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

MedicalXpress | Aug 03, 2026

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) criteria used to decide who should be referred by GPs for further breast cancer risk assessment and specialist care miss up to 95% of women under 50 who will go on to develop the disease in the next 10 years, new research by researchers at the University of Cambridge and The Institute of Cancer Research, London, has found.