cancer

'Game-changing' cancer service approved for rollout

More cancer patients could receive genetic testing thanks to a new technique pioneered in Cambridge. Source link

2 months ago

Cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given vaccine

A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in…

2 months ago

Advanced radiotherapy for prostate cancer to cut sessions from 20 to five

Some men in England with the disease will now be offered an advanced form of treatment on the NHS. Source…

2 months ago

More black men to benefit from prostate cancer screening trial

Experts are trying to find the best way to screen for prostate cancer, since blood tests alone are not accurate…

3 months ago

Daily pill doubles survival time for pancreatic cancer patients

The drug, daraxonrasib, has been hailed as a breakthrough in managing the deadliest of all the major cancers. Source link

3 months ago

Millions of breast cancer patients could safely avoid chemotherapy, study suggests

A new DNA test could help screen whether patients require the treatment or not, according to a new international trial.…

3 months ago

Prostate cancer screening only for “a few thousand” at risk men

The review comes after an intense period of campaigning involving charities, Olympian Sir Chris Hoy, who has terminal prostate cancer,…

3 months ago

Riskiest skin cancer cases hit UK record high

The number of melanoma skin cancer cases has risen above 20,000 a year for the first time in the UK.…

3 months ago

'New cancer test makes me feel women's health matters'

A patient praises a new test for womb cancer being trialled at hospitals in Suffolk and Norfolk. Source link

3 months ago

MPs call for sunbed advertising ban to help prevent skin cancer

A report by a cross-party group of MPs has found the majority of skin cancer cases are preventable. Source link

3 months ago