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.