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Ask the Expert - Menopause and breast cancer
18 October 2021
Professor Gordon Wishart, founder, and chief medical officer at Check4Cancer, with more than 30 years experience as a breast ...
A long-term strategy for cancer services
13 October 2021
Cancer survival rates in the UK lagged behind many western countries long before the pandemic. As attention turns to the NHS ...
Professor Andrew Beggs joins Check4Cancer’s Medical Advisory Board
11 October 2021
Check4Cancer is delighted to announce that Professor Andrew Beggs has recently joined Check4Cancer’s Medical Advisory Board...
Handy guide to performing a breast self-examination in 6 steps
6 October 2021
Breast Cancer Awareness Month marked in countries across the world every October, helps to increase attention and support for...
Ask the Expert - Maria Daultrey discusses how to be breast aware by regularly checking your breasts
30 September 2021
Breast Cancer Awareness Month is marked in countries across the world every October, helping to increase attention and suppor...
Professor Gordon Wishart speaks with Times Radio on the unexpected impact of the fuel crisis on cancer treatment
30 September 2021
Professor Gordon Wishart, Check4Cancer’s Chief Medical Officer and Visiting Professor of Cancer Surgery at Anglia Ruskin Un...
Check4Cancer presents at the British Dermatological Nursing Group’s 30th Annual Conference
23 September 2021
The 30th Annual Conference of the British Dermatological Nursing Group (BDNG) which has over 2,200 members has been held this...
9 reasons why you should get screened for cancer
16 September 2021
Cancer survival rates in the UK are set to reach their lowest in 15 years, with over 3 million people missing routine cancer ...
Reduce your cancer risk with lifestyle changes that you can make today
9 September 2021
One out of two Britons born after 1960 will get cancer during their lifetime which is a very alarming and sobering figure. Di...
Check4Cancer receives a nomination in the 2021 Laing Buisson Healthcare Awards
9 September 2021
Check4Cancer is delighted to announce that ‘MyCancerRisk’, an online cancer risk assessment tool developed by Check4Cance...
Ask the Expert - What are the three main types of skin cancer you need to be aware of and how to spot it
2 September 2021
Claire Crilly, a Check4Cancer Skin Cancer Specialist Nurse, discusses the three main types of skin cancer you need to be awar...
Prostate Cancer - Dan Wood speaks of his journey from the initial screening to being treated by a urologist
24 August 2021
Dan Wood, a Mott McDonald employee shares his experience of being screened for prostate cancer through his flexible employee ...
Sarah Beck, a Registered Genetic Counsellor at Check4Cancer, answers your questions about the risks of inheriting and the benefits of testing for an inherited genetic predisposition to ovarian cancer
15 July 2021
Sarah Beck, a Registered Genetic Counsellor at Check4Cancer, answers your questions about the risks of inheriting and the ben...
Men’s melanoma skin cancer rates have increased by 50% over the last decade in the UK
9 July 2021
A recent report published by Cancer Research UK1 comments on a worrying trend that men’s melanoma skin cancer rates have in...
Lockdown didn't save lives from cancer
6 July 2021
Professor Wishart, Chief Medical Officer at Check4Cancer has written an article for The Spectator on how cancer treatment sho...
Ask the Expert: Professor Gordon Wishart discusses the importance of screening mammograms to detect early breast cancer
2 July 2021
Around one in seven women in the UK are diagnosed with breast cancer1 at some point in their lives. Early detection remains o...
Combating Cancer 2021 Report
30 June 2021
Check4Cancer is delighted to feature in The Times as part of Raconteur's 'Combating Cancer 2021 Report'. The 16-page sp...
Why cancer screening must form part of employee benefit & wellbeing programmes
30 June 2021
With a huge backlog of 3 million missed screenings in 2020 and tens of thousands of undiagnosed patients, the NHS faces an up...
Philip Housden joins Check4Cancer as non-executive director
17 June 2021
Check4Cancer has announced that Philip Housden has joined its board as a non-executive director.
Managing director of&n...
Demystifying the facts about HPV & the importance of cervical cancer screening
11 June 2021
This Cervical Screening Awareness Week, from 14th – 20th June 2021, we are demystifying facts about HPV and celebrating the...
Ask the Expert – Cervical Cancer Screening in Women Aged 50+
11 June 2021
To mark Cervical Cancer Screening Awareness Week from 14 – 20 June, we spoke to Mr Jullien Brady, Consultant Gynaecologist ...
Be Skin Aware – Choosing the right sunscreen and understanding UVA protection
4 June 2021
With the return of outdoor socialising and warmer weather approaching, many of us are looking forward to a summer spent in th...
Be Skin Aware - 5 ways to reduce your risk of developing skin cancer
4 June 2021
Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the UK. Over 80% of skin cancers are caused by UV radiation, which is given ...
Understanding Fitzpatrick Skin Types
28 May 2021
You may be familiar with classifications such as dry, oily or combination skin, but as part of our series of blogs for being ...
