Seven types of breast cancer identified for more accurate prognosis

A group of researchers in Nottingham identified seven types of breast cancer. This discovery could be helpful in developing new and improved prognostic tests for patients who have this disease. This study was published in the British Journal of Cancer. The study has a double goal: from one hand, to help clinicians easier identify the type of breast cancer a patient has and from the other hand, to identify the right treatment for this disease accordingly. This study was funded by Breast Cancer Campaign and Dr Andy Green in the University's Division of Oncology is its leader, in collaboration with colleagues at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and Nottingham Trent University. In the study were also involved Jon Garibaldi and Daniele Soria from the University`s School of Computer Science and Professor Ian Ellis in the Division of Oncology. “The days of one size fits all treatment are well and truly in the past. We need to ensure the life-saving and life-extending treatments we already have in the clinic are used more effectively – directing the right treatments to those who will benefit, and sparing others from unnecessary side effects, so that by 2050 we can achieve our ambition to overcome breast cancer”, said Baroness Delyth Morgan, Chief Executive of Breast Cancer Campaign.