Cancer centre turns away patients
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More than 30 patients have recently been turned away from NI's cancer centre without receiving treatment.
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Breast cancer patients are not receiving the best follow-up care because guidelines are lacking, claim experts.
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Cancer services are failing patients and drastic reform is needed, a report by MPs says.
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The government waters down plans to allow the enforced treatment of potentially dangerous mental health patients.
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British Medical Association says patients should be spared 'unnecessary' attempts to revive them.
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The General Medical Council, which regulates the behaviour of doctors, was ordered yesterday to sweep away the culture of &quot;self- interest&#39;&#39; that continues to pervade it even since Harold Shipman was convicted as a serial killer.
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A hospital in the tsunami-ravaged Thai island of Phuket says its patient influx has slowed from its peak after earthquake-triggered waves wiped away entire towns, while the number of
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Immigration officers have removed a Ghanaian woman suffering from terminal cancer from a British hospital where she was being treated and put her on a flight home, the BBC reported Wednesday.
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Patients have a 'realistic' period to opt out The Department of Health (DoH) has stuck by the "implied consent" model for the central collection of electronic patient records in England, but will provide support for those who want to opt outâ¦
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EXETER, England  - A combination of industry  secrecy, lack of money and shortage of time is keeping the  results of many clinical cancer trials locked away and  depriving doctors of crucial information, campaigners said on  Monday.
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Some women with breast cancer are less likely to have their tumours picked up by scans, say experts.
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There is an alarming ignorance about cancer and how to reduce the risk of  the disease, a survey suggests.
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Oncologists do not usually need bodyguards when they present scientific data at a medical symposium.
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Scientists have shown that a common antibiotic can turn off cancer cells in mice, offering hope of new treatments for cancer patients.
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A technique for determining whether cancer has spread could save many patients from surgery.
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NHS drugs advisers have reversed their decision to block a drug for people with asbestos-related cancer.
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Cancer patients are being put at risk because of the refusal of drug companies to publish the results of clinical trials, scientists claimed yesterday.