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French woman given cancer treatment on wrong breast

Fri, 22 Jan 2016 12:01:00 +0100

A probe is underway at a hospital near Paris after a female cancer patient was given 22 session of radiotherapy on the wrong breast.

Eiffel Tower turns pink for breast cancer

Tue, 29 Sep 2015 13:57:54 +0200

Paris's most famous icon turned pink on Monday night as part of a push for breast cancer awareness.

French gene study offers breast cancer hope

Fri, 07 Feb 2014 09:59:00 +0100

French doctors revealed this week they hacarried out the bigest gene testing study of its kind which could offer women with advanced breast cancer a better chance of treating their disease.

Writer queries new breast screening campaign

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:37:00 +0200

A campaign to encourage women to get screening for breast cancer was launched on Wednesday at the same time as a book was published criticizing mass screening programmes.