Breast screening

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

• Breast screening - definition of terms
• Breast screening - performance of mammography
• Breast screening - potential effects
• Breast screening and HRT
• Breast screening in the UK - a brief history

• Breast screening statistics
• Issues around breast screening
• Our progress and achievements in the 1960s
• Prof Stephen Duffy
• Spot breast cancer early

• 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: Cancer cases detected by NHS breast screening double in ten years
  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: Asian community less likely to attend cancer screening
  6 March 2008
• Press Release: Breast cancer screening trials for under 50s does not show significant effect
  8 December 2006
• Press Release: Computers could assist doctors in screening for breast cancer
  25 September 2006

• 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: Company claims new 'mouth swab' gene test will lead to personalised breast screening
  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
• News story: Scotland upgrades breast screening programme
  19 February 2007
• News story: Breast cancer screening "saves lives" says Cancer Research UK
  18 October 2006
• Press Release: Ethnic differences in breast cancer risk factor to be examined
  9 February 2005