One teenager in Wales was forced to travel four to six hours away to get vital cancer treatment, Macmillcan Cancer Support reveals
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One teenager in Wales was forced to travel four to six hours away to get vital cancer treatment, Macmillcan Cancer Support reveals
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Tens of thousands of lives could be at risk from cancer because patients live too far away from hospitals, a major charity has warned.
Urgently referred patients are having to wait more than 28 days to receive a cancer diagnosis, exceeding NHS England’s target…
Cancer charity coalition One Cancer Voice has projected that 6.3 million cancer diagnoses will be made over the next 15 years
Limited access to new treatments and slow research pipelines in Britain are pushing patients to take financial risks to fund…
Neuroendocrine cancer impacts more than 6,000 people a year in England
The disease is considered incurable and affects around 33,000 people in the UK
The NHS can offer more treatments for cancer than ever before, but clinicians warn that staff shortages mean patients cannot get…
