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NEWS: Book Breast Cancer Checks Directly
As reported by BBC News, a new trial in Somerset will allow women with worrying breast symptoms to skip GP visits and book specialist clinic keep reading
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Artificial intelligence shown to detect more cancer than clinicians alone
As reported by The Times, artificial intelligence has been shown to halve the workload of radiologists and detect more cancers than clinicians alone, in what keep reading
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NHS approves use of pioneering cancer drug
As reported by the BBC, NHS England is to offer hundreds of patients the world’s first cancer drug to target an inherited genetic fault Cancer keep reading
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‘Common protein’ could make breast cancer treatment far more effective
As reported by The Independent, ‘early-stage discoveries like this can help provide the building blocks for the breakthroughs of the future,’ says a Breast Cancer keep reading
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Link between HRT and breast cancer ‘complex’ but much evidence to suggest it is safe, says RCGP
The Royal College of GPs has responded to a new study published by the BMJ providing new estimates of the increased risks of breast cancer keep reading
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AI system outperforms experts in detecting breast cancer
An artificial intelligence program developed by Google Health suggests AI is better at spotting breast cancer in mammograms than expert radiologists This is an edited keep reading
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Drug that prevents half of breast cancers carries on working
A drug that halves a woman’s risk of breast cancer continues to work long after they stop taking it, say researchers This is an edited keep reading
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GPs are highly trained to spot cancer – but need more diagnostics and time with patients, says RCGP
Chair of the Royal College of GPs (RCGP) says primary care clinicians are highly competent in spotting cancers, but limited resources and time pressure threaten keep reading
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Being a ‘morning person’ linked to lower risk of breast cancer
New data published on The BMJ shows that being a ‘morning person’ may be linked to a lower risk of breast cancer Findings have implications keep reading
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Trans women may be at higher risk of breast cancer
According to a new study published in The BMJ, transgender women may be at a higher risk of breast cancer than the wider female population keep reading