Abortion drug could help reduce risk of breast cancer, group of medics says

August 14, 2025

Image from a mammogram

(The Guardian) – A drug used in medical abortions could help prevent women at high risk of breast cancer from developing the disease, according to an international group of doctors and scientists.

However, “stigma” around mifepristone is stopping pharmaceutical companies from investigating its potential as a new treatment doctors could offer to reduce the risk of breast cancer, they say. (Read More)