Physical activity can reduce a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer before menopause by as much as 10%, the largest study of its kind has suggested.
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Physical activity may reduce risk of breast cancer before menopause
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Nurse wins recognition for research on pregnancy-related cancer
A nurse researching the impact of a rare pregnancy-related cancer on patients’ quality of life has won the best-ranked research paper at an international cancer conference.
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Prostate cancer charity publishes nurse career framework
A new professional framework for specialist prostate cancer nurses has been published, to try and attract and retain more nurses in the specialism.
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NHS England pledges to eliminate cervical cancer by 2040
The NHS will eliminate cervical cancer in England by 2040, the head of the health service has pledged.
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Nurse-led study to explore barriers in access to lung cancer trials
A new nurse-led study aims to break down the barriers that lung cancer patients face in accessing clinical trials and the innovative treatments they can offer.
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Nurses hail ‘huge step forward’ in breast cancer prevention
Specialist nurses and charities have welcomed an announcement that the breast cancer drug anastrozole has been ‘repurposed’ for use to prevent the disease in England.
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Ingrid Fuchs: Series
As a clinical nurse specialist, I never expected to be writing about my cancer journey. But in this series of blogs, I share my experience of being diagnosed and treated for triple-negative breast cancer, a less common form of breast cancer that is harder to treat. I hope that talking about my experience will offer new insights, both for me as a patient and practitioner, and for other clinical nurse specialists.
Clinical nurse specialist Ingrid Fuchs shared her own cancer journey following a triple-negative breast cancer diagnosis.