Breast cancer survivors at significant risk of entirely new cancers

A new study has found that women who survive breast cancer have double the risk of cancer in their other, healthy breast compared to the general population. They are also at 87% increased risk of endometrial cancer, 58% greater risk of myeloid leukaemia and have a 25% increased risk of ovarian cancer. Picture: Rui Vieira/PA Wire

Breast cancer survivors are at significant risk of developing entirely new cancers somewhere else in the body, researchers have warned.

Experts from the University of Cambridge, who examined data for almost 600,000 people in England, said genetics plays a role in driving up the risk of further separate cancers, but being from deprived backgrounds, being obese and drinking too much, is also likely to play a role.