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Shift work and increased cancer risk
30 July 2015
This week, Sarah Montague – a night-time presenter for the BBC – investigated the impact of shift work on health, and fou...
The challenge ahead for the NHS
23 July 2015
In Cancer: The challenge facing the NHS BBC Health Correspondent Nick Triggle reveals the issues ahead for our struggling hea...
Legal complaints for missed melanomas double in a decade
15 July 2015
Medico-legal experts have warned that UK GPs urgently need extra training to spot melanomas if they are reduce the growing nu...
Drug could extend life for 50% of breast cancer sufferers in future
13 July 2015
New research suggests that a cheap and safe drug could help half of women with breast cancer to live longer – and lead to a...
Lung cancer in women hits 20,000 cases
10 July 2015
Cases of lung cancer in women have reached 20,000 a year in the UK for the first time since records began, according to new C...
4Kscore prostate cancer test recommended in US guidelines
30 June 2015
The US’s National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) is to include 4Kscore® – the test offered as part of ProstateCheck...
Skin cancer – knowing your risk and what to look for
26 June 2015
Melanoma is the sixth most common cancer in the UK, killing over 2,000 people in Britain each year, but as with all cancers, ...
Smoking linked to prostate cancer
25 June 2015
The results of a new study have established a link between prostate cancer and smoking, reports Science Daily.
Smoking has l...
Breast cancer screening – why it matters
24 June 2015
Like other types of cancer, incidence of breast cancer is increasing, with around 50,000 new cases in the UK per annum. That ...
Cervical cancer viewed as a younger woman’s disease
23 June 2015
As Cervical Screening Awareness Week gets underway (15-21 June) the BBC reports how cervical cancer is perceived as...
Taking cervical cancer screening to the next level
23 June 2015
To mark Cervical Screening Awareness Week – a UK-wide initiative led by Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust – Mr Jullien Brad...
Fighting cancer in the workplace: what it means for SMEs
23 June 2015
Over the past couple of years, we have seen a paradigm shift in the relationship between business and cancer, with more and m...
Cambridge breast cancer surgeon Prof Gordon Wishart launches new genetic testing company
15 June 2015
An article "Cambridge breast cancer surgeon Prof Gordon Wishart launches new genetic testing company", based on interview wit...
Should all women have ‘Angelina Jolie gene test’?
10 June 2015
The Times reported recently on a call for all women to be screened for “Angelina Jolie-type genetic mutations” to prevent...
Happy Father's Day
9 June 2015
Father’s Day is June 21, and we would like to remind you that the best gifts for Dad are those that come from the heart.
Cancer overtakes cardiovascular disease as UK's No. 1 killer among men
8 June 2015
Research published online in the journal Heart reveals that cancer has overtaken cardiovascular disease, which includes heart...
Study confirms breast screening saves lives
8 June 2015
The BBC reports how a new study, led by the World Health Organization's cancer agency, proves the effectiveness of breast can...
New lung cancer treatment doubles life expectancy
5 June 2015
According to a “milestone” trial, a new therapy can more than double life expectancy in some lung cancer patients.
The B...
Convene To Screen
5 June 2015
Check4Cancer's medical director Professor Gordon Wishart sets out the case for putting policies in place for dealing with can...
Cancer cells can reactivate after decades
2 June 2015
A new study, published in the journal Leukemia and reported on the BBC News website, suggests that cancer cells can go to sle...
Cold sore virus may be the key to treating skin cancer
2 June 2015
BBC News online reports this week on a revolutionary new treatment for skin cancer, using a genetically engineered version of...
A quarter of skin cells turning cancerous
27 May 2015
Over a quarter of a middle-aged person’s skin cells may have taken the first step to becoming cancerous, according to a stu...
Obesity in adolescence linked to bowel cancer
27 May 2015
New research has shown that boys who become obese as teenagers may double their risk of bowel cancer by the time they are in ...
21,000 cancer patients treated late in 2014-15
26 May 2015
In March we reported on figures showing that NHS targets for the treatment of cancer patients had been missed for the first t...
