TARGETING prostate cancer screening based on a man’s age and genes could potentially save thousands of men from unnecessary treatment…
Bowel screening helps to detect early cancers before they have the power to kill
'Bowel screening is detecting more cancers when they are less mature and have less aggressive biological characteristics according to new…
Bowel screening reduces cancer deaths by more than 25 per cent
'Bowel screening reduces the number of deaths from bowel cancer in Scotland by more than 25 per cent, according to…
Fear, anxiety and embarrassment stop women going for breast screening
'Fear, anxiety and embarrassment are some of the main barriers preventing women from going for breast screening, but this alone…
Medics miss key opportunities to prevent cancers linked to obesity
'People who work in health care are failing to give patients crucial information about the link between obesity and cancer…
Bowel, oesophageal and pancreatic cancers show biggest improvement in diagnosis time
'NEW research shows that bowel, oesophageal and pancreatic cancers have seen the greatest improvement in the time it takes from…
High quality health research supported in the fight against disease
'Twenty-six new research projects aimed at preventing cancer, diabetes and heart disease are announced by the National Prevention Research Initiative…
£12 million boost for prevention research
'A new £12 million initiative launched today (Wednesday) aims to tackle some of the major health problems in the UK,…