The Latest Breaking News on Cancer

Mayo Clinic Minute: Breast cancer in Hispanic women in the US, importance of screening

Breast cancer can affect all people, regardless of race or gender. It's the second-leading cause of cancer death for women overall. And for Hispanic women in the U.S., it's the leading cause of cancer death, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Tribune News Service · Oct 13, 2022

Girl, 5, diagnosed with cancer at eight-weeks-old throws party to celebrate all-clear

Hollie McNeill, five, was diagnosed with leukaemia at just eight weeks old after a doctor noticed she was looking pale before undergoing intensive chemotherapy

Daily Mirror · Oct 13, 2022

Pink ribbon and Breast Cancer Campaign celebrate 30th anniversary

The pink ribbon symbol of breast cancer awareness is now 30 years old.

Reuters · Oct 12, 2022

Lisa Jarvis: Don’t cancel your colonoscopy just yet

Many people in the U.S. may now be thinking that they’ve received a blessed reprieve from a middle age rite of passage: the colonoscopy. After all, a large study just made headlines for suggesting the procedure isn’t nearly as effective at lowering the risk of colon cancer as previously thought.…

Tribune News Service · Oct 12, 2022

Mayo Clinic Minute: What is CAR-T cell therapy?

Roughly 620,000 new cases of lymphoma were diagnosed worldwide, according to the World Cancer Research Fund International's 2020 report. Survival rates have improved as advances develop in treatment, such as chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy (CAR-T cell therapy).

Tribune News Service · Oct 12, 2022

13 red flag cancer symptoms to absolutely get checked out

As a poll finds half of adults with possible cancer symptoms don’t contact a doctor within 6 months

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2022

'Cancer crisis' as thousands suffer delays to time-critical treatment and falling survival rates, warns leading doctor

Have you been affected by cancer treatment delays? Email [email protected]

Manchester Evening News · Oct 12, 2022

Women who MUST go for breast cancer screening

What is breast cancer screening?

The Times of India · Oct 11, 2022

First Minister announces new Rapid Cancer Diagnostic Service for Lanarkshire

NHS Lanarkshire plans to establish a pathway which will see patients receive an outcome within 21 days of referral.

Daily Record · Oct 11, 2022

'Lovely' headteacher who thought she pulled a muscle on holiday dies of bowel cancer

Tributes have poured in for former headteacher Ros Atkins, 43, who was diagnosed with Stage 4 bowel cancer after initially mistaking her symptoms for muscle pain

Daily Mirror · Oct 11, 2022