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Hot Topic! Breast Cancer

The Guardian reports that some women at higher risk of developing breast cancer will be offered a drug to reduce that risk: Drug that can halve breast cancer risk offered to 289,000 women in England. How can you support breast cancer patients? What’s the best evidence?

woman holding the breast cancer pink ribbon

Check these resources for an overview, key points, diagnosis, treatment options, follow-up and more.

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Oxford Medicine OnlineChapter 22 Breast Cancer in Oxford Handbook of Cancer Nursing

BMJ Best PracticeBreast Cancer in Situ

Clinical Key (available to UHNM only) – Breast Cancer in Females

Clinical Knowledge SummariesBreast cancer - recognition and referral

Cochrane Library clinical answersCan weight loss interventions improve outcomes for overweight and obese breast cancer survivors?

Royal Marsden Manual OnlineChapter 27: Living with and beyond cancer

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