Up to 18 ABC staffers who worked at a Brisbane, Australia, studio have been diagnosed with breast cancer.

ANOTHER woman who worked at the ABC’s Queensland headquarters has been diagnosed with breast cancer.

The ABC abandoned its studios at Toowong, in Brisbane’s inner west, in late 2006 because of a breast cancer cluster.

Up to 18 women who worked at the site between 1994 and 2006 have developed the disease.

The cause of the cluster has not been identified.

It is understood the woman, who has not been identified, worked in the television newsroom for about seven years in the 1990s.

The ABC said in a statement the national broadcaster was saddened by the news of the latest case.

“It will offer full support to the former employee as it has with all those who worked at the Toowong site and were diagnosed with breast cancer,” a spokeswoman said.

The spokeswoman said the ABC’s response to the issue continued to be guided by an independent panel of experts.

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