• Health & Medicine

Women with kidney or bladder cancer experience greater delays in diagnosis than men

Up to 700 women in England diagnosed with kidney or bladder cancer every year are experiencing a delay in being referred to a specialist, new research has revealed. Up to 700 women in England diagnosed with kidney or bladder cancer every year are experiencing a delay in being referred to a specialist, new research has revealed.

24 June 2013

• Science & Technology

Researchers exploit cancer’s faulty defence mechanism

Researchers in Germany have found a new way to exploit the differences between cancer cells and normal cells that could lead to new treatments. Researchers in Germany have found a new way to exploit the differences between cancer cells and normal cells that could lead to new treatments.

12 June 2013

NHS cancer database will be 'game changing'

Millions of patient records with details about individual cancer treatments have been compiled into a single database for the first time in a bid to help doctors save lives. Millions of patient records with details about individual cancer treatments have been compiled into a single database for the first time in a bid to help doctors save lives.

12 June 2013

• Health & Medicine

Electronic cigarettes to be regulated as medicines

Electronic cigarettes (also known as e-cigarettes) and other currently unregulated nicotine-containing products (NCPs) are to be treated as medicines for regulatory purposes, the Government has announced. Electronic cigarettes (also known as e-cigarettes) and other currently unregulated nicotine-containing products (NCPs) are to be treated as medicines for regulatory purposes, the Government has announced.

12 June 2013

Patients experience better care at hospitals with more specialist nurses

Cancer patients report a better experience of care at hospitals where there are more specialist nurses. Cancer patients report a better experience of care at hospitals where there are more specialist nurses.

10 June 2013

• Health & Medicine

NICE issues new guidance in anti-smoking fight

Landmark guidance to reduce tobacco-related harm for people struggling to kick the habit is the first to recommend that licensed nicotine-containing products can be used to help people cut down on the amount they smoke. Landmark guidance to reduce tobacco-related harm for people struggling to kick the habit is the first to recommend that licensed nicotine-containing products can be used to help people cut down on the amount they smoke.

5 June 2013

Anxiety 'a greater risk than depression' for long-term cancer survivors

More needs to be done to combat feelings of anxiety among cancer survivors, a UK study suggests. More needs to be done to combat feelings of anxiety among cancer survivors, a UK study suggests.

5 June 2013

Quarter of cancers detected early in Scotland

Almost a quarter of people diagnosed with the three most common cancers in Scotland had their disease detected at the earliest stage, new figures show. Almost a quarter of people diagnosed with the three most common cancers in Scotland had their disease detected at the earliest stage, new figures show.

30 May 2013

Ireland to adopt standardised tobacco packaging

Ireland could become only the second country in the world to ban branding from cigarette packaging. Ireland could become only the second country in the world to ban branding from cigarette packaging.

29 May 2013

Scientists produce first large-scale map of cell division genes

Cancer Research UK scientists have produced the first comprehensive map of the genes that coordinate the division and growth of yeast cells. Cancer Research UK scientists have produced the first comprehensive map of the genes that coordinate the division and growth of yeast cells.

22 May 2013

US scientists devise strategy to block key cancer molecule

Researchers in the US may have discovered a way to switch off the cancer-causing effects of a molecule called NF-kappaB. Researchers in the US may have discovered a way to switch off the cancer-causing effects of a molecule called NF-kappaB.

21 May 2013

New scheme to routinely test patients for inherited cancer genes

A new research programme will lay the foundations for routine testing for inherited cancer genes in patients with the disease. A new research programme will lay the foundations for routine testing for inherited cancer genes in patients with the disease.

21 May 2013