All Cancer articles – Page 71
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Cancer screening surge follows soap
Anecdotal reports from cervical screening centres around the UK suggest a dramatic surge in uptake of screening following a Coronation Street storyline in which character Alma Halliwell is diagnosed with terminal cancer, having missed a smear test.
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Leicester faces continued media deluge in wake of cancer audit
Public health services in Leicestershire are facing another week in the spotlight following publication of the findings of an audit of deaths from cervical cancer.
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Umbrella cancer research institute launched
The Department of Health has unveiled a new organisation to co-ordinate all the UK's cancer research.The National Cancer Research Institute will co-ordinate funding and information on research, including clinical trials and genetics. It will bring together government departments, the Medical Research Council, cancer research charities and the pharmaceutical industry.Health secretary ...
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Major NHS plan areas at risk as HAs 'raid' heart and cancer cash
Some of the government's top priorities under the NHS plan could be in jeopardy because of the higher-than-expected costs of pay awards and National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidance.
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NICE to assess cancer and heart treatments next
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence's next work programme will consider of treatments for cancer and heart disease. Thrombolytic drugs for heart attacks, caelyx for ovarian cancer and STI-571 for chronic myeloid leukaemia will be appraised. Other treatments NICE will consider in the next wave will include surgical procedures for ...
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Spread the word about new cancer directory
The Royal Marsden Hospital was fortunate in being one of the charities supported by Diana, Princess of Wales. In memory of her work, the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund donated £1m to support a three-year project to improve quality of care and support in the community for people with ...
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Cancer screening: technology is there, but the money is not
Screening programmes usually focus on our nether parts: the colon and the prostate. We hear little about the lung. Mindful of progress in screening technology, Malcolm Dalrymple-Hay and Nigel Drury of Wessex Cardiothoracic Centre have used the January edition of the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine to ponder ...
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Cancer collaborative slashes waiting times
Major reductions in waiting times have been achieved by the nine cancer centres taking part in the Cancer Services Collaborative, according to a report by the National Patient Access Team.
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Cancer treatment remains a lottery as HAs fail to follow NICE guidelines
More than 20 per cent of health authorities are still not following national guidelines for the drug treatment of breast and ovarian cancer, according to a survey.
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GMC buys extra time in row over cancer registry privacy
The General Medical Council has moved to try to head off the potential collapse of the UK cancer registration programme.
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Cancer snapshot 'falsely positive'
The NHS organisations chosen by the Commission for Health Improvement to provide a 'snapshot' of progress in reforming cancer services may offer a falsely positive picture, an HSJ survey has found.
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Cancer experts call for action on GMC's confidentiality rules
General Medical Council rules on patient confidentiality are threatening cancer research and monitoring of the national cancer plan.
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Funding bid for telemedicine project for cancer care
A £300,000 bid is being made to the Scottish Executive's new opportunities fund for a telemedicine project aimed at driving up standards in cancer care in Fife, Tayside, Lothian, Borders and Dumfries and Galloway. The project, one of the most extensive of its kind in Britain, would give clinicians access ...
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Cancer research millions 'fall short'
The extra cash pledged by the government for cancer research between now and 2003 is well below what is needed to bring services up to standard, according to a leading charity.
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Community cancer care nets £23m lottery funding
The new opportunities fund has awarded £23m in lottery funding to community cancer care projects, focusing on particularly vulnerable communities. The 91 projects receiving funding will benefit people who are socially disadvantaged, isolated or hard-to-reach, including ethnic-minority communities, young patients and carers, and elderly people. Cancer awareness initiatives, 'hospice-at-home'schemes and ...
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Prostate cancer research programme to begin
Health secretary Alan Milburn has increased funding for prostate cancer research as part of a new NHS prostate cancer programme. The Department of Health will be directly funding £1.2m of research this year, rising to £4.2m by 2003-04.
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Biotech firm 'will not charge'NHS for breast cancer tests
Scottish biotechnology firm Rosgen has announced that it does not plan to charge the NHS for carrying out tests for mutations in two genes linked to breast cancer.
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MP demands public probe into drinking water over fear of cancer/chlorine link nking water over
The government is being urged to launch a public health probe into possible links between chlorinated tap water, cancer and problems in pregnancy.