Questions raised about potential for undue influence after appointment of Ruth Dempsey, formerly of Philip MorrisA former director at the tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) was handed a role on an influential expert...
Read MoreMionco screening has potential to be a ‘gamechanger’ in five years, says health secretary, Wes StreetingThe government will provide funding for a £120 blood test that has the potential to detect the 12 most...
Read MoreFirst patient in UK gets dose of jab designed to kill most common form of lung cancer – and stop it coming backDoctors have begun trialling the world’s first mRNA lung cancer vaccine in patients, as experts hailed...
Read MoreDNA test, which takes seconds to collect, can detect men at high risk and spare others unnecessary treatmentScientists have developed a spit test that could “turn the tide” on prostate cancer worldwide by spotting...
Read MoreImproved screening and treatment means fewer middle-aged people dying of disease despite rise in casesMore middle-aged people are getting cancer but fewer of them are dying from it thanks to improved detection and better...
Read MoreExclusive: Cancer leaders and oncologists increasingly alarmed at impact of strikes on treatmentThousands of cancer patients could die early if ministers and junior doctors do not urgently resolve their bitter pay row, health...
Read MoreExclusive: Cancer Research UK says toll could be avoided if government tackled health inequalitiesHealth inequalities are causing 33,000 avoidable cases of cancer in the UK every year, a damning analysis suggests.Ministers have...
Read MoreVorasidenib worked in trials but is not yet available on the NHSOn a fine spring day two years ago, Shay Emerton was in good spirits playing for an old pupils’ school football team. There was just 10 minutes of the game to...
Read MoreOncologists sound alarm over risk of healthcare systems buckling due to rising need for specific careThe world must urgently prepare for a global “tsunami” of millions of older cancer patients or risk healthcare...
Read MoreTaking the drug osimertinib once a day after surgery reduces chance of patients dying by 51%, trials showA pill taken once a day cuts the risk of dying from lung cancer by half, according to “thrilling” and...
Read MoreNHS trial results of liquid biopsy indicate Galleri test has potential to spot cancer in people with symptomsA blood test for more than 50 forms of cancer could help speed up diagnosis and fast-track patients for treatment, a...
Read MoreNHS trial results of liquid biopsy suggest Galleri test has potential to spot cancer in people with symptomsA blood test for more than 50 forms of cancer could help speed up diagnosis and fast-track patients for treatment, a...
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