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As an oncologist of nearly 50 years standing, I am happy to say that what Kate has told us gives me great grounds for optimism.

Gertrude’s Hospital has launched the 3rd edition of its annual cancer walk event to raise funds for treatment of cancer in children

Researchers evaluated the impact of integrating whole-genome sequencing data with clinical outcomes across 13,880 tumors from 33 cancer types, assessing precision care potentials within the UK NHS through the 100,000 Genomes Cancer Programme.

In a significant global initiative coinciding with World Pancreatic Cancer Day on Thursday, November 16, the soon-to-launch Botton-Champalimaud Pancreatic Cancer Centre in Portugal, in partnership with the Jreissati Pancreatic Centre at Epworth in Australia and the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre - Pancreatic Cancer Programme in the United Kingdom, announces a pioneering collaboration.

London-based medical technology company Skin Analytics has been awarded Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) Cancer Programme funding to scale use in the NHS of its AI technology that detects skin cancer. The AI tool, DERM, analyses skin lesions to help doctors find cancers at an early stage. Already in use by several NHS trusts including Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust, the highly accurate AI has helped over 38,000 NHS patients and detected more than 2,200 cancer cases to date. This new fu...

GP practices in Burnley and Accrington are set to roll out an innovative ‘sponge on a thread’ cancer test this month as part of a pilot.

A £2 million study will see an advanced test used at GP surgeries in the West Midlands to diagnose early-stage ovarian cancer – potentially saving thousands of lives a year.The project involves Sandwell and West Birmingham (SWB) NHS Trust and Walsall

Urgent cancer referrals could be accelerated with the help of a new blood test developed in Leeds that uses artificial intelligence to identify the risk that a patient has the condition.

New artificial intelligence technology being trialed in Leeds could speed up urgent cancer referrals.

An advanced blood test is set to be offered to patients experiencing ovarian cancer symptoms at a few select health-care facilities in the U.K., in a new trial that researchers hope could revolutionize the way we diagnose this dangerous disease.