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The Generations Study research highlights gaps in breast cancer risk referral guidelines
New research using data from the Breast Cancer Now Generations Study found that current NICE criteria may miss up to 95 per cent of women under 50 who develop breast cancer within the following ten years. The study, co-led by researchers at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, and the University of Cambridge, calls for the referral guidelines used by GPs to be reviewed
ICR joins £10million AI project to help identify individual cancer risk
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.
Celebrating 20 years of the Breast Cancer Now Generations Study
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.
BBC Woman’s Hour: 20th Anniversary of the Generations Study
The podcast episode is titled: Sandi Toksvig, Breast cancer study, Carrie Hope Fletcher
Improved breast cancer risk tools on the horizon as major study reaches 20-year halfway point
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.
Scientists find more evidence that exercise lowers your risk of getting breast cancer
Researchers have discovered further evidence that physical activity can reduce people’s chance of developing breast cancer before the menopause.
Largest study of its kind suggests physical activity reduces a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer before 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.
Weight gain linked to lower risk of breast cancer before the menopause
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.
Night shifts do not increase breast cancer risk, major UK analysis suggests
Working night shifts is not linked to an increased risk of breast cancer, a major prospective UK analysis has found.
Are older mothers really at higher risk of breast cancer?
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?