The Latest Breaking News from Cancer

NHS in ‘full blown crisis’ and will miss targets to cut cancer waiting lists, MPs warn

’The metrics are going in the wrong direction’

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2023

11 minutes of this simple daily exercise cuts risk of early death

‘Doing some physical activity is better than doing none. This is also a good starting position’

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2023

Horoscope for Wednesday, March 1, 2023

There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions. The moon is in Cancer.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 1, 2023

£14bn plan to reduce NHS cancer backlogs in England is failing, MPs say

Treatment waiting times at worst-ever levels as post-Covid recovery programme ‘falling short’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2023

NHS set to miss key targets, including on cancer, MPs say

A report by MPs said waiting times for cancer treatment are ‘especially worrying’.

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2023

Population-wide gene testing ‘limited in its ability to predict disease risk’

Experts say polygenic risk scoring fails to take into other factors that contribute to disease risk, such as smoking or deprivation.

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2023

US justice department sues two companies over pollution in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’

Japanese company Denka, along with US chemicals giant DuPont, have operated the plant that produces cancer-causing chloroprene

The Guardian - US · Feb 28, 2023

Researchers reveal 11-minute habit that could prevent one in 10 early deaths

Researchers looked at results reported in 196 peer-reviewed articles, covering more than 30 million participants.

The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2023

Love Island's Demi Jones 'so sick' as she struggles with illness after cancer battle

Love Island star Demi Jones was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2021 and was given the all-clear at the end of the same year

Daily Mirror · Feb 28, 2023

Microbes in food may impact cancer

"While some help your body fight cancer, others help tumors evolve and grow"

Salon · Feb 28, 2023