Actress Kelly Preston, wife to John Travolta, dies aged 57

An artificial intelligence programme has been developed which can detect breast cancer from mammograms better than experts, a study found.

AI system can detect breast cancer better than doctors, study finds

Bal Gill from Slough in Berkshire noticed an unusual heat coming from her chest in a thermal image at Camera Obscura in Edinburgh.

Almost a quarter of women surveyed visited their GP at least three times before being told their cancer had returned and spread.

Experts say they "don’t want to be alarming, but don’t want to be reassuring either”.

Experts found that early screening led to the detection of more tumours before they had spread.

Breast Cancer Care has claimed three quarters of NHS trusts in England do not provide patients with access to specialist nurses.

Serena Williams recorded a version of the Divinyls' hit I Touch Myself, to encourage women to check themselves for breast cancer.

Veronica Mehta underwent treatment for the disease last year and she told ITV News she wants to "encourage people to come forward".

Patient whose breast cancer had spread to her liver has been free of the disease for two years after ‘exciting’ immunotherapy treatment.

One member of staff reportedly raised concerns a lack of knowledge could lead to more mistakes.

A breast cancer survivor says she is "disappointed" after an NHS IT error meant that her illness might have been picked up sooner.


Hearing Hunt confirm up to 270 deaths could have been avoided but for an IT error made Lee Towsey rethink the deaths of both his parents.

Patients and their families criticise ‘computer error’ after hundreds of women potentially affected.

309,000 women will be receiving letters by the end of the month informing them of what to do next.