breast cancer

To help raise awareness during Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, Aegon has shared previously unpublished figures on breast cancer claims in 2012.

Survival estimates for those diagnosed with breast cancer have nearly doubled since 1971, with the majority of women diagnosed surviving for five years or more, research has found.

Bupa has launched a new breast cancer network to provide customers with greater access to specialist care and fast treatment.

Zurich has enhanced its Critical Illness (CI) product including improved protection for patients with breast cancer and partial payments on 6 medical conditions.

At risk women across England and Wales could be given a daily pill to prevent breast cancer.

Medical researchers have pinpointed a genetic marker for sporadic breast cancer which accounts for 80% of all cases.

Four drug types have been found to reduce breast cancer incidence by 38% in women at an increased risk of the disease, according to a Cancer Research UK study published in The Lancet.

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is updating its clinical guideline on familial breast cancer.

Women could one day be diagnosed and treated for breast cancer through a simple blood test, researchers have said.

More people are set to beat cancer as treatments improve and diagnosis is made earlier, according to Cancer Research UK.