Breast Cancer Campaign comments on news today that breast cancer in women under 50 tops 10,000 cases a year for the first time. There has been an increase in breast cancer in women of all ages and almost 50,000 women in the UK are diagnosed each year.

Findings in a report today in the British Medical Journal show that cosmetic breast implants may adversely affect survival in women who develop breast cancer. Breast Cancer Campaign thinks that these findings should be treated with caution and further research is needed.

The Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF), which provides an additional £200 million a year to enable patients with cancer in England to access drugs not routinely funded by their local NHS, has introduced a national list of drugs so that there is consistency across England.

Breast Cancer Campaign Chief Executive Baroness Delyth Morgan comments on the publication of a report by the Department of Health and Macmillan Cancer Support about cancer survivorship in England.