BREAST cancer is the second most common cancer in Ireland (melanoma is the most common) with 3,000 people developing the disease each year.

BREAST cancer is the second most common form of cancer in Ireland and treatment involves radiation, chemotherapy or surgery — or all three.

THE average woman has a one-in-three chance of developing breast cancer.

A MEDITERRANEAN diet has been linked with a lower breast cancer risk in a major study that followed almost 15,000 women for over a decade.

BEING “breast aware” does little to reduce breast cancer deaths, international scientists have warned.

WOMEN should no longer systematically check their breasts for lumps to detect breast cancer, according to the Irish Cancer Society.

A NEW drug offering fresh hope to women with an aggressive form of breast cancer has been approved for use in record time by the European Commission.

A NEW drug has been shown to boost the survival rate of women who have been treated for breast cancer.

A STUDY has confirmed that women with early breast cancer get significant benefits from taking the new drug Arimidex.

WOMEN on hormones or those who are thin or have had previous breast surgery are less likely to have breast cancer picked up by scans, a new study shows.

A BREAST cancer drug which prevents relapses and the return of tumours will offer new hope to women living with cancer after other treatments have expired, the Irish Cancer Society said yesterday.