Breast cancer experts are hailing what could be some of the biggest advances in more than a decade – two new medicines that significantly delay the time until women with very advanced cases get worse.

A hormone therapy for breast cancer can reduce the chances of deadly spread of the disease by nearly a fifth, according to new trial findings.

A HORMONE therapy for breast cancer can reduce the chances of the deadly spread of the disease by nearly a fifth, according to new trial findings.

THE manufacturers of Arimidex, a rival drug to frontline breast cancer drug tamoxifen, claim their product helps women live cancer-free for longer.

A NEW study disputes health scares over hormone replacement therapy (HRT), saying the treatment used by millions of post-menopausal women may reduce, rather than increase, the risk of heart disease.