England's cancer survival rates risk falling further behind the rest of Europe because PCTs...in endoscopy services ahead of a long-term drive to improve early cancer detection.
The DH cancer strategy, launched in January 2011 to boost survival rates, said that, despite recent improvements, cancer outcomes ...
for suspected bowel cancer as a result of the bowel cancer awareness campaign, which began in January 2012 ...
23 May 2012
| by Dr Sally Hope
Low-dose radioiodine in thyroid cancer N Engl J Med 2012; 366: 1674-85 The incidence of thyroid cancer has tripled from 2.7 to 7.7 per 100,000 cases in the past 40 years. This may be due to better detection of low-risk cancers by modern imaging.
The standard treatment is high ...
23 May 2012
| by Stephen Robinson
Half of PCTs are failing to invest in extra cancer tests despite long waiting times, putting plans....
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Bowel Cancer UK warned that the DH cancer ...
% higher demand.
Prominent cancer GP and DH adviser Dr Nick Summerton said access to NHS endoscopy ...
PCTs 450m over four years from 2011/12 to improve early diagnosis of cancer. GPs were promised better ...
23 May 2012
If England were to achieve cancer survival rates at the European average, then 5,000 lives would...to thrust England to the top of the league table, half of PCTs are failing to invest in extra cancer tests ...
in endoscopy services ahead of a long-term drive to improve early cancer detection, particularly bowel cancer ...
referrals for suspected bowel cancer as a result of the bowel cancer awareness campaign launched in January ...