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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 seven 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...
Screening and diagnostics: what’s the difference?
21 September 2020
When it comes to cancer, the terms ‘screening’ and ‘diagnostics are often – incorrectly – used interchangeably. Can...
How the pandemic is changing traditional healthcare relationships in the UK
21 September 2020
The second of three articles in Laing Buisson Healthcare Markets by Professor Gordon Wishart and Philip Housden, managing dir...
Check4Cancer receives a double nomination in the 2020 Laing Buisson Healthcare Awards
16 September 2020
Professor Gordon Wishart is recognised as a ‘Rising Star’ finalist and Check4Cancer is shortlisted as a finalist in the â...
Check4Cancer launches online service to provide fast cancer screening as thousands of people go untested in the Covid-19 pandemic
14 September 2020
Check4Cancer, the provider of early cancer detection and genetic services, has launched its new brand and website bringing to...
