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Skin cancer diagnostic clinics open through lockdown

29 January 2021

Skin cancer clinics open throughout the UK If you have any concerns about a specific mole or any skin lesion, then Check4Can...

Sarah Beck, Genetic Counsellor at Check4Cancer, discusses what you can expect in a one-hour genetic counselling session

27 January 2021

Sarah Beck, Genetic Counsellor at Check4Cancer, discusses what you can expect in a one-hour genetic counselling session What...

Prostate cancer screening during lockdown: manage your health at home

26 January 2021

With a third national lockdown underway in the UK, access to essential healthcare services are once again limited and facing ...

At-home HPV testing for cervical cancer screening could help many patients who have missed their cervical screening during lockdown

25 January 2021

At-home HPV testing is a safe and effective way to perform cervical screening that will reduce the number of smear test app...

Ask the Expert: BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene testing

20 January 2021

Sarah Beck, a Registered Genetic Counsellor at Check4Cancer, answers your questions about the risks of inheriting and the ben...

Cervical screening during lockdown: Don’t fear the smear!

19 January 2021

Once again, the UK is in lockdown with the National Health Service under worrying strain, resulting in non-urgent services be...

Mr Jullien Brady answers some of the most pressing questions around cervical cancer in the fourth of our ‘Ask the Expert’ blog series

15 January 2021

Ask the Expert: HPV and Cervical Cancer In the fourth of our Ask the Expert series, we spoke to Mr Jullien Brady, Consu...

How you can reduce your cancer risk for 2021?

18 December 2020

The festive season may look very different this year but this Christmas and New Year is still a great opportunity to make som...

Check4Cancer’s year in review – 2020

11 December 2020

Never before has the word unprecedented been so used or so apt, and 2020 has truly been an unprecedented year. In January 202...

The GALLERI trial - exciting development or unwelcome distraction?

30 November 2020

Professor Gordon Wishart, Chief Medical Officer at Check4Cancer gives his comment on the recent announcement by the NHS on th...

Ask the Expert: What is the OneStop Breast cancer diagnostic service?

16 November 2020

Mr Debashis Ghosh, Consultant Breast Surgeon at Check4Cancer’s OneStop Breast Clinic network, answers your questions and pr...

Is Lockdown No 2 justified ?

9 November 2020

Professor Gordon Wishart, Chief Medical Officer at Check4Cancer gives his thoughts on Lockdown No2 and it's likely effec...

Professor Sam Janes answers some of the most pressing questions around lung cancer in the third of our ‘Ask the Expert’ blog series

4 November 2020

Ask the Expert: Lung Cancer Professor Sam Janes answers some of the most pressing questions around lung cancer in the ...

Doctors fear for the continued actions of the Government

4 November 2020

Professor Gordon Wishart, Chief Medical Officer at Check4Cancer writes for The Express on why SAGE has to change its presenta...

Male Cancer Awareness - know the facts and get checked

2 November 2020

With one in two people now predicted to get cancer in their lifetime, cancer impacts everyone directly or indirectly, and the...

An Audit of Check4Cancer’s OneStop Breast Clinic network confirms continued excellence in the private sector

29 October 2020

Check4Cancer, the reliable and trusted provider of early cancer detection and genetic services in the UK, delivers audit resu...

BeBreastAware - Mammograms

23 October 2020

Around one in eight women in the UK are diagnosed with breast cancer¹ at some point in their lives. Early detection rem...

Resetting the consultant dynamic

23 October 2020

In the third and final part of a three article series with Laing Buisson Healthcare Markets, Professor Gordon Wishart and Phi...

Be BreastAware - find out about the signs and symptoms of breast cancer

20 October 2020

Breast Cancer Awareness Month, marked in countries across the world every October, helps to increase attention and support fo...

Coronavirus: Hidden toll of 25,000 extra deaths in private homes since virus took hold

20 October 2020

Between March and September there were 25,000 excess deaths in private homes in England, with the vast majority not linked to...

Covid chaos offers chance to revamp independent practice

14 October 2020

Professor Gordon Wishart, chief medical officer at Check4Cancer and Philip Housden, managing director of Housden Group analys...

Male Breast Cancer - know the facts and get checked

12 October 2020

Male breast cancer Usually thought of as a disease seen only in women, male breast cancer is a rare but real risk, most ofte...

Professor Simon Russell answers some of the most pressing questions around breast cancer in the second of our ‘Ask the Expert’ blog series

2 October 2020

Ask the Expert: Breast Cancer In the second of our Ask the Expert blog series, Professor Simon Russell, Consultant Oncologis...

Professor Richard Hindley answers some of the most pressing questions around prostate cancer in the first of our ‘Ask the Expert’ blog series

28 September 2020

Ask the Expert: Prostate Cancer Professor Richard Hindley answers some of the most pressing questions around prostate cancer...