Two new medicines have been approved to help treat prostate and liver cancer patients in Scotland. The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) announced it had recommended two treatments for the diseases.
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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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