Liver cancer survivor fronts campaign calling for better care
A man in remission from a little known type of cancer has become one of the faces of a campaign to improve treatment alongside Dame Zandra Rhodes. Benjamin Carey, 55,
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Drug breakthrough offers hope for advanced prostate cancer patients
An innovative new drug being trialled to tackle certain cancers could also benefit patients with advanced prostate cancer whose treatment has stopped working, according to scientists. Experts hailed the discovery
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Care assistant with breast cancer had ‘inappropriate’ surgeries – inquest told
A care assistant who had advanced disease when she was diagnosed with breast cancer underwent “inappropriate” surgery carried out by disgraced surgeon Ian Paterson, an inquest has heard. Giving evidence
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Civil servant was ‘dead man walking’ when placed on Covid ward, inquiry told
The widow of a cancer patient who died from Covid-19 at a scandal-hit superhospital said he was a “dead man walking” due to infection risks, an inquiry heard. Senior Scottish
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‘Game-changing’ drugs to treat prostate and lung cancers accepted for use in Scotland
Treatments for different types of cancer and a life-threatening fungal infection are among those to have been accepted for use on the NHS in Scotland. The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC)
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World’s first vaccine for ovarian cancer ‘could wipe out the disease’
The world’s first vaccine for ovarian cancer – being developed in the UK – could wipe out the deadly disease, researchers say. Scientists at the University of Oxford are creating
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UK cancer outcomes ‘lag behind’ those of countries with clear plan, say experts
UK cancer outcomes “lag behind” those of countries with dedicated plans to tackle the burden of the disease, experts have said. A new cancer plan should be a “key priority”
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Cancer charity ‘deep concerns’ over shortage of digestive drug that could cost lives
A cancer charity has called on the Government to intervene urgently over the shortage of a drug that can prevent life-threatening digestive problems in thousands of people with a range
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Majority of UK adults worried about access to palliative care, survey suggests
Almost two-thirds of UK adults are worried about access to palliative and end-of-life care, according to a survey. The results, released on the same day a debate on assisted dying
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Early cancer diagnosis aim in England ‘seriously off target’, report warns
The ambition to diagnose cancer in its earliest stages in England is “seriously off target”, according to a new report. A rise in urgent referrals in recent years has contributed
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