Recent News Headlines : Cancer

'IF EXERCISE WAS A PILL IT WOULD BE PRESCRIBED TO EVERY PATIENT'


Exercise should be prescribed to all cancer patients, and not to do so would be harmful, some of Australia's leading experts on cancer have warned... READ MORE

7th May, 2018 2545

'SHE WAS SO SMART. SHE ALWAYS DID THE RIGHT THING. SHE WAS A STRONG LEADER AND ALWAYS JUST SO HUMAN'


Liz Hughes, 67, died of complications due to breast cancer surrounded by loved ones -- including her husband Doug Rushton, children Lauren... READ MORE

5th May, 2018 987

BREAST CANCER SCREENING HOTLINE STAFFED BY PEOPLE WITH ONLY AN HOUR'S TRAINING


Public Health England confirmed that it had contracted out the helpline to Serco... READ MORE

5th May, 2018 1572

UP TO 270 WOMEN MAY HAVE DIED AFTER BREAST CANCER SCREENING IT ERROR


Women receiving breast cancer treatment, including those with a terminal diagnosis, may also receive letters informing them of missed screenings in the coming months... READ MORE

3rd May, 2018 673

SERIOUS FAILURE IN ENGLISH BREAST CANCER SCREENING MAY HAVE SHORTENED LIVES


Greenwood said that many breast cancers are still found by women themselves, and recommended that women concerned about missing their test should contact their doctors... READ MORE

2nd May, 2018 0

HUNDREDS OF WOMEN HAD THEIR LIVES SHORTENED BY NHS BREAST CANCER SCREENING FAILURE, JEREMY HUNT ADMITS


NHS Breast Cancer Screening Error Hundreds Of Women Had Their Lives Shortened, Jeremy Hunt Admits... READ MORE

2nd May, 2018 1294

OVARIAN CANCER DIAGNOSES 'WILL RISE 55% IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS'


Ovarian cancer diagnoses 'will rise 55 percent in the next 20 years'... READ MORE

1st May, 2018 928

BRAVE VICKY STARTS ON NEW CANCER WONDER DRUG


I am the first cervical cancer patient in Ireland to get access to this drug... READ MORE

25th April, 2018 6

'I AM VERY ANGRY' - YOUNG MOTHER HAS MONTHS TO LIVE AFTER SMEAR TEST MISSED CANCER


On January 29 this year Ms Phelan was given between six months and 12 months to live, counsel said... READ MORE

25th April, 2018 88

CANCER, MUTATIONS AND THE FACTS OF LIFE


Aggressive combinations of surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy can often completely eliminate cancerous cells that haven't yet accumulated too many mutations... READ MORE

23rd April, 2018 799

JAPAN'S HITACHI TO TRIAL 'WORLD'S FIRST URINE TEST' TO SPOT CANCER


The engineering and IT conglomerate developed the basic technology to detect breast or colon cancer from urine samples two years ago... READ MORE

17th April, 2018 410

'I'M STILL STANDING': ANTON ENUS SHARES HIS BATTLE WITH BOWEL CANCER


The National Bowel Cancer screening program has been running for over a decade, targeting Australians aged between 50 and 74... READ MORE

16th April, 2018 0

IMMUNOTHERAPY BRINGS HOPE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER


Sue's cells have developed a gene sequence effective against cancer... READ MORE

3rd April, 2018 4

ANDREW LANSLEY CALLS FOR BETTER NHS SCREENING AFTER REVEALING BOWEL CANCER


Ex-Tory health secretary admits cuts and staff shortages slowed roll-out of bowel cancer checks... READ MORE

3rd April, 2018 1839

RESEARCHERS RECONSTRUCT FACE OF CRO-MAGNON MAN


To mark 150 years since the discovery of the bones, a team of researchers, including anthropologist Philippe Charlier, re-examined the remains... READ MORE

2nd April, 2018 1

CANCER AND COFFEE: WHAT WE KNOW


Studies in humans suggest that if anything, coffee is protective for some types of cancer, she said... READ MORE

1st April, 2018 29

CANCER WARNING LABELS ON COFFEE? CALIFORNIA RULING 'CRAZY,' SCIENTISTS SAY


The Council for Education and Research on Toxics sued ready-to-drink coffee companies in 2010 for not providing cancer-hazard warnings due to the acrylamide content... READ MORE

31st March, 2018 150

NEW PATHS TO CURE CANCER EMERGE FROM IMMUNOTHERAPY TRIALS


Lead investigator Christian Hinrichs of the National Cancer Institute told Scott the news at her follow-up visit to the NIH in February... READ MORE

25th March, 2018 0

NETFLIX IS NO LONGER THE TOP GUN IN S&P 500 THIS YEAR


The San Francisco-based company is due to post updates at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in June... READ MORE

19th March, 2018 60

WHY WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT PROSTATE CANCER


O George Monbiot's response to his diagnosis and forthcoming radical surgery for prostate cancer is impressive and inspiring for others in similar position... READ MORE

