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Cancer patients offered access to their treatment records by a new online information portal

Cancer Research UK, the NCRS and brain tumour support charity, brainstrust, have teamed up to offer cancer patients easy access to their treatment records. Cancer Research UK, the NCRS and brain tumour support charity, brainstrust, have teamed up to offer cancer patients easy access to their treatment records.

10 June 2015

Obese more likely to lose weight after cancer diagnosis

Obese cancer survivors are more likely to lose weight than those with a healthy weight and obese people without cancer. Obese cancer survivors are more likely to lose weight than those with a healthy weight and obese people without cancer.

9 December 2014

Over a third of cancer patients delay seeing the doctor about one of the most worrying cancer symptoms

Around 35 per cent of cancer patients wait too long to see their doctor about bleeding from their bottom - despite it being a cancer symptom Around 35 per cent of cancer patients wait too long to see their doctor about bleeding from their bottom - despite it being a cancer symptom

11 June 2014

Wikipedia and Cancer Research UK to take cancer information to the next level

Cancer Research UK is working with Wikipedia to recruit its very own ‘Wikipedian in Residence'. Cancer Research UK is working with Wikipedia to recruit its very own ‘Wikipedian in Residence'.

16 January 2014

Cancer patients want more say in treatment decisions

Cancer patients under 55 want more of a say in the decisions made about their treatment, according to new research being published in the British Journal of Cancer. Cancer patients under 55 want more of a say in the decisions made about their treatment, according to new research being published in the British Journal of Cancer.

7 August 2013

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Poorest bowel cancer patients more likely to die within month of surgery

Bowel cancer patients living in the most deprived areas are 24 per cent more likely to die within five years of treatment than their more affluent neighbours and this difference appears to be a result of excess deaths within the first 30 days following surgery to treat the disease. Bowel cancer patients living in the most deprived areas are 24 per cent more likely to die within five years of treatment than their more affluent neighbours and this difference appears to be a result of excess deaths within the first 30 days following surgery to treat the disease.

14 June 2012

Patients need more guidance on chemo web information

Doctors and nurses may be underestimating the value placed on internet chemotherapy information by cancer patients and missing out on opportunities to discuss this information with them, new research finds today. Doctors and nurses may be underestimating the value placed on internet chemotherapy information by cancer patients and missing out on opportunities to discuss this information with them, new research finds today.

15 February 2012

Cancer Research UK launches translation service

Cancer Research UK's cancer information nurses are launching a translation service. Cancer Research UK's cancer information nurses are launching a translation service.

21 January 2010

People looking for information on cancer say variety is key

PEOPLE looking for detailed information about cancer outside of hospitals need a range of different information sources, reveals a Cancer Research UK survey published in the November issue of Cancer Nursing Practice*. PEOPLE looking for detailed information about cancer outside of hospitals need a range of different information sources, reveals a Cancer Research UK survey published in the November issue of Cancer Nursing Practice*.

18 November 2009

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Confusing leaflets put patients off medication

Patients could stop taking their medicine if the risks of possible side effects are not clearly explained - says a study published in the British Journal of Health Pyschology. Patients could stop taking their medicine if the risks of possible side effects are not clearly explained - says a study published in the British Journal of Health Pyschology.

10 August 2009

• Health & Medicine

New research sheds light on ways to improve treatment for aggressive breast cancer

Changing the order that chemotherapy drugs are given to breast cancer patients before surgery makes treatment much more effective, according to trial results presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) conference, today. Changing the order that chemotherapy drugs are given to breast cancer patients before surgery makes treatment much more effective, according to trial results presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) conference, today.

29 May 2009

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Bowel cancer screening to be considered from age 25 for high risk group

CANCER RESEARCH UK-funded scientists have discovered that a genetic marker can be used to identify relatives of bowel cancer patients who are much more likely to develop the disease than the general population. The research suggests that for these families with an unusually high risk, screening for bowel cancer might be needed from the age of 25, while for those without the marker it is safe to start screening later. The study is published today in the Journal of Clinical Oncology*. CANCER RESEARCH UK-funded scientists have discovered that a genetic marker can be used to identify relatives of bowel cancer patients who are much more likely to develop the disease than the general population. The research suggests that for these families with an unusually high risk, screening for bowel cancer might be needed from the age of 25, while for those without the marker it is safe to start screening later. The study is published today in the Journal of Clinical Oncology*.

23 March 2009