A breast cancer drug has shown "unprecedented" benefits in extending lives in a clinical trial and experts urged its widespread use for women with an aggressive form of the disease.

ONE of Europe’s leading cancer physicians described the misdiagnosing of breast cancer in a number of Irish women as a scandal.

A blood test to identify lung cancer in its early stages could potentially save millions of lives if initial results can be confirmed, researchers say.

LETTERS and pledges of support have been pouring in for Dr Séamus O'Reilly since a letter he sent to the Tánaiste and the Health Service Executive (HSE) outlining the chronic state of cancer services was published earlier this week.

A CORK hospital was named Ireland’s only centre of excellence in cancer care yesterday by a leading European medical society.