16 May 2012
| by Miss Jane Borley and Miss Sadaf Ghaem-Maghami
How to investigate and manage ovarian cancer as a GP. By Miss Jane Borley and Miss Sadaf Ghaem-Maghami...Section 1. Epidemiology and aetiology
Ovarian cancer is the most lethal ...
Classification and staging Ovarian cancer is currently classified by histology with three main categories: epithelial ovarian cancer (for example, containing subtypes serous, mucinous, endometroid and clear cell ...
02 May 2012
| by Professor John Radford
How to identify the signs of a possible cancer in young people and when to refer. By Professor John...are not every day ailments, sports injuries or growing pains. They are symptoms of cancer.
Teenagers can be a ...
, should we not roll out the red carpet?
Teenagers and young adults with cancer are a small patient population, accounting for less than 1% of all cancers diagnosed each year. The average GP might only see one ...
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 ...
11 Apr 2012
| by Dr Shanthini Crusz, Dr Louise Lim, Dr Thorsten Hagemann and Dr Sarah Slater
A clinical review of the diagnosis and management of pancreatic cancer, including red flag symptoms....Section 1: Epidemiology and aetiology
Pancreatic cancer is the 10th most common cancer ...
of pancreatic cancer is 10.5/100,000 in men compared with 8.2/100,000 in women, with the approximate lifetime risk of developing pancreatic cancer being one in 77 for men and one in 79 for women. 1
The rate ...
22 Feb 2012
| by Dr Jonathan Holliday
A research review, this week covering bowel cancer, pneumonia, depression and BMI. By Dr Jonathan...procedures (44%) were negative (no polyps or cancers) while 80 individuals (6% of those investigated, 0.2% of those who returned the test) had colorectal cancer; 50% of those investigated had a polyp varying ...
08 Feb 2012
| by Dr Alison Glenesk
-invasive test for coronary artery disease.
BMI and survival after colorectal cancer diagnosis J Clin Oncol ...
of cancer, but this study shows that it also affects survival. There are more than 1.1m colorectal cancer ...
-metastatic colorectal cancer and were observed until December 2008.
Of the participants, 851 died during this period ...
18 Apr 2012
| by Dr Louise Newson
No definitive evidence that HRT causes breast cancer J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2012; 38 ...
of the possible increased risk of developing breast cancer. This analysis looked at the evidence for HRT (estrogen and progestogen and also unopposed estrogen treatment) causing breast cancer in the Million Women Study (MWS ...
02 May 2012
| by Dr Alison Glenesk
to think improving literacy levels might reduce death rates.
Identifying suspected renal cancer ...
the incidence of renal tract cancers, using symptoms and baseline risk factors. The QResearch database was used ...
of renal tract cancer in the next two years. There were 2,878 cases of renal tract cancers in the study ...
GPs will be helped to improve early cancer diagnosis by a five-year programme launched this week...to improve the accuracy and speed of cancer diagnosis in primary care.
This will include publishing best ...
in the diagnosis as well as the aftercare of patients with cancer.
'I will be working with the NHS, the cancer ...
Hiom, director of information at Cancer Research UK, said the partnership aimed to 'develop ways ...
25 Jan 2012
| by Stephen Robinson
Early detection of cancer is being undermined by pressure on GPs to use fewer tests and a lack...Yorkshire GP Dr Nick Summerton, DH cancer adviser and RCGP clinical champion, said a letter sent to GPs by a cancer network highlighting high use of a blood test for ovarian cancer was 'detrimental ...
', ahead of an upcoming bowel cancer awareness campaign. A charity said services were 'overstretched ...
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