Health & Patient Care
NHS-Galleri Trial: Awaiting Final Results
The NHS-Galleri trial, a study into the early detection of multiple cancers, is making strides but NHS England has opted to wait for the final keep reading
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News
NHS offers bowel cancer screening
As reported by NHS England, thousands with Lynch syndrome to receive routine colonoscopies, a pioneering move to catch and treat cancer early, increasing chances of cure keep reading
News
Analysis reveals 40% of patients face life-threatening wait for cancer treatment on NHS
As reported by The Times, analysis from Cancer Research UK has revealed that nearly 40,000 cancer patients have suffered potentially life-threatening delays to NHS treatment keep reading
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HPV vaccines could mean only one smear test a lifetime
As reported by BBC News, women who have the HPV vaccine may need only one smear test to prevent cervical cancer in their lifetime, according keep reading
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Half with cancer signs didn’t contact GP in first wave
As reported by BBC news, almost half of people with potential cancer symptoms did not contact their GP during the first wave of the pandemic, keep reading
Health & Patient Care
Only 3 in 10 women take up all cancer screening invitations, finds research
Researchers from King’s College London and Queen Mary University of London found that 35% of women aged between 60 and 65 take up all three keep reading
News
Why are women’s cancers harder to diagnose?
Two new studies are challenging current views on the diagnosis of ovarian and breast cancer in women. Awareness of ovarian cancer is low and screening keep reading
Health Tech
Video: Targeted lung checks
NHS England has released a video about the Leeds Lung Check programme. The service, funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research, provides a targeted lung check service keep reading