The impact of Brexit will certainly have a dramatic and lasting effect in the UK on the NHS and on cancer patients. We fear that the impact of a No Deal will have a deleterious effect on cancer research and on cancer drug supply. It is surely essential for cancer research that the Government secures…
A new study in seven high-income countries shows that while the incidence of colorectal cancer, (otherwise known as colon or bowel cancer). is decreasing for adults over 50, it is substantially increasing among younger adults. In the UK younger people are now at higher risk of bowel cancer than older generations. The study into colorectal…
As 98% of cervical cancer cases are caused by the Human Papilloma Virus, (HPV), it makes sense to treat and eradicate the virus before it causes abnormal changes in cells of the cervix which could later become cancerous. A new study at the University of Manchester has shown that a simple self-sampled urine test can…
Thousands of women in the UK are being diagnosed for ovarian cancer late because of an early diagnosis postal lottery. And for 4,000 women each year that late diagnosis is too late to save their life. Women are dying needlessly because of GPs in some parts of the country fail to recognise symptoms…