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New study finds ‘strong evidence’ that exercise cuts breast cancer risk

Drinking too much alcohol, being overweight or obese and being older all increase the risk of breast cancer.

The Independent UK

British Beauty Week kicks off with an important message to government

Plus Amy Francombe selects the five unmissable events

Evening Standard

Breast cancer symptoms you should know as Sarah Beeny reveals diagnosis

The presenter revealed she began chemotherapy last week, and will have a mastectomy and radiotherapy in 2023.

Daily Record

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Breast cancer may be kept at bay by radiotherapy ‘boost’, says study

Women who received an additional “boost” of radiotherapy at the tumour-removal site had a reduced chance of the cancer coming back to the same place

Wales Online

Extra radiotherapy ‘boost’ could keep some breast cancers at bay – study

A new grant has been awarded so researchers can continue to track women in the study.

The Independent UK

Woman who was ‘terrified’ of breast cancer diagnosed twice before turning 30

Jade Townsend was so sick she was hospitalised in response to chemotherapy drugs

The Independent UK

Covid saves mum's life after chest scan reveals she has aggressive breast cancer

Retired nurse Jan Dea is now in remission, but had her cancer symptoms not been discovered, they would have been too late to treat because of the aggressive nature of the disease

Daily Mirror

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Covid saves mum's life after chest scan reveals breast cancer

I was told if I hadn't been admitted with Covid, by the time I'd have felt it, it would have been too advanced

Wales Online

‘Momentous milestone’: New ‘life-extending’ drug for NHS to treat breast cancer

‘This landmark decision will offer a new, effective treatment for these women, and crucially give them the hope of invaluable extra months to live,’ Baroness Delyth Morgan says

The Independent UK

New breast cancer drugs to benefit thousands

Two drugs are being made available to patients through the cancer drugs fund.

The Independent UK

Sally Dexter says her emotional Emmerdale exit made her realise how lucky she is

Christine Smith speaks to Emmerdale star Sally Dexter about her character Faith Dingle’s emotional exit from the show and her hopes to return to the ITV soap as in a unique way in the future following her character's upcoming on-screen death

Daily Mirror

Rotary club welcomes Lanarkshire breast cancer survivor for talk on charity work

Sheila McNicol from Breast Cancer Now is giving something back to others in a similar position to the uncertain time she went through.

Daily Record

Thousands of women with breast cancer could benefit from new NHS-approved pill

A clinical trial found that people taking the drug alongside hormone therapy had a more than 30% better chance of their cancer not coming back

Daily Mirror

About 4,000 women with breast cancer could benefit from new twice-daily pill

The drug, made by Eli Lilly, is suitable for those with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative, node-positive early breast cancer.

The Independent UK

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New NHS breast cancer pill can cut recurrence of disease

The twice-daily pill reduces the risk of cancer returning once a tumour has been removed

Wales Online

Thousands to benefit after drug is approved for post-surgery breast cancer patients

The twice-daily pill makes it up to 30 per cent more likely that disease will not return

Daily Record

Devastated woman diagnosed with cancer when she was six months pregnant - and now it's incurable

Louise Swain-Hughes, 34, was diagnosed with cancer when she was six months pregnant and is now campaigning for a life-extending drug to be made available on NHS so she can spend more precious time with her son.

The Independent UK

Women with advanced breast cancer granted new NHS drug

‘Precious additional time before their disease progresses and more months to live and spend time with loved ones,’ says campaigner

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The Independent UK

New hope for women with advanced breast cancer as immunotherapy drug approved for NHS

Keytruda is for women with incurable secondary triple negative breast cancer and its aim is to slow disease progression.

The Guardian - UK

Women in England with breast cancer may qualify for drug that buys ‘precious’ time

Nice approves Keytruda, which with chemotherapy can lengthen survival of women with triple negative breast cancer

The Independent UK

Women with advanced breast cancer get new immunotherapy on the NHS

Keytruda is for women with incurable secondary triple negative breast cancer and its aim is to slow disease progression.

The Independent UK

Infertile men have a higher chance of developing breast cancer, study finds

Researchers suggest further work is needed to understand the underlying causes of male breast cancer.

Bristol Post

Bristol man diagnosed with breast cancer after finding lump the size of golf ball

It comes as researchers have now linked infertility with breast cancer in men

Wales Online

Symptoms of breast cancer in men as study finds new link

"Many people don’t realise men can get breast cancer, because they don’t think of men as having breasts"

Wales Online

Infertility in men linked to higher chance of developing breast cancer

Study suggests that the rate could be twice as high

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