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15/01/2013
Historic Breast Cancer Consultation Launched
Women in England and Wales with a strong family history of breast cancer could be offered medication in an effort to prevent the disease.
A consultation has been launched by the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence on whether tamoxifen could be given for up to five years.
If approved the draft guidelines would be the first of their kind in the UK.
NICE says not enough is being done to help healthy but high-risk women, who include women with a sister and a mother or aunt diagnosed with breast cancer before the age of 50.
Taking tamoxifen for five years could cut their own risk of the disease.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK, with about 50,000 women and 400 men diagnosed with the condition each year.
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A consultation has been launched by the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence on whether tamoxifen could be given for up to five years.
If approved the draft guidelines would be the first of their kind in the UK.
NICE says not enough is being done to help healthy but high-risk women, who include women with a sister and a mother or aunt diagnosed with breast cancer before the age of 50.
Taking tamoxifen for five years could cut their own risk of the disease.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK, with about 50,000 women and 400 men diagnosed with the condition each year.
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'Next big step' in breast cancer treatment launched
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10 October 2005
Breast cancer survival rates rise
Almost two-thirds of all women newly diagnosed with breast cancer are now likely to survive for at least 20 years, a leading cancer charity has claimed.
Breast cancer survival rates rise
Almost two-thirds of all women newly diagnosed with breast cancer are now likely to survive for at least 20 years, a leading cancer charity has claimed.
22 April 2009
Breast Cancer Deaths At Record Low
The number of women dying from breast cancer has fallen to its lowest level since records began, new figures have shown. The data released by Cancer Research UK show that in 2007, 11,990 women in Britain died from breast cancer. In 1941 - the first year statistics were collected - 12,472 women died from the disease.
Breast Cancer Deaths At Record Low
The number of women dying from breast cancer has fallen to its lowest level since records began, new figures have shown. The data released by Cancer Research UK show that in 2007, 11,990 women in Britain died from breast cancer. In 1941 - the first year statistics were collected - 12,472 women died from the disease.
27 June 2014
Blood Test Could Predict Breast Cancer - Research
A blood test is currently in development that could help predict the likelihood of a woman developing breast cancer, according to research by the University College London (UCL).
Blood Test Could Predict Breast Cancer - Research
A blood test is currently in development that could help predict the likelihood of a woman developing breast cancer, according to research by the University College London (UCL).
12 August 2010
UK's Breast Cancer Deaths Fall
Population-based breast cancer mortality rates in the UK have dropped steeply in the last two decades - more than in any other major European country - according to a study published on bmj.com. These results challenge claims that survival after breast cancer is worse in the UK than elsewhere in western Europe.
UK's Breast Cancer Deaths Fall
Population-based breast cancer mortality rates in the UK have dropped steeply in the last two decades - more than in any other major European country - according to a study published on bmj.com. These results challenge claims that survival after breast cancer is worse in the UK than elsewhere in western Europe.
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