Doctors could soon be able to better predict an individual patient’s chances of getting cancer and offer them personalised detection and prevention strategies, thanks to a new research project co-led by scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research, London. 

The Breast Cancer Now Generations Study is a landmark project investigating the causes of breast cancer. This year we’re marking the 20-year anniversary and celebrating the study's successes so far.

The podcast episode is titled: Sandi Toksvig, Breast cancer study, Carrie Hope Fletcher

Scientists are developing breast cancer risk tools that will help to identify women at high risk, even if they do not have a family history of the disease, thanks to one of the world’s largest and longest-running studies into the causes of breast cancer.

Researchers have discovered further evidence that physical activity can reduce people’s chance of developing breast cancer before the menopause.

Regular leisure time physical activity may reduce the risk of breast cancer for women before menopause, according to new research funded by Breast Cancer Now.

Gaining weight from early adulthood is linked to a lower risk of breast cancer before the menopause, a major global study of more than 600,000 women has found.

Working night shifts is not linked to an increased risk of breast cancer, a major prospective UK analysis has found.

Reports on a large new study on pregnancy and breast cancer risk came accompanied by these sorts of alarming headlines. But should mums, and older mums in particular, be worried about the latest findings?

Younger women who have recently had a child may have a higher risk of breast cancer than that of women of the same age have not given birth.

Short first pregnancies and having a heavier first-born child may slightly increase a mother’s risk of breast cancer, a new study has found.

Having high levels of anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) – a hormone that indicates the size of a woman’s ovarian reserve – before the menopause is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer, research suggests.

Having a higher body mass index (BMI) at a younger age is associated with a decreased risk of developing breast cancer before the menopause, major new research funded by Breast Cancer Now and other collaborators has found.

Exposure to light at night while sleeping does not increase a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer, a major prospective study funded by charity Breast Cancer Now suggests.

A major new prospective study funded by Breast Cancer Now has found that smoking is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer, particularly among those who began smoking during adolescence and those with a family history of the disease.

Scientists funded by Breast Cancer Now and Cancer Research UK have demonstrated a more accurate method to assess a woman’s familial risk of breast cancer, which could one day be added to existing models to help better predict an individual’s overall risk of breast cancer.

The effect of combined hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in increasing a woman’s risk of breast cancer is likely to have been underestimated by a number of previous studies, according to a new prospective study published in the British Journal of Cancer.

Day-to-day psychological stress and adverse life events are unlikely to increase a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer, according to a major new prospective study.

A worldwide study of the DNA of 100,000 women has discovered two new genetic variants associated with an increased risk of breast cancer. 

Around two per cent of women with primary ovarian insufficiency – the medical term for a permanent halt in menstruation occurring naturally before the age of 40 – are affected by changes to a particular gene, a study has shown.