Cervical cancer is the cancer with the fourth highest mortality rate among women worldwide. Locally advanced cervical cancer (LACC) is treated with a combination of external and internal radiotherapy (brachytherapy) and chemotherapy. For the first time, a study conducted by a research group at the Comprehensive Cancer Centre Vienna of MedUni Vienna and Vienna General […]
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Therapy trial for DCIS breast cancer: Women with an early form of breast cancer are more likely to stay free of the disease after an extra radiotherapy boost, new research shows. In the first trial of its kind, experts followed 1,608 women with higher risk ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) from 136 participating centres in […]
Patients suffering with debilitating symptoms due to gaps in radiotherapy follow up care: A new report has found cervical cancer patients treated with radiotherapy are not getting care to deal with long term side effects such as pain, incontinence and urgent bowel movements. A lack of recognition among healthcare professionals, and scarce resources to diagnose and […]
Long-term safety of radiotherapy in fewer doses for patients with early breast cancer demonstrated in 10-year study A lower total dose of radiotherapy delivered in fewer but larger doses is as safe in the long term as breast cancer radiotherapy courses giving multiple small doses, according to the final results of a 10-year study. The findings […]
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The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Radiotherapy APPG RT responds to NHS England’s comments at the Health and Social Care Committee. The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Radiotherapy have reacted with concern following answers given by NHS England’s National Cancer Director, Dame Cally Palmer, at the Health and Social Care Committee, which appear out of step with […]
MPs have today written to the Secretary of State for Health & Social Care urging him to prioritise the supply of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for radiotherapy professionals and to take steps to boost radiotherapy capacity to save lives. In the letter from the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Radiotherapy the MPs set out […]
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· First clinical study to show link between types of gut bacteria and radiotherapy-induced gut damage · Studying patients’ bacterial fingerprint could help predict, prevent or treat gut damage following radiotherapy Taking a ‘fingerprint’ of the mix of bacteria in the gut can indicate how susceptible individual cancer patients are to gut damage as a […]
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I am a father of someone who had cancer. My daughter, Bryony, died in 2004 when she was 23 after suffering from three highly malignant cancers, starting from when she was nine years old. She is the inspiration for Yes to Life which has helped thousands of people who want to pursue non-conventional approaches which are not currently available on […]
Smell is a wonderful sense. It is intimately linked to our taste and our appreciation of foods and drinks. It is also an important sense for our safety, allowing us to detect gas, smoke, rotten food and other toxic chemicals. Reduced sense of smell is called hyposmia. Complete loss of smell is called anosmia. All […]
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