News & Articles

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  BLOG: Do UV filters increase breast cancer risk?

  16 Apr 2018

  Q&A with Professor Philippa Dabre who recently led a research project looking at UV filters in breast tissue.

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  SCIENCE BLOG: Alcohol and excess weight linked to breast cancer risk

  29 Mar 2018

  New study reaffirms view that drinking less and losing weight could help us to avoid breast cancer

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  SCIENCE BLOG: The scientific research we support

  9 Mar 2018

  It’s British Science week! Science it at the heart of everything we do at Breast Cancer UK.

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  SCIENCE NEWS: New study to investigate bisphenol links to breast cancer.

  8 Mar 2018

  Breast Cancer UK has awarded funding to Dr Michael Antoniou and Dr Robin Mesnage of King’s College London.

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  #WorldCancerDay Sunday 4 February 2018

  2 Feb 2018

  We Can. I can. Do more to prevent breast cancer this World Cancer Day!

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  NEWS: New figures suggest a small drop in breast cancer incidence rates

  29 Jan 2018

  For the second year running, figures released by the Office of National Statistics show a small reduction in the number of breast cancer cases reported in England.

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  SCIENCE: University of Leeds co-funded PhD project

  26 Jan 2018

  Breast Cancer UK announce £45,000 grant to investigate how oxysterols promote breast cancer.

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  NEWS: MEPs reject ban on BPA in food packaging

  11 Jan 2018

  European Parliament committee rejectes a motion calling for a ban on the endocrine disrupting chemical bisphenol-A (BPA)

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  Science Blog: Could vitamin D protect against breast cancer?

  3 Jan 2018

  Scientists are researching the possibility that vitamin D supplements could help prevent some cancers.

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  SCIENCE: Research findings may help us understand what triggers breast cancers

  15 Dec 2017

  Breast Cancer UK funded research identifies a new way of measuring oxysterols in breast tissue.

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