cancer

Families with children battling cancer to have travel costs covered

The government sets aside £10 million a year to help families and young people under 24 access cancer treatment. Source…

8 months ago

Penarth mum ‘begged’ for MRI which revealed cervical cancer

Jessica MasonJessica says women-specific health issues are too often dismissedA woman with cervical cancer who waited years to be diagnosed…

9 months ago

NHS cancer gene database to allow families to check risk

A new NHS database of genes linked to cancer could enable patients and their families in England to find out…

9 months ago

Cancer patients ‘warned for years’ about hospital water infections

Paul O'Hare,BBC ScotlandandLisa Summers,Scotland health and social care correspondentJohn Cuddihy says the bacterial infection had a 'devastating' impact on daughter…

9 months ago

Newport woman felt ‘so guilty’ having skin cancer while pregnant

A woman says she felt "so guilty" for having skin cancer while pregnant with her son.Emma Giannuzzi, 36, from Rogerstone,…

10 months ago

Sir Cliff Richard reveals prostate cancer treatment

Sir Cliff Richard has revealed he has been treated for prostate cancer.The 85-year-old singer said the cancer was discovered when…

10 months ago

Blood cancer therapy reverses incurable leukaemia in some patients

James GallagherHealth and science correspondentBBCA therapy that would once have been considered a feat of science fiction has reversed aggressive…

10 months ago

Schools to teach about endometriosis, periods and cancer screenings

Jenny ReesWales health correspondentAthika AhmedMolly Fenton and Athika Ahmed want better education on women's health issues in schoolYoung women say…

10 months ago

Staffordshire cancer patient welcomes newly-approved treatment

Andy GiddingsWest MidlandsFamily photoSharon Price said she wanted to avoid the need for surgeryA woman who successfully underwent a newly-approved…

10 months ago

Most men should not be screened for prostate cancer, says UK expert body

James GallagherHealth and science correspondentGetty ImagesA screening programme for prostate cancer for all men in the UK is not justified,…

11 months ago