Minimising breast cancer risk - Maintain a healthy weight. Obesity increases your risk of postmenopausal breast cancer by 50 to 100 per cent (Am J Clin Nutrition, 1987; 45: 289). It...

Studies exaggerate genetic basis of breast cancer risk - Studies estimating the lifetime risk of women with the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic mutation developing breast cancer may have exaggerated the risk by only...

Cancer drug tamoxifen takes another knock - The reputation of the breast cancer drug tamoxifen has taken another serious knock following the publication of two European trials that show it is no...

Contraceptive has high cancer risk - Depo-Provera, the long-lasting contraceptive that can be injected, doubles the risk of breast cancer among women who have taken it for less than five...

Breast cancer-the unkindest cut - Most breast cancer surgeons engage in surgical overkill, and many safety questions surround the new wonder drugs. ... ...

Cancer risk from high wires - People who live close to high voltage cables are at increased risk of developing cancer, according to two Swedish and one Danish studies. ...

Bone mass points to breast cancer risk - Bone mass levels may be another indicator to determine a woman's risk of developing breast cancer, researchers have discovered. ...

Taking tamoxifen for breast cancer - what are the risks? - Q:Can you tell me about the risks of tamoxifen for women at risk of developing breast cancer? C. H., London. ... ...