Risk factors for breast cancer

About one in eight women are diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime

Women should not get the jab unless they are at high risk of exposure, WHO said

In 2017, the proportion of women aged 50-69 years who had been screened for breast cancer (using a mammography) within the previous two years differed greatly among Member States.

A new form of drug drastically improves survival rates of pre-menopausal women with the most common type of breast cancer, researchers have said, citing the results of an international clinical trial.