Lack of cancer diagnosis now a major crisis in UK
The need for urgent cancer diagnosis and screening is becoming more acute by each passing day according to one of…
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A good vitamin D status can protect against cancer
A good vitamin D status is beneficial both in cancer prevention and in the prognosis of several cancers, according to…
Leading cancer expert calls for five point action plan to kick start cancer services
Professor Karol Sikora, chief medical officer at Rutherford Health and the former head of the WHO’s cancer programme, called for…
Cancer backlog will become a national emergency
Cancer backlog requires an emergency national response similar to the pandemic. The backlog of cancer cases due to Covid-19 will…
Covid-19 canine detectives
Six canine faces look out at the camera. You would be forgiven for assuming they are modelling pet products –…
Covid-19 impact on blood cancer patients receiving stem cell transplants
A new study will look at how patients, who receive stem cell transplants for blood cancers and blood disorders, react…
Life saving ‘pre-hab’ service for lung cancer patients
Consultants at Barts Health have trialled a potentially lifesaving 'pre-hab' programme to help patients become physically fit so that they…
APPG RT responds to NHS England’s comments
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Radiotherapy APPG RT responds to NHS England's comments at the Health and Social Care Committee.…
Covid-19: deaths from cancer could rise by at least 20%
Bowel Cancer UK have commented that Deaths in people with cancer could rise by at least 20%. The COVID-19 emergency…
MPs demand urgent action on PPE & radiotherapy capacity
MPs have today written to the Secretary of State for Health & Social Care urging him to prioritise the supply…
First Comprehensive Survey of Virus DNA Found Within Cancer Cells
Researchers from the University of East Anglia have helped to carry out the first comprehensive survey of viruses found within…
Calls For Flexibility To All ‘Game Changing’ Cancer Treatments
Sarcoma UK is calling on the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), NHS England, and pharmaceutical companies to…