding worldwide could prevent over 800,000 child deaths and 20,000 deaths from breast cancer every year

not only has multiple health benefits for children and mothers, but it also has dramatic effects on life expectancy.... of children are failing to receive the full benefits provided by breastfeeding. The findings come from the largest and most...

Physical activity associated with lower risk of many cancers

physical activity has many health benefits. In addition to a reduced risk for heart disease, increased physical activity...

For breast cancer patients, never too late to quit smoking

among women with breast cancer the long-term benefits of stopping smoking. The study, which followed participants on average a dozen...

Benefits of mammography screening outweigh adverse effects for women aged 50–69 years

Benefits of mammography screening outweigh adverse effects for women aged 50–69 y... consideration of both the benefits and harms of mammography screening shows a net benefit from inviting women...

Genetic screening could improve breast cancer prevention

is the most definitive so far to show the clear benefits of using genetic testing for a large number of genetic risk factors in...

Launch of new European Code Against Cancer

and excessive sun exposure as well as the benefits of maintaining a healthy body weight and being physically active. It also...

Breast cancer screening

for the detection of this cancer type. Main benefits of screening tests involve significant improvements in disease prognosis,...

Personalised invitations of Czech citizens to cancer screening programmes

on preventable cancers, as well as on risks and benefits of cancer screening programmes, needs to be disseminated among the general...

Invitation to cancer screening is an investment which will pay off in the future

project in order to achieve the long-term benefits in the form of improved cancer detection and lower mortality...

Early mammograms in young women at increased breast cancer risk may save lives

whether surveillance with mammography showed any benefits. Across five centres, 47 cases of breast cancer were detected in women who...

Study examines outcomes of screening mammography for age, breast density, hormone therapy

study that compared the benefits and harms of the frequency of screening mammography to age, breast density and... and colleagues sought to determine whether the benefits, such as early detection, and the harms, such as a false-positive mammography...

Heart disease risk after breast cancer radiotherapy smaller than previously thought

remember that for most women treated today the benefits of breast cancer radiotherapy far outweigh the risks.” The amount of r...

Breast cancer screening programmes: benefits outweigh harm

cancer screening programmes: benefits outweigh... University of London, has concluded that the benefits of screening in terms of lives saved outweigh the harms caused by... A. (2012). The benefits and harms of mammographic screening for breast cancer: building the evidence... cancer screening, benefits,...

An active lifestyle helps lower breast cancer risk

said: “This large study further highlights the benefits of being active – even moderate amounts. There is also a lot of evidence that e...

Exercise, even mild physical activity, may reduce breast cancer risk

but substantial weight gain may negate these benefits... does physical activity have to be to provide benefits? Also, do women with all body types experience a reduced risk when they...

Drug prolongs lives of patients with hormone-sensitive breast cancer

the chance of surviving breast cancer, with the benefits lasting long after women have finished their course of treatment.” He also c...

The future of breast cancer prevention

some of the first trials showing the long term benefits of tamoxifen for preventing breast cancer in women with a greater than average...

Trial results confirm five years of tamoxifen boosts breast cancer survival

the first large study to look at the long-term benefits of five years of tamoxifen and show it has the extra benefit of substantially...

Tamoxifen's preventative role

study's results suggest that the benefits of tamoxifen to prevent cancer can sufficiently compensate for its side...

Radiation fears should not deter women from mammography screening

is very low, especially when compared to the benefits associated with early detection." Read the whole article at...

Twice as many lives saved than overdiagnosed by breast screening

University of London, said: “This shows that the benefits of screening outweigh the harms. “Unfortunately, we haven’t yet got a fla...

Study confirms risks and benefits of long-term tamoxifen treatment

confirms risks and benefits of long-term tamoxifen... Cancer Research UK said that the benefits of taking tamoxifen after a first diagnosis of breast cancer "far outweigh any...

Breast screening saves lives, say experts

screening experts have emphasised the benefits of breast screening after a study suggested that one in three cancers detected...


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