Bone scans - Q:Any woman suffering as my mother did (see Case Study, p 10) should not be dismissed, but we both regularly meet women who are in pain but who are no...

Britain lags behind in cancer survival rates - Survival rates for patients suffering from cancers of the lung, breast, colorectum and prostate in England and Wales are lower than the average rates...

Mammography - The hard truths behind the screen - As breast cancer rates continue to spiral upward (to 185,000 women in the US and 28,000 women in the UK every year), the pressure is on for women, par...

Hiv test giving false positives in 5% of all cases - Thousands of people wrongly believe they are HIV infected because of the standard Western blot test which is giving false positive results in nearly 5...

Bone marrow transplant doesn't improve survival - High dose chemotherapy followed by bone marrow transplant is not an effective way to improve breast cancer survival rates, according to the preliminar...

Fibrocystic breasts - A 50-year-old woman has had fibrocystic breasts for many years. After a mammogram eight years ago, she developed an enlarged cyst. She has now started...

Breast screening: - The mystery of the disappearing tumours - Mammogram screening is generally agreed to be best practice for all women over the age of 40. It's supposed to be soon enough to detect early signs o...

Mastectomy is unnecessary - Radical mastectomy where the breast and surrounding muscles are removed is no better at preserving life than less aggressive treatments. ...