Waiting for results has become a part of my life. Over the last six years, since my diagnosis with stage 4 bowel cancer in 2014, there have been scans and tests of one sort or another more or less every three months. It never gets any easier, that trepidation, the fear that this time my […]
BBC newsreader George Alagiah has tested positive for coronavirus, but striking a defiant tone he said: “If I can live with cancer, I can certainly live with Covid-19.” The broadcaster, 64, who has been battling stage-four bowel cancer since 2014,...
Patients who possibly have cancer will initially have their symptoms examined over the telephone due to the disruption caused by the coronavirus outbreak. As part of a drive to keep non-urgent hospital visits to a minimum, most patients will have to verbally describe...
An NHS hospital trust has become the first in the country to announce the postponement of all routine cancer surgery and chemotherapy due to a surge in coronavirus patients. In a statement, Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust said “an increase in the...
Women who put on weight from early adulthood are less likely to develop breast cancer before they reach menopause, a landmark international study has found. Those who gain 22lb between their 20s and early 50s reduce their risk by 8 per cent, compared with women whose...
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