Breast cancer sufferers denied life-extending drug on NHS as it is ‘too expensive’
Breast cancer sufferers in England have been denied access to a life-extending drug, which was approved in Scotland last month, after the watchdog branded it as “too…
‘Alarming’ slump in breast cancer screenings as thousands of diagnoses potentially missed
Breast cancer screenings fell by nearly 50 per cent during the pandemic with 7,000 fewer diagnoses, official data reveal. Almost one million fewer women aged 45 and…
How exercise transformed my experience of cancer
What’s more, the trials also found that exercise could reduce side effects from chemotherapy and even prevent cancer from spreading and returning, so boosting the chances of…
Victoria Derbyshire on life after breast cancer: ‘The joy I felt at being alive was amazing’
BBC radio and TV broadcaster and journalist Victoria Derbyshire, 53, lives in London with her husband Mark, sons Ollie and Joe, and their two cocker spaniels. Below,…
Sajid Javid declares ‘war on cancer’ as 6m people wait for diagnosis and treatment
“It’s time we launched a war on cancer and I’m working on a new vision to radically improve the outcome of cancer patients across the United Kingdom,…