The first targeted immunotherapy treatment for people with triple negative breast cancer has been provisionally rejected for use on the NHS. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice)
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More genetic testing and trials must be rolled out for children if the UK is to avoid failing future generations of young cancer patients, an expert has said. Authors of
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Cancer patients are missing out on vital care as specialist nurses struggle with huge workloads, according to a new report. Macmillan Cancer Support said specialist cancer nurses were having to
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Prostate cancer patients are to have new targeted therapy as part of a trial which could “transform” treatment of the disease. Patients currently receive only hormone therapy to slow the
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Politicians have criticised the “secret scandal” of poor radiotherapy provision amid a dispute with the NHS over how many cancer patients may not be getting treatment. A report from MPs
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More research is urgently needed to improve the mental health of young people during and after cancer treatment and improve their access to clinical trials, concludes a new study published
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said hospices will receive a £25 million funding boost to help alleviate frontline pressures. The announcement follows a reception hosted by the Prime Minister in
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A Downton Abbey star has delivered a petition to Downing Street, demanding changes to the benefits system for people living with terminal illness. Jim Carter, who plays butler Charles Carson
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Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease accounted for more than a tenth of the registered deaths in England and Wales in 2018, new figures show. Last year saw the highest number of
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A severely disabled man who communicated by blinking and persuaded a judge to let him leave hospital and go home to his mother has died, lawyers have said. Mr Justice
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