It cannot be beyond NHS trusts to keep data on incurable breast cancer

It cannot be beyond NHS trusts to keep data on incurable breast cancer

ByMatthew Betteridge

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…

Majority of recent cancer drugs approved for use in UK show no survival benefits, study finds

Majority of recent cancer drugs approved for use in UK show no survival benefits, study finds

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/05/majority-recent-cancer-drugs-approved-use-uk-show-no-survival/ By: Laura Donnelly, health editor  5 OCTOBER 2017 • 12:01AM The majority of cancer drugs approved for use in the UK in recent years are not proven to extend life, research has found. Researchers said patients were being given “false hope” by drugs which claimed major “breakthroughs” when there was no evidence…

Life-extending lung cancer drug approved

Life-extending lung cancer drug approved

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41318417 A life-extending lung cancer drug will be made immediately available to NHS patients in England, say advisers. Campaigners, including the late Sunday Times restaurant critic AA Gill, have repeatedly called for access to the pioneering immunotherapy, which can add months to life. Scotland already offers nivolumab to people with advanced…

We’re more likely to get cancer than to get married. This is a wake-up call

We’re more likely to get cancer than to get married. This is a wake-up call

ByMatthew Betteridge

Macmillan Cancer Support says one in two people will get a cancer diagnosis. Yet our treatment still focuses on the disease, not the person’s specific needs “I need you to see this patient now,” a nurse whispers, her quiet tone masking a mountain of concern. “I am an oncologist,” I introduce myself to the stricken…

CANCER BREAKTHROUGH: New process which can trigger death of cancer cells DISCOVERED

CANCER BREAKTHROUGH: New process which can trigger death of cancer cells DISCOVERED

ByMatthew Betteridge

THE search for a cancer cure has take a major leap forward after experts discovered a process to trigger the death of cancer cells could be more effective than current methods. The new method of killing cancer cells – called Caspase Independent Cell Death (CICD), led to the complete eradication of tumours in experimental models. Currently most…