A record number of women under the age of 50 are developing breast cancer. One in five breast cancer cases are now among women under the age of 50, according to Cancer Research UK, whose research found that 10,000 women under the age of 50 in the UK were diagnosed with the disease in 2012 – […]
Mammograms, or X-ray pictures of the breast, have been used for decades to detect early stage cancers. They are a useful tool but they have their drawbacks, not least that they do not work well in women who have dense breast tissue, who tend to be younger, and they only pick up masses that are […]
Heart transplant rejection Last year there were 145 heart transplant operations carried out in the UK, which is a life-saving treatment for people with acute heart failure. People who have undergone this procedure do need to take drugs that suppress the immune system for the rest of their lives or their bodies will reject the […]
The latest issue of Cancer World, the bi-monthly magazine published by the European School of Oncology, features a ‘sting’ carried out by German journalists highlighting the misguided or even dangerous advice given to cancer patients by alternative healers. There is an assumption, often mentioned in the media, that many patients spurn conventional surgery and medicine […]