Around half a million women with a strong family history of breast cancer should be offered drugs to prevent the disease from developing, according to official advice issued today.
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence says in draft guidance that all women over 30 at high risk of breast cancer should be given the opportunity to take drugs to reduce it.
It is the first time that women have been advised to take preventive drug treatment for cancer and represents what one charity called a “historic shift”.
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