Irish researchers are carrying out 14 clinical trials to find-life changing breakthroughs in the treatment of breast cancer, it emerged today.

A REVOLUTIONARY breast cancer treatment developed in Cork and tested on Irish women was launched yesterday.

THERESE KIELY was just 25 years old when she was found to have a condition that can sometimes be a precursor to breast cancer.

MORE than 1,200 Irish women with breast cancer have played a leading role in huge treatment breakthroughs made over the last 10 years, it was revealed yesterday.

A DUBLIN hospital has reversed a controversial decision to postpone a cancer drug trial it deferred because patient information leaflets contained wording at odds with its Catholic ethos.

CANCER researchers have criticised the controversial decision of the Mater Hospital to postpone trials of a new drug on lung cancer patients.

APPLICATIONS to carry out potentially life-saving clinical trials have fallen dramatically since the introduction of a new EU Directive, a cancer research specialist claimed yesterday.

A NUMBER of potentially life-saving clinical trials are under threat because of red tape.

WOMEN from around the country are taking part in a pioneering study that could revolutionise breast cancer treatment.

FINDING a cure for cancer came two steps closer to reality last night with the publication of ground-breaking research, an Irish oncology expert said.

Harmonising the laws governing clinical trials throughout Europe has proved far from straightforward, writes Paul O'Brien.

A BREAKTHROUGH in the treatment of breast cancer could save the lives of hundreds of Irish women, leading cancer specialists will reveal today.