The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has published a new Evidence Collection, highlighting recent research into breast cancer risk.

This Collection brings together a selection of studies that have investigated breast cancer risk and screening, including how:

  • Risk-based approach could increase benefits of breast screening
  • Healthy weight would prevent some breast cancers
  • Family history increases some women’s risk but extra screening can help

To read this report in full please click on the link below:

‘Why we need to understand breast cancer risk’