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Tag Archives: Cancer Research UK (CRUK)
More on the Obesity – Cancer / Burden of Ill-Health Link (BBC News / CRUK / UK Health Forum)
Summary It is predicted that three out of four adults will be overweight or obese by 2035. The following Cancer Research UK (CRUK) and UK Health Forum report suggests that obesity could be associated with 670,000 to 700,000 extra cases … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nutrition, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, Stroke, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes, BBC Health News, Behavioural Risk Factors, BMI: Body Mass Index, Body Mass Index (BMI), British Psychological Society (BPS), Cancer, Cancer Prevention, Cancer Research UK, Cancer Research UK (CRUK), Cancer Risk Factors, Cancer Types Linked to Obesity, Cancer Types Linked to Obesity: Bowel, Cancer Types Linked to Obesity: Breast (In Women After Menopause), Cancer Types Linked to Obesity: Gallbladder, Cancer Types Linked to Obesity: Kidney, Cancer Types Linked to Obesity: Liver, Cancer Types Linked to Obesity: Meningioma (Brain Cancer), Cancer Types Linked to Obesity: Multiple Myeloma (Blood Cancer), Cancer Types Linked to Obesity: Oesophageal (Food Pipe), Cancer Types Linked to Obesity: Ovarian, Cancer Types Linked to Obesity: Pancreatic, Cancer Types Linked to Obesity: Thyroid, Cancer Types Linked to Obesity: Upper Stomach, Cancer Types Linked to Obesity: Womb, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Childhood Obesity, Coronary Heart Disease, Coronary Heart Disease (CHD), CRUK: Cancer Research UK, Dietary Choices, Dietary Factors, Eating Patterns, Education and Awareness, Energy Balance, Energy Expenditure, Epidemiology, Excess Energy Intake, Exercise, Exercise Referral Schemes, Fat Shaming, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Communities, Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Living, Healthy Weight, Hypertension, Improving Dietary Habits, Integrated Prevention Approaches, James Corden (Comedian), Lifestyle, Lifestyle Intervention Programmes, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Lifestyle Weight Management, Maintaining Healthy Weight and Preventing Excess Weight Gain Among Children and Adults, Moderate Exercise, Modifiable Risk Factors, Mortality Morbidity and Wellbeing: Cancers, Obesity, Obesity - Burden of Ill-Health Links, Obesity - Cancer Link, Obesity and Diabetes, Obesity Epidemic, Obesity in the UK, Obesity is the New Smoking, Obesity Risk Factor, Obesity Statistics, Obesity Time-Bomb, Overlapping Risk Factors, Physical Activity, Physical Activity and the Environment, Physical Activity Programmes, Physical Exercise, Physical Exercise Programmes, Physical Inactivity, Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes, Preventing Excess Weight Gain, Preventing Type 2 Diabetes, Prevention, Prevention Agenda Linking Dementia and Other Non-Communicable Diseases, Prevention Approaches, Public Awareness, Public Health, Risk Factors, Risk Factors of Stroke, Social Determinants of Health, Social Epidemiology, Sugar Tax, Type 2 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes and Alzheimer's Disease, Type 2 Diabetes: Prevention, UK Health Forum, Unhealthy Behaviours, Unhealthy Lifestyles, Unhealthy Living, Weight Management, Wellbeing
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Cancer Survival Trends: International Comparisons (BBC News / British Journal of Cancer)
Summary Research comparing cancer survival trends in England against statistics from five other countries, over 15 years, indicates that England’s performance on cancer survival remains poorer than that in other countries with similar health systems. Survival with breast, colon, rectum, … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Australia, BBC Health News, Breast Cancer Now, British Journal of Cancer, Canada, Cancer Research UK, Cancer Research UK (CRUK), Cancer Survival, Cancer Survival Group: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Cancer Survival Rates in England, Cancer Survival Trends, Cancers, CONCORD Programme, CONCORD-2 Global Study, Department of Immunology Genetics and Pathology: Uppsala University, Department of Oncology: Gävle Hospital, Department of Oncology: Oslo University Hospital, Department of Surgical Sciences: Uppsala University, European Institute of Oncology in Milan, Five-Year Cancer Survival Rates 2005-2009, Gävle Hospital (Sweden), International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership (ICBP), International Comparisons, International Variations in Cancer Survival, Jebsen Colorectal Cancer Research Centre: Oslo University Hospital, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Norway, Oslo University Hospital, Progress in Cancer Survival Mortality and Incidence in Seven High-Income Countries 1995–2014 (ICBP SURVMARK-2), Secondary Breast Cancer: Diagnosis Delays, Sweden, Uppsala University
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NHS World Class Cancer Care Aim: Four Week Cancer Waiting Time for Testing and Treatment (BBC News / NHS England / Department of Health)
Summary NHS England’s Cancer Taskforce has ambitious plans to improve performance and quality in cancer care. The new 2020 target involves patients receiving results from cancer tests within four weeks of referral by a GP. Older radiotherapy machines are to … Continue reading
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Tagged Aarhus University, Achieving World-Class Cancer Outcomes: Strategy for England 2015-2020, Ageing Population, Airedale National Health Service Foundation Trust, American Cancer Society, Australia, Bangor University, Cally Palmer: Chief Executive of The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cally Palmer: NHS England’s NHS National Cancer Director, Canada, Cancer, Cancer Alliances, Cancer Alliances Network, Cancer Care, Cancer Care Waits, Cancer Dashboard, Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF), Cancer Early Diagnosis, Cancer Incidence, Cancer Mortality Profiles, Cancer One-Stop Shop Pilot Centre: Airedale General Hospital (West Yorkshire), Cancer One-Stop Shop Pilot Centre: Churchill Hospital (Oxford), Cancer One-Stop Shop Pilot Centre: North Middlