US-based medical network Capital Health has deployed GE Healthcare’s Discovery NM 750b, a specialised breast scanner that enables advanced functional imaging of breast cancer, at its New Jersey Hopewell medical centre….

This report finds that over 1,800 bowel cancer patients are being denied a choice of treatment each year….

The government’s first ever national cancer campaign to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of bowel cancer is launched today. Public awareness of the symptoms of bowel cancer is low….

“More than a million cancer carers may be missing out on vital support,” the Daily Mirror and other newspapers have reported today. The news reports are based on a survey carried out for Macmillan Cancer Support, which identified that among 386 people who provided five or more hours of care a week to someone with cancer, around half had no support of any kind. There are more than 1 million carers...

UC San Diego Health System in the US is set to acquire the Nevada Cancer Institute (NVCI) for an undisclosed amount. The healthcare provider has recieved approval to aqcuire the non-profit institute and will begin to recruit medical and surgical oncologists and search for a physician-scientist to serve as director of the institute. Insight Oncology, a management services organisation, will assist...

University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center in Ohio, US, has installed new technology at the Seidman Cancer Center to treat ovarian, endometrial and other cancers. Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC), which is carried out immediately following surgery, delivers heated chemotherapy through a ‘hot bath’ into the abdominal cavity, targeting the diseased tissue. The technology...

A short factsheet to support GPs in the first NHS national bowel cancer symptom awareness campaign in England are available. These factsheets provide GPs with further information about the campaign and suggest how they can prepare for it. The aim of this national campaign is to raise public awareness of the symptoms of bowel cancer and to encourage those with persistent symptoms to present promptly....

Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) has opened new surgical facility at Midwestern Regional Medical Center in Zion, Illinois….

This report calls for the NHS outcomes framework to be broadened to include targets for every type of cancer, not just breast, lung and colorectal cancer. It also calls for data on the stage of cancer at diagnosis and the number of patients diagnosed as an emergency to be included in the commissioning outcomes framework and for CCGs to be incentivised to make year-on year improvements against these….

The government plans to invest up to £150 million in procuring a new cutting-edge proton beam therapy radiotherapy cancer service. Proton beam therapy (PBT) is a type of radiotherapy, which uses a precision high-energy beam of particles to destroy cancer cells. The treatment is particularly suitable for complex childhood cancers. PBT increases success rates and reduces side-effects, such as deafness,...