Q&A: Drugs to prevent breast cancer

Image caption, Drugs may not be the best option for all women
  • Author, Michelle Roberts
  • Role, Health editor, 大象传媒 News online

New guidelines for England, Wales and Scotland say women with a strong family history of breast cancer could take a course of tablets to cut their own risk of the disease.

This gives women a choice other than mastectomy or close monitoring.

But which option is best?