16th March, 2018 59

A DOSE OF SUNSHINE EXPOSURE COULD CUT THE RISK OF CANCER BY ONE FIFTHA


A study of 34,000 adults found those with high levels of Vitamin D had a 20 per cent lower chance of cancer... READ MORE

8th March, 2018 261

FORMER 'BBC BREAKFAST' HOST BILL TURNBULL REVEALS HE HAS INCURABLE PROSTATE CANCER


Former 'BBC Breakfast' host Bill Turnbull has revealed he has prostate cancer... READ MORE

7th March, 2018 514

PROSTATE SCREENING SAVES NO LIVES AND MAY DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD


Cancer Research UK's hunt for finding early stages of aggressive prostate cancer is not over... READ MORE

6th March, 2018 1611

7 IN 10 PANCREATIC CANCER PATIENTS NOT RECEIVING POTENTIALLY LIFE-SAVING TREATMENT


Abi Tilley, 23, from Sleaford in Lincolnshire, lost her mother Anne, 56, to pancreatic cancer in October 2016... READ MORE

1st March, 2018 129

'IT TAKES LONGER TO RECOVER FROM CANCER THAN TO BE TREATED,' YOUNG ADULT CANCER SURVIVOR STRESSES


Instead, it seems like something about the experience of enduring cancer when young increases the risk of long-term mental health problems, he said... READ MORE

25th February, 2018 2551

HOW HOLES IN OUR CANCER SERVICES ARE PUTTING LIVES AT RISK WITH LATE DIAGNOSES


He said The burden of cancer on individuals and on society will grow, unless significant progress is made on improved prevention, early diagnosis and treatment... READ MORE

21st February, 2018 0

TWO WOMEN HAVE CANCER MISDIAGNOSED AT ST JAMES' HOSPITAL


A woman who was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010 was one of two patients misdiagnosed with breast cancer at St James' Hospital, RTE Investigates reports... READ MORE

21st February, 2018 393

IN THERAPY - THE EMOTIONAL LEGACY OF BREAST CANCER


My active treatment for breast cancer ended some time ago, but I am still struggling... READ MORE

8th February, 2018 122

SHOULD I STOP EATING ASPARAGUS TO HALT CANCER'S SPREAD?


Both of these changes greatly reduced breast cancer's ability to spread... READ MORE

8th February, 2018 189

CHINA'S CANCER RESEARCHER SHARES 2018'S SJOBERG PRIZE OF SWEDEN


The Prize is an annual international prize in cancer research awarded to individual researchers or research groups... READ MORE

8th February, 2018 2

Trending News Headlines : Cancer

PREGNANCY TO COST 425% MORE UNDER DONALD TRUMP'S HEALTH PLAN COMPARED TO OBAMACARE


Pregnancy to cost 425 percent more under Donald Trump's health plan compared to Obamacare... READ MORE

4th May, 2017 105917

111 TERMINALLY ILL PEOPLE END THEIR LIVES UNDER CALIFORNIA'S NEW RIGHT-TO-DIE LAW


California health officials said 111 terminally ill people have legally ended their lives since the state passed aA right-to-die law in 2016, according to a reportA released Tuesday... READ MORE

28th June, 2017 13383

CANCER WILL NOT MAKE MY DAD SURRENDER. 'NOTHING EVER HAS.'


The news of father's illness has affected every one of us in the McCain family... READ MORE

20th July, 2017 9101

NHS TRUST SENT CANCER PATIENT ADVERTS FOR PRIVATE CLINIC


Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs St James's, has apologised to Schofield and said it would no longer send the leaflets... READ MORE

5th August, 2017 4521

'A TERRIBLE SHOCK': MAN WHOSE WIFE DIED CALLS FOR INCREASED ACCESS TO PALLIATIVE CARE


But because Szukits was still getting chemotherapy not to cure her, but to reduce her symptoms they were denied access to a palliative care physician... READ MORE

9th July, 2017 3707

2 BILLION PEOPLE ARE OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE GLOBALLY, STUDY SAYS.


Among the 20 most-populous countries, the highest level of obesity among children and young adults was in the U.S., at nearly 13 percent ... READ MORE

12th June, 2017 2844

GLIOBLASTOMA: MCCAIN'S TYPE OF BRAIN CANCER VEXES DOCTORS, BUT EMERGING THERAPIES ARE ON THE HORIZON


But human brains, brain tumors and genetic signatures are far more complex than what scientists are able to study in animals, Sanai said... READ MORE

30th July, 2017 2788

BBC NEWSREADER GEORGE ALAGIAH REVEALS CANCER HAS RETURNED FOR SECOND TIME


George Alagiah, the BBC newsreader, is to undergo medical treatment for cancer after the disease returned for a second time... READ MORE

15th January, 2018 2697

DNA-BASED TEST CAN SPOT CANCER RECURRENCE A YEAR BEFORE CONVENTIONAL SCANS


Eileen Rapley, 74, a retired art teacher from London, entered the trial after being diagnosed with lung cancer a year ago... READ MORE

26th April, 2017 2297

THE FORCE IS STRONG WITH THIS 4-YEAR-OLD FIGHTING CANCER


Callan also shares his love of Star Wars with his 2-year-old brother Ari... READ MORE

4th May, 2017 2297

VERY HOT DRINKS ARE 'PROBABLY CARCINOGENIC'


Evidence for any other cancers linked to drinking coffee was also inconclusive... READ MORE

15th June, 2016 2205

SECOND OPINION: BAD NEWS FOR WINE LOVERS


There is a trend associating alcohol consumption with breast cancer, but the precise mechanisms are still not understood, she said... READ MORE

29th May, 2017 1946

"TWO YEARS CANCER FREE, NEUROBLASTOMA YOU WON'T BEAT ME!"


She had 100 percent bone marrow cancer and 90 percent skeleton cancer, her mother Judith told Independent.ie... READ MORE

26th May, 2017 1719

RARE CANCER PUT 'ON THE RADAR' WITH $26 MILLION IN GOVERNMENT FUNDING FOR 19 CLINICAL TRIALS


The Federal Government steps up its efforts to improve the abysmally low survival rates for rare cancers, tipping in 26 million to fund 19 clinical trials... READ MORE

24th January, 2018 1559

RECORDED CHILDHOOD CANCERS RISE BY 13% WORLDWIDE, STUDY FINDS


In poorer countries, some children's cancers are never diagnosed and their deaths will not be investigated... READ MORE

12th April, 2017 1456

BREAST CANCER DRUG THAT CAN EXTEND LIVES APPROVED FOR NHS USE


Kadycla is for people with Her2 breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body and cannot be removed through surgery... READ MORE

15th June, 2017 1448

NO ONE PRAYS FOR AN IPHONE SAYS DRUG EXEC SLAMMING TRUMP CUTS


The entire pharma industry relies on basic science that reveals the underlying nature of health and disease, Yancopoulos said... READ MORE

30th March, 2017 1358

COMMENT: WHAT DOCTORS KNOW ABOUT DEATH THAT THE REST OF US DONT


We want to believe that death is optional, so we don't talk about it, and we don't make plans for our deaths... READ MORE

20th July, 2015 1241

NHS PATIENTS WAITING MONTHS FOR VITAL BOWEL CANCER TESTS, FIGURES SHOW


Deborah Alsina, chief executive of Bowel Cancer UK, said the waiting times present a worrying picture for patients ... READ MORE

12th May, 2017 1182

CHINA FREES JAILED DISSIDENT AFTER CANCER DIAGNOSIS


The Nobel committee said Liu Xiaobo was the foremost symbol of the human rights struggle in China... READ MORE

26th June, 2017 1147

EXPERIMENTAL OVARIAN CANCER TREATMENT LOOKS 'VERY PROMISING', RESEARCHERS SAY


Early-phase study of drug that mimics folic acid to attack ovarian cancer cells could hold promise for women who stop responding to traditional treatment... READ MORE

3rd June, 2017 1145

ILLNESSES COULD SOON BE DIAGNOSED BY AI LEADERS SAY


Computers could start diagnosing patients' illnesses within the next few years as artificial intelligence increasingly ousts doctors from their traditional roles, NHS leaders believe... READ MORE

13th September, 2017 941

PROSTATE CANCER BLOOD TEST COULD TRANSFORM TREATMENT, SAY SCIENTISTS


The researchers collected blood samples from 49 men at the Royal Marsden with advanced prostate cancer enrolled in the phase II clinical trial of olaparib... READ MORE

19th June, 2017 922

CANCER SYMPTOMS OFTEN MISSED BY GPS IN ENGLAND, STUDY SUGGESTS


Thousands of people diagnosed with cancer in A E every year have visited their GP three times or more with symptoms, research has shown... READ MORE

25th April, 2017 903

ANTIBIOTICS OVERUSE COULD INCREASE BOWEL CANCER RISK, STUDY FINDS


But Newstead said the study did not look at the effect of antibiotics on the colon and caution must be taken... READ MORE

5th April, 2017 868

HOW A BREATH TEST COULD REVEAL WHAT DISEASE YOU HAVE


By using nanotechnology, Dr Nasiri can make the sensor supersensitive to the nanoparticles in breath and calculate the concentration of that biomarker... READ MORE

31st July, 2017 844

CANCER PATIENTS BEGIN EXPERIMENTAL VIRAL TREATMENT


An experimental treatment that involves injecting a virus into the bloodstream of lung cancer patients has begun clinical trials at hospitals in Ottawa and Hamilton... READ MORE

26th April, 2017 823

CANCER CURED MY DAD OF BREXIT BIGOTRY


She talked about blood and cancer levels and what she thought would be the next step... READ MORE

13th August, 2017 821

B.C. ANNOUNCES INDIGENOUS CANCER STRATEGY TO INCREASE SURVIVAL RATES


It's time Indigenous people began openly dealing with the impact of cancer on their health, he said... READ MORE

13th December, 2017 762

UK'S FIRST PROTON BEAM MACHINE ARRIVES AT NEWPORT CLINIC


The Welsh Government said proton beam therapy will be available at the centre to NHS Wales patients with certain cancers within the next year ... READ MORE

20th May, 2017 712


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