Cancer survival rates in Wales continue to rise but improvement still needed
A rise in the number of people surviving cancer in Wales is something we should all be proud of, but improvement is still needed – that was the message from
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Tag: Palliative Care
NHS may look to new radiotherapy system for prostate cancer treatment
Radiotherapy for prostate cancer on the NHS could change after a new system that delivers higher beam doses over a shorter period was found to work as well as existing
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Welsh care home manager wins recognition for ground-breaking training programme
A manager at a care home in Newport, South Wales, has won praise for delivering a ground-breaking training programme that has just been shortlisted for an NHS Wales Award. Edgar
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LSBU to team up with hospice to offer new end-of-life care courses
London South Bank University (LSBU) has teamed up with Saint Francis Hospice to offer new, part-time and full-time interdisciplinary postgraduate courses in palliative and end of life care. The new
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Report finds significant gaps in services and calls for new cancer strategy in Wales
A new hard-hitting report into cancer services in Wales – produced by the University of Glasgow’s Institute for Health and Well-being – calls for an ambitious new plan to cope
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Charity slams ‘grossly unfair’ decision on prostate cancer treatment
Health campaigners have said it is “grossly unfair” that men with advanced prostate cancer in Scotland will not be able to get a treatment on the NHS that could extend
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NHS England approves laser treatment for men with enlarged prostates
Thousands of men with a prostate problem are to benefit from a new tool which has been given the go ahead for NHS use, health officials said. The National Institute
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Study explores novel assessment tool for monitoring hydration in end of life care
In a UK first, researchers from the Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute Liverpool, based at the University of Liverpool, have utilised a novel assessment tool to help monitor the hydration levels of a critically
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‘Unprecedented results’ in trials combining immunotherapy drugs
Thousands more patients with terminal cancer could go into remission if immunotherapy drugs were used in combination, scientists believe. The drugs, which have boosted survival for dying patients, enable the
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Major study finds cancer patients 20% ‘more likely to survive if married’
Married people are more likely to survive cancer than those who are single, a study suggests. Preliminary research on almost 60,000 people with a range of blood cancers found that,
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