An article in the Independent (1 Sept 2011) reports that experts are calling the breast screening programme “dishonest”  http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/claims-of-breast-cancer-screening-success-are-dishonest-say-critics-2347194.html Read more »

Latest research suggests that improved survival rates for breast cancer are due to advances in treatment options and not national breast cancer screening programmes. Reported in the Scotsman 29 July   http://www.scotsman.com/news/Breast-screens-39do-not-directly.6809400.jp Read more »

The screening debate has produced a confusing amount of advice and evidence. The following conflicting ”facts” have been taken from a range of research papers and the current NHS Screning Leaflet. • Regular screening reduces the number of deaths from breast cancer. • Breast cancer mortality rates have decreased over the past 20 years due to the better management of [...] Read more »

In 2007, the WCFR/AICR Diet and Cancer Report recommended that changes to diet and physical activity could reduce the burden of cancer worldwide. In particular it proposed that 42 per cent of breast cancers in the UK could be prevented by diet and physical activity, leading to lower body fatness (although, interestingly, higher rates of [...] Read more »