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Concern over dramatic rise in palliative care deaths

By Iain MacDonald28th March 2014News England

The way hospitals record deaths could be covering up poor treatment and costing lives, according to a new report. Figures show a dramatic rise in the number of people recorded

University academic claims cancer care is ageist

By Iain MacDonald11th March 2014News Northern Ireland

Older people are being denied proper access to cancer care, an academic has claimed. A high proportion of older women with a certain form of breast cancer receive less chemotherapy

First prostate cancer centre to open in Belfast

By Iain MacDonald17th February 2014News Northern Ireland

The first regional centre of excellence in the fight against prostate cancer is to be established by Queen’s University Belfast. A total of £5 million will be invested over five