The parents of a poorly five-year-old boy are “rejoicing” after tests showed a cutting-edge cancer treatment has left him leukaemia free. Oscar Saxelby-Lee and his family flew halfway round the
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Just 14% of people around the world have access to top level palliative care services that allow them to die with dignity, a new study has found. Researchers found more
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NHS hospital staff organised an entire wedding in just one day so that a woman with terminal cancer could get married. Pauline Manning (pictured) was married for just eight days
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A new range of cancer tests has been developed, which scientists hope will help research of the disease and get more patients on clinical trials. The Glasgow Cancer Tests are
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Thousands of patients with incurable but treatable cancers are not getting the support they need, according to new research. A study by Macmillan Cancer Support, published on Monday, found that
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A growing shortage of skilled children’s palliative care doctors and nurses across England has reached crisis point, a new report from Together for Short Lives reveals. The charity says the
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New imaging technology has been developed to help picture how tumours form. Early diagnosis and treatment of patients with cancer could be helped by the tool which researchers at the
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A coroner has blasted a doctor and NHS trust over the deaths of 10 cancer patients, some of whom may have lived if they were treated properly. A state of
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Thousands of patients with incurable breast cancer are repeatedly visiting GPs before they are diagnosed amid concerns their symptoms are not being taken seriously or misinterpreted, a new report has
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Two 31-year-old women have told how they became “secondary sisters” after learning that their breast cancer is incurable and they will not be able to have children. At first sight,
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