NHS England data for January 2019 show that no less than one in four patients diagnosed with cancer did not start treatment on time, Hospitals have a target of 85% of patients starting treatment for Cancer within 62 days of their GP’s urgent referral. This is not being met because of lack of hospital…
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Update. Mar 7 2019 The UK government has launched a national cervical cancer screening campaign this Spring following the screening uptake hitting a 20-year low. One in three women are failing to take the test which is freely available on the NHS to women aged between 25 and 64. It is estimated that if…
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US clinical trial results show that a treatment regimen developed specifically for children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, (ALL), is also effective for treating older adolescents and young adults with the disease, though patients in the study who were obese or very obese had significantly worse outcomes than other patients. Haematologist Dr Wendy Stock of the Leukaemia and Lymphoma…
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A Manchester Biomedical Research centre study has shown that annual Breast Cancer screening for younger women aged 35-39 with a family history of Breast Cancer would effectively detect incipient and cancerous tumours earlier and thus save lives. The numbers of breast cancers discovered in the study led by Professor Gareth Evans were significant. The charity…
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