This article was taken from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-43992748 By BBC Health News More than 8,000 calls have been made to a helpline since it was revealed that 450,000 women were not invited to routine breast cancer screening due to a computer error. Public Health England says it was not aware of a national problem with the screening programme until January….
This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/27/alarming-failings-cancer-care-fuel-premature-breast-cancer-deaths/ By Laura Donnelly, health editor Women are twice as likely to die from breast cancer in some parts of the country amid “alarming” failings by NHS services, experts have warned. A report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Breast Cancer reveals a “postcode lottery” in screening, diagnosis and death rates from the…
This article was taken from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42648761 By Katie SilverHealth reporter, BBC News Young women treated for breast cancer who carry faulty BRCA genes are not less likely to survive than those without them, research suggests. A study of nearly 3,000 British women also found that a double mastectomy straight after being diagnosed with this type of…
This article was taken from:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/cannot-beyond-nhs-trusts-keep-data-incurable-breast-cancer/ By:JUDITH POTTS Breast Cancer Awareness Month Another Breast Cancer Awareness Month starts and 2017 marks 25 years of the pink ribbon. The usual arguments erupt for and against the tide of pink – used on everything from T-shirts to cocktails – to raise money for breast cancer research and care. It…