Dense breasts or breast cancer in the family? What screening changes mean for you

StefaNikolic/Getty The way women are screened for breast cancer in Australia is changing. According to a newly released review, this means moving away from screening largely based on someone’s age. Instead, screening would be tailored according to their individual risk. This could mean using information such as breast

A new risk assessment system called Boadicea, developed by Cambridge and funded by Cancer Research UK identified eight times as many women in the age group who would develop breast cancer in comparison to current guidelines

Breast cancer checks miss 95% of women under 50 who develop disease  The Times

The criteria given to GPs to refer women at risk of breast cancer for further action miss nearly all under-50s who go on to develop the disease within a decade, analysis suggests.