All Cancer articles – Page 72
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News: English and Welsh cancer services
The Commission for Health Improvement and the Audit Commission are to examine a random selection of health organisations as part of a review of cancer services. The findings will be used to assess progress in implementing the 1995 Calman-Hine report and the 1996 Cameron report on English and Welsh cancer ...
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Trusts sidelined cancer funds out of research, MPs discover
MPs have accused trusts of funnelling away funds earmarked for research on cancer.
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Short Cuts: Cancer care programme to be extended in Wales
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence has been asked to extend its programme on cancer care in Wales. NICE will carry out a two-year programme to provide guidance for clinicians and managers on the organisation of cancer services, minimum standards, access to new drugs and support for cancer patients and ...
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Denham refers new round of cancer drugs to NICE
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence is to rule on whether a range of anti-cancer drugs should be available on the NHS. Health minister John Denham has referred a series of treatments to NICE, in a two-year programme. The list covers therapies for lung, colorectal, blood, breast, ovarian, brain and ...
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Short Cuts: Danish request for help from UK cancer centres
Dr Ian Gibson, chair of the all-party parliamentary group on cancer, has released a letter from the department of oncology at Copenhagen University Hospital calling for help from NHS cancer centres in treating Danish cancer patients. Dr Gibson said the request was 'unrealistic' but showed 'the UK is not the ...
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UK cancer survival statistics are 'misleading and demoralising'
Media scare stories about poor UK cancer survival rates are a myth created by differences in collecting statistics between countries, Dr Harry Burns, Glasgow's director of public health, told delegates.
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Cancer money may be spread wider in future
Public health minister Yvette Cooper has said that NHS cancer research money may in future be spread wider than the big three cancer research centres.
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Cancer drugs probe 'should take only months'
NHS cancer 'czar' Mike Richards has told MPs he expects 'around a dozen' licensed cancer drugs currently prescribed by some health authorities to be formally assessed 'in the next few months'.
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Ovarian cancer drug will cost HAs millions
Health authorities will have to find millions of pounds to fund cancer drugs after the National Institute for Clinical Excellence backed the use of paclitaxel to treat patients with ovarian cancer.
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Cancer centre roof collapse closes beds
A leaking roof at a regional cancer centre forced the closure of 15 out of 60 beds last week and led to the suspension of 20 patient treatments.
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10-month cancer delay casts doubt on ability to improve
Cancer patients have been waiting up to 10 months for treatment, according to a national 'baseline audit' casting doubt on services' ability to improve at the pace demanded by the government and public.
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New test for colon cancer in sight
Scientists have identified a potential new screening technique, using skin cells, to identify people with an inherited predisposition to colorectal and other types of cancer .
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£10m available for cancer waiting-time initiatives
The government has announced that £10m will be made available for nationwide initiatives to cut cancer outpatient waiting times to support its two-week waiting-time pledge. Public health minister Yvette Cooper said most hospitals would use the money to streamline booking systems, while others would invest in additional staff and equipment. ...
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In Brief: Cancer Black Care information centre
Home Office minister Paul Boateng opened the Cancer Black Care information centre in Hackney, east London, on Friday. The centre, a joint initiative between Cancer Black Care and Macmillan Cancer Relief, aims to inform healthcare professionals about cultural issues in cancer care.
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Two-week cancer target 'backfires'
The government's two-week target for cancer referrals has backfired, forcing many women with breast cancer to wait several months to see a specialist, according to new evidence.
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Improving cancer services: CHI's first task
Top of the Commission for Health Improvement's agenda is cancer care. A joint inquiry with the Audit Commission is scheduled for next year, working closely with the government's newly appointed cancer 'czar' Professor Mike Richards.
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Greater focus on cancer as czar signs up
Health secretary Alan Milburn announced he was 'making cancer treatment a personal priority'as he appointed a cancer 'czar' this week.
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Waiver pays for cancer boost
A VAT waiver lay behind health secretary Frank Dobson's announcement of a further boost to cancer services at the Labour Party conference.