She said it was clear that more research into preventing breast cancer with drug treatments was needed.

BBC: Image of breast cancer

Jo Pickin, a radiographer from Velindre Hospital in Cardiff, has carried out her own research into how much information breast cancer patients manage to glean from the media.

BBC: Media's power over cancer patients

The breast cancer research program has made the Defense Department into one of the largest sources of funding into the disease.

CNN: A call to arms in the fight against breast cancer

More specifically, the report highlights the need to make breast cancer research more interdisciplinary, to conduct more research into chemical and physical environmental factors, and to improve the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

FORBES: New Government Breast Cancer Report Calls for Focus on Prevention, Study of Environmental Risk Factors

The review into the effectiveness of the breast screening programme was commissioned by Cancer Research UK and the Department of Health and is due to report back on Tuesday.

BBC: Breast screening programme in the UK criticised