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More than 65,000 people every month ‘wait too long for cancer diagnosis’

Some 65,400 people every month in England are waiting too long to find out whether they have cancer, according to a new analysis from Cancer Research UK. A new target introduced last autumn says people should be either diagnosed with the disease or ...

09 May 2022 at 04:25

Artificial sweeteners linked to breast and obesity cancers in new study

Some artificial sweeteners may not be a good alternative to sugar and could push up the risk of cancer, scientists have suggested. Experts from the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research, and Sorbonne Paris Nord University, ...

24 Mar 2022 at 19:25

Deborah James fundraising initiative reaches £1m mark

A fund launched by podcast host Deborah James has raised more than £1 million in less than 24 hours since it was announced. The popular presenter of the BBC podcast You, Me And The Big C said in an Instagram post on Monday night that she had ...

10 May 2022 at 15:55

Cancer overhaul could see two-week wait to see specialist scrapped

The target for patients to see a specialist within two weeks if their GP suspects they have cancer is to be scrapped under new plans by the NHS in England. Instead the new “Faster Diagnosis Standard” proposes that patients who have been ...

09 Mar 2022 at 15:55

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Antibiotics may increase risk of colon cancer in the under-50s, study finds

Taking antibiotics could increase the risk of developing colon cancer by as much as half in the under-50s, scientists have found, with older people also seeing a higher risk from taking them. For the first time, while the numbers ...

27 Jan 2022 at 12:55

Faulty genes linked to prostate and pancreatic cancers, study suggests

Faulty genes already known to increase the risk of breast and ovarian cancer have now been linked to prostate and pancreatic cancers. A new study has provided the strongest evidence to date of links involving BRCA1 or BRCA2 ...

25 Jan 2022 at 22:25

British rower with incurable cancer sets new world record for Atlantic crossing

Three British women, one of whom has incurable cancer, have shattered the world record for rowing across the Atlantic. Kat Cordiner, who has secondary ovarian cancer, and teammates Abby Johnston and Charlotte Irving, ...

24 Jan 2022 at 01:26

Netflix-style algorithm could help guide cancer treatments, study suggests

The science behind Netflix viewing habits could soon be used to guide doctors in managing cancer, scientists suggest. Researchers used artificial intelligence (AI) to investigate and categorise the size and scale of ...

15 Jun 2022 at 17:00

Half of UK adults ‘don’t contact GP within six months of finding cancer symptom’

Half of UK adults with a possible cancer symptom do not contact their GP within six months, despite spotting changes to their body, research suggests. A YouGov poll of 2,468 people for Cancer Research UK found that ...

10 Aug 2022 at 15:00

Scotland

Number of Scots waiting for diagnostic tests 75% higher than pre-Covid

The number of Scots waiting for crucial tests to be carried out by the NHS has risen by 10% over the last three months – with new figures showing more than 155,000 are waiting for such checks. The Scottish ...

31 May 2022 at 14:13

NHS waiting list hits new all-time high as people also face record A&E queues

The waiting list for NHS treatment has hit a new all-time high, while a record number of people are enduring long waits in A&E until hospital beds are found, new figures show. Data from NHS England shows ...

10 Nov 2022 at 13:31

Scientists find targeting tumour ‘scaffolding’ slows breast cancer

Researchers have found that breast cancer tumours could be prevented from growing by targeting the “scaffolding” that surrounds them. Scientists in Glasgow from the Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute ...

15 Nov 2022 at 01:01

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