Breast screening - A to Z

Breast screening is a sub-category of Detecting cancer and Screening

• Breast screening - definition of terms
• Breast screening - potential effects
• Breast screening in the UK - a brief history
• Breast screening statistics
• Our impact on breast cancer
• Our progress and achievements in the 1960s

• Breast screening - performance of mammography
• Breast screening and HRT
• Breast screening review
• Issues around breast screening
• Our policy on cancer screening
• Spot breast cancer early

• News story: UK's breast cancer screening programme reviewed
  25 October 2011
• News story: Lower effectiveness of breast screening in women under 50 due to breast density more than speed of tumour growth
  2 August 2010
• Press Release: Cell test could predict DCIS breast cancer recurrence
  30 June 2010
• News story: Nearly 2m women attended breast screening in 2007/08
  21 December 2009
• Press Release: Join the fight for women's survival and help Cancer Research UK save lives
  1 October 2009
• News story: Breast screening saves lives say experts
  14 July 2009
• News story: Debate on breast screening 'should not distract from the benefits' says Cancer Research UK
  3 April 2009
• News story: Company claims new 'mouth swab' gene test will lead to personalised breast screening
  29 January 2009
• News story: New radar imaging system could improve breast screening
  13 November 2008
• News story: Breast screening survival figures "exceptionally good news"
  12 June 2008

• News story: Annual screening for women with history of breast cancer 'may save lives', study suggests
  19 November 2010
• News story: Scottish breast screening programme detects 1,500 cases in 2008-09
  30 July 2010
• Press Release: Twice as many lives saved than overdiagnosed by breast screening
  31 March 2010
• News story: Breast density linked to cancer recurrence
  12 November 2009
• Press Release: Charity concerned that one third of women ignore breast screening invite
  30 September 2009
• Press Release: Number of women dying from breast cancer hits record low
  22 April 2009
• News story: Cancer cases detected by NHS breast screening double in ten years
  29 January 2009
• News story: Health minister approves plans to modernise breast screening services in Wales
  23 January 2009
• Press Release: Older women unaware of higher breast cancer risk
  8 October 2008
• News story: Kylie breast cancer prompted rise in screening in Australia
  5 June 2008

• June 2010 podcast