A good vitamin D status can protect against cancer
A good vitamin D status is beneficial both in cancer prevention and in the prognosis of several cancers, according to a new research review. The...
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Leading cancer expert calls for five point action plan to kick start cancer services
Professor Karol Sikora, chief medical officer at Rutherford Health and the former head of the WHO’s cancer programme, called for the action plan as the...
Cancer backlog will become a national emergency
Cancer backlog requires an emergency national response similar to the pandemic. The backlog of cancer cases due to Covid-19 will require an emergency national response...
Covid-19 canine detectives
Six canine faces look out at the camera. You would be forgiven for assuming they are modelling pet products – but, no, these animals are...
Covid-19 impact on blood cancer patients receiving stem cell transplants
A new study will look at how patients, who receive stem cell transplants for blood cancers and blood disorders, react to COVID-19 infection during their...
Life saving ‘pre-hab’ service for lung cancer patients
Consultants at Barts Health have trialled a potentially lifesaving 'pre-hab' programme to help patients become physically fit so that they can safely undergo lung cancer...
APPG RT responds to NHS England’s comments
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Radiotherapy APPG RT responds to NHS England's comments at the Health and Social Care Committee. The All-Party Parliamentary Group for...
Covid-19: deaths from cancer could rise by at least 20%
Bowel Cancer UK have commented that Deaths in people with cancer could rise by at least 20%. The COVID-19 emergency in England could result in...
MPs demand urgent action on PPE & radiotherapy capacity
MPs have today written to the Secretary of State for Health & Social Care urging him to prioritise the supply of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)...
First Comprehensive Survey of Virus DNA Found Within Cancer Cells
Researchers from the University of East Anglia have helped to carry out the first comprehensive survey of viruses found within different types of cancer. An...
