Cancer

September is Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month, an important opportunity to raise awareness of symptoms, screening and early detection. It should also prompt a broader question: Is innovation in women’s health keeping pace with a changing cancer landscape? A recent global analysis of breast, cervical, uterine and ovarian cancers estimated 3.7 million new cases and 1.3 [...]

Stockholm Region is rolling out AI as an independent second reader across its breast screening programme, covering up to 250,000 mammograms a year.

A health trust will decide how far back to review breast cancer cases after more than 30 women were found to have undergone unnecessary surgery. It has already been established that hundreds of patients came to harm during treatment at the breast unit at County Durham and Darlington Foundation Trust (CDDFT). The trust has apologised [...]

Breast cancer patients in Scotland face a postcode lottery that could limit access to two newly approved NHS treatments. The Scottish Medicines Consortium has approved Elacestrant and Capivasertib, which could be life-extending for some people with metastatic breast cancer. Eligibility depends on genetic testing to confirm gene mutations before treatment can be prescribed, but the [...]

A urine and vaginal fluid test could help rule out womb cancer in women with postmenopausal bleeding, potentially reducing invasive checks. In a study of 1,864 women with postmenopausal bleeding, the test identified 80 of 99 womb cancers and correctly gave a negative result for 93 per cent of women without the disease. Researchers said [...]

Higher BMI at 20 was linked to a lower risk of post-menopausal breast cancer in an analysis of more than 33,000 women. Lower breast density later in life may partly explain the link between higher body mass index, or BMI, in early adulthood and lower breast cancer risk after menopause. The findings could help explain [...]

Winner of the Women's Cancer Innovation Award at the 2026 Femtech World Awards, Namida Lab is working to tackle gaps in breast cancer screening and detection through the development of an innovative tear-based test called Auria. Catching breast cancer early depends on accessible diagnostics, with research showing that geographic inaccessibility is the most significant barrier [...]

Obesity may reduce a fat-cell process that helps kill breast cancer cells, offering a possible explanation for its link to the disease, a study found. The findings come from preclinical models, including breast tissue from donors. The research team at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah focused on adipocytes, the fat [...]

Targeting CD1d altered immune cells slowed tumour growth and improved immunotherapy responses in mouse models of breast cancer, researchers found. The findings suggest blocking the molecule could make the environment around breast tumours more favourable to anti-cancer immune responses. Further work is needed to understand how these immune changes occur and how the approach could [...]

An experimental cancer drug reduced bone loss and body fat in mice modelling post-menopausal changes, early research suggests. The compound, CADD522, appeared to strengthen bones and help the animals stay leaner after surgery designed to mimic hormonal changes seen after menopause. The treatment remains at an early experimental stage and has so far only been [...]