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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 ...
Raising our awareness of cancer with Professor Gordon Wishart
27 May 2021
Professor Wishart, Check4Cancer’s Chief Medical Officer spoke with Jamie Monk, from Vitality UK this week o...
Is the daily drip of Covid statistics still helpful?
27 May 2021
Professor Gordon Wishart, Chief Medical Officer at Check4Cancer has written an article for The Spectator on why we should put...
Professor Wishart discusses with The Spectator how we can begin to catch-up with the backlog of cancer services
26 May 2021
An estimated 3 million people missed cancer screening appointments between last April and August alone, resulting in a backlo...
How serious is the NHS cancer backlog?
17 May 2021
Professor Gordon Wishart, Check4Cancer’s Chief Medical Officer shares his thoughts with Clare Delmar from The Focal Therapy...
Cancer experts call for urgent action on the post-pandemic cancer crisis
13 May 2021
Top cancer experts, cancer charities, Royal Colleges and MPs have issued an urgent call for the government to move forward fr...
Professor Wishart speaks with BBC Look East on NHS waiting times caused by the pandemic
6 May 2021
Professor Gordon Wishart, Check4Cancer’s Chief Medical Officer and Visiting Professor of Cancer Surgery at Anglia Ruskin Un...
Why HR should include cancer screening as part of the employee benefits package
29 April 2021
Professor Gordon Wishart, Check4Cancer’s Chief Medical Officer discusses with HR Magazine, why HR should include cancer scr...
Ask the Expert - What is a breast cancer risk assessment?
23 April 2021
Professor Gordon Wishart, Check4Cancer’s Chief Medical Officer answers questions on MyBreastRisk, a breast cancer risk asse...
Getting tested for bowel cancer
23 April 2021
This April is Bowel Cancer Awareness month and we’ve put together a series of blogs to help you protect your bowel health i...
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 bowel cancer
20 April 2021
What is bowel cancer genetic testing?
1 in 15 men and 1 in 18 women will develop bowel cancer at some point during thei...
What Are The Symptoms Of Bowel Cancer?
15 April 2021
Nearly 43,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with bowel cancer each year, making it the fourth most common type of cancer.
I...
COVID has caused extensive delays to vital NHS cancer screening services
13 April 2021
Millions of people across the UK will be urged to attend vital cancer screening appointments again after COVID delays to the ...
Professor Wishart speaks with The Express on the symptoms of bowel cancer everyone should be aware of
12 April 2021
Bowel cancer is increasingly affecting younger people and not all symptoms of bowel cancer are linked to the colon or bowel. ...
5 ways to reduce your risk of bowel cancer
9 April 2021
April is Bowel Cancer Awareness month so we’re here to help you optimise your bowel health, in this blog we’re covering t...
Covid kills. But so does cancer...
6 April 2021
Professor Gordon Wishart, Check4Cancer’s Chief Medical Officer writes for The Spectator on the subject of the cancer crisis...
7 things everyone should know about bowel cancer
31 March 2021
This April, we are proudly supporting Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, helping you to protect your bowel health. In this blog, w...
Professor Gordon Wishart discusses women’s health with a panel of experts hosted by Vitality UK
30 March 2021
Professor Gordon Wishart, Check4Cancer’s Chief Medical Officer took part in a webinar hosted by Vitality on the 29th of&nbs...
Sarah Beck, a Registered Genetic Counsellor answers your questions about the risks of inheriting and the benefits of testing for prostate gene variants
22 March 2021
Sarah Beck, a Registered Genetic Counsellor at Check4Cancer, answers your questions about the risks of inheriting and the ben...
International Women’s Day: A Spotlight on Common Cancers Diagnosed in Women
5 March 2021
Differences between men and women are a consistent finding in cancer research. The risk of developing certain cancers, the ty...
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: How can you get tested?
23 February 2021
This Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, we’ve been focusing on the importance of understanding the symptoms to look out for a...
