NICE referral criteria miss up to 95% of women under 50 who go on to develop breast cancer within 10 years

NICE referral criteria miss up to 95% of women under 50 who go on to develop breast cancer within 10 years Craig Brierley Tue, 08/04/2026 - 02:00 Using BOADICEA – a comprehensive risk assessment tool developed at the University of Cambridge with funding from Cancer Research UK – researchers at Cambridge and The Institute of Cancer Research, London, identified eight times as many women in this age group who developed breast cancer as the NICE criteria. Breast cancer is the most common cancer worldwide, with steady increases in incidence over the last decades. It accounts for around one in four