All Cancer articles – Page 78
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Cancer framework 'fails to deliver equal access'
The cancer framework now being used as a model for national standards in other services is failing to deliver equal access to care, according to the MP who chairs the Commons all-party group on cancer.
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Lung Cancer
Lung cancer is the third most common cause of death in the UK - around 80 per cent of patients die within a year of diagnosis. New guidance says the focus should be on prevention, palliative care and specialist teams. Arabella Melville and colleagues repo
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Calls to widen availability of cancer drug
Doctors and MPs have urged the government to extend the availability of a drug which lengthens the life expectancy of women with ovarian cancer.
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In Brief: Bowel cancer
An extra £10m is to be made available to treat people with bowel cancer, health secretary Frank Dobson said this week.
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Bart's is saved as cardiac and cancer centre
Health secretary Frank Dobson said this week he had 'saved' St Bartholomew's Hospital by announcing it will become a specialist centre for cardiac and cancer care.