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The Guardian | Breast cancer
1w ago
Trials in UK, France and the Netherlands indicate tool can predict if patient will experience problems from surgery and radiotherapy
Doctors have developed an artificial intelligence tool that can predict which breast cancer patients are more at risk of side-effects after treatment.
Worldwide, 2 million women are diagnosed every year with the disease, which is the most common cancer in females in most countries ..read more
The Guardian | Breast cancer
1w ago
Pembrolizumab is used to treat triple-negative form of disease but researchers say it could be used more widely
Thousands more women with breast cancer could benefit from a blockbuster immunotherapy drug than previously thought, research suggests.
Pembrolizumab, sold under the brand name Keytruda, targets and blocks a specific protein on the surface of certain immune cells that then seek out and destroy the cancerous cells ..read more
The Guardian | Breast cancer
1w ago
Researchers at Nottingham Trent University hope device used at home will improve tracking of tumours
Scientists are developing a device that fits inside a bra and could monitor whether a breast cancer tumour is growing.
Researchers hope the device will provide a new non-invasive method of detecting tumour growth that patients can use “in the comfort of their own homes ..read more
The Guardian | Breast cancer
1w ago
Olivia Munn revealed this week that she’d been diagnosed with breast cancer. She attributed the early detection to an assessment tool
This week, actress Olivia Munn shared an Instagram post in which she revealed that she was diagnosed with breast cancer in early 2023. She said that although she had tested negative for mutated BRCA genes (which are associated with a higher risk of breast cancer) and had a “normal mammogram” that winter, her doctor decided to calculate her breast cancer risk assessment score.
“The fact that she did saved my life,” Munn wrote ..read more
The Guardian | Breast cancer
1w ago
Mary Kelly Foy, the MP for Durham, is recuperating from surgery and is expected to make a full recovery
A Labour MP has urged women to attend breast cancer screenings as she revealed her own diagnosis.
Mary Kelly Foy, the City of Durham MP, said she was recuperating from surgery and was expected to make a full recovery thanks to an early diagnosis ..read more
The Guardian | Breast cancer
2M ago
Figure represents cost to NHS, productivity lost by society, and losses and expenses for patients
The cost of breast cancer to the UK economy could reach £3.6bn a year by 2034, according to a new report.
This year, the total cost of breast cancer to the UK economy is estimated to be £2.6bn–£2.8bn, or about 0.1% of UK gross output, economic modelling in the study shows. That could rise by almost 40% if no action is taken to improve screening rates and cut advanced cancer cases, the study from the thinktank Demos and the charity Breast Cancer Now suggests ..read more
The Guardian | Breast cancer
3M ago
Fraudsters created Facebook pages purporting to offer a live stream of the memorial service
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The federal government has called out an “abhorrent” online scam targeting the funeral of Labor MP Peta Murphy last week, with fraudsters creating numerous Facebook pages purporting to offer a live stream of the memorial service.
The pages, which were swiftly removed once brought to the attention of Facebook’s parent company Meta, appear to have targeted Murphy’s friends and ..read more
The Guardian | Breast cancer
4M ago
‘It was so true to Peta’s character that she channelled her personal battle with breast cancer into public policy’, PM says
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Anthony Albanese has confirmed that Labor MP Peta Murphy, 50, has died from breast cancer. The prime minister struggled to hold back tears as he confirmed Murphy’s passing in a short statement from parliament house on Monday afternoon.
Murphy, the member for Dunkley, attended the final sitting week of the House of Representatives last week befo ..read more
The Guardian | Breast cancer
5M ago
We’d like to hear your thoughts on anastrozole being offered to women in England at higher risk of developing breast cancer
From Tuesday, an estimated 289,000 women in England who are at higher risk of developing breast cancer will be given access to a drug that can halve their risk.
Anastrozole will be made available to women who have been through the menopause and and have relatives who had breast cancer at a younger age, or several relatives who developed it. The drug will be taken as a 1mg tablet once a day for five years ..read more
The Guardian | Breast cancer
5M ago
Anastrozole to be made available to women who have been through the menopause and have family history of breast cancer
Almost 300,000 women at higher risk of developing breast cancer are being given access to a drug that can halve their risk in a “major step forward” in the fight against the disease.
An estimated 289,000 women in England who are at moderate or high risk of breast cancer will from Tuesday be able to take the tablet to try to prevent it from developing, NHS bosses said ..read more