World Breast Cancer Awareness Day will be observed in the city with a ‘Walk of Hope’ on Manaveeyam Veedhi at 5 p.m. on Sunday. Asraya, a women’s voluntary organisation that has been working at the Regional Cancer Centre (RCC) for the past 30 years to provide support to cancer patients and their families, will organise … Read more
Charlotte Morjario had no idea how her life was about to change when she went on a girls’ holiday with her two best friends. The mother-of-one was having a “fantastic” time letting off steam at holiday resort Butlin’s, when a drunken game led to her hurting her rib. Still in pain on her return home … Read more
Hugh Pymhealth editor and Kathryn Armstrong BBC The former PM says men are often hesitant about seeking help over health issues A targeted prostate cancer screening programme for men at the highest risk could “save countless lives”, former prime minister Rishi Sunak has told the BBC. Prostate Cancer Research, of which Sunak is a patron, … Read more
Michelle RobertsDigital health editor Getty Images Former prime minister Rishi Sunak has told the BBC that a targeted prostate cancer screening programme is needed urgently, and would “save countless lives”. Sunak is an ambassador for the Prostate Cancer Research charity, and made his comments as the UK National Screening Committee reconsiders its 2020 decision not … Read more
Jen SmithSouth West health correspondent BBC Candi Hulley had to learn how to speak and eat again during her recovery for mouth cancer A woman whose tongue had to be reconstructed with a piece of her leg because of mouth cancer is urging people to check for the warning signs. Candi Hulley, 52, from Bude, … Read more
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The UK government should offer discount visas to US cancer scientists who have had their research cancelled by the Trump administration, Sir Ed Davey will say. “The UK should step up and say: If Trump won’t back this research, we will,” the Liberal Democrat leader will say in a speech to his party’s conference in … Read more
Menopause and Cancer Menopause and Cancer is a charity that supports people who are managing menopause following cancer treatment Campaigners are calling for menopause support to be included into cancer treatment care plans. The majority (90%) of the 1,200 people surveyed by Menopause and Cancer said they were not provided plans to help manage menopause-related … Read more
Hugh PymHealth editor BBC “It was really bad – we had patients dying on the waiting lists – politicians were getting desperate.” Jesper Fisker, chief executive of the Danish Cancer Society, is looking back 25 years – to the moment Denmark decided to transform its approach to treating cancer. At that point, he says, the … Read more
Philippa RoxbyHealth reporter and Jim ReedHealth reporter Getty Images Advances in radiotherapy and other forms of cancer treatment are driving up survival rates of the disease Senior cancer doctors are warning that excessive red tape means some patients in England are struggling to access the latest cancer treatments. The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) says … Read more