DNA test assesses breast cancer ‘risk score’

Scientists have been able to test how likely women are to develop breast cancer and give them a “risk score” by analysing their DNA.

Researchers said that improving the accuracy of risk analysis using genetic screening could help breast cancer prevention and save lives.

Professor Douglas Easton, director of the Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology at the University of Cambridge, who co-led the study, said he hoped genetic risk prediction will become part of routine breast screening in future.