Following the growing debate about the use of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test for prostate cancer and whether the age limit of 50 should be lowered, Public Health England (PHE) has issued new guidelines to general practitioners (GPs).
Category: Cancer – Types and Treatments
A new ‘instant test’ to show if chemo is working
Doctors in the US say they are developing a new test that can show almost immediately whether chemotherapy is working. Eventually, the researchers hope patients will also be able to watch the disease being cleared from the body.
Scientists find a more reliable test for prostate cancer
Scientists in Birmingham have devised a new and more accurate blood test to identify prostate cancer.
Eat your greens! Can broccoli help cancer drugs work better?
For decades, young and old have been told to ‘Eat your greens!’ at the dinner table as generations of mothers and grandmothers handed down the knowledge that vegetables, like cabbage and broccoli, kept the doctor away just as much as eating an apply a day.
CancernetUK promotes integrative care in the USA
CancernetUK founder and oncologist, Professor Robert Thomas, has spoken at a number of events in New York to highlight the importance of integrative care techniques to both patients and healthcare providers in the USA.