Cancer

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. Regular physical activity during leisure time may reduce the risk of breast cancer for women prior to the menopause, according to new UK research…

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. Clinical nurse specialist Jane Ireson used her paper to highlight a web-based tool that gathers self-reported feedback from patients on how cancer treatments affect…

A new professional framework for specialist prostate cancer nurses has been published, to try and attract and retain more nurses in the specialism. The professional development framework for specialist prostate cancer nurses, published this month by Prostate Cancer UK, sets out the knowledge and training required for nurses to join…

The NHS will eliminate cervical cancer in England by 2040, the head of the health service has pledged. Amanda Pritchard, NHS England chief executive, today (15 November) outlined how the organisation will improve the availability of vaccines and screenings to meet this ambitious goal in the next 17 years. “To…

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. The two-year study, being undertaken by researchers at Oxford Brookes University, will involve focus groups across NHS organisations in England and Scotland. Participating patients,…

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. Tens of thousands of women at increased risk of breast cancer could benefit from the risk-reducing drug on the NHS, according to NHS England. Anastrozole,…

A nurse and breast cancer survivor has urged nursing colleagues to regularly check their breasts and surrounding areas for lumps and to see a GP if they are worried about any changes. To mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Sharon Maywood, an endoscopy nurse working in Cambridgeshire, has shared her story…

Specialist nurses caring for women with a rare group of tumours that develop in the womb during or following pregnancy have marked 50 years of the Sheffield Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Centre. The centre is based at Weston Park Cancer Centre, which is part of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.…

The Liberal Democrat leader, Sir Ed Davey, has pledged to introduce a new legal right for cancer patients to start treatment within two months of an urgent referral, should his party win the general election. The pledge formed part of his speech at the Liberal Democrat party conference, where he…

Patients with multiple myeloma are being trained by nurses from South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to self-administer their own chemotherapy at home. The trust, which runs The James Cook University Hospital and the Friarage Hospital, is one of a few trusts to give patients or their carers the ability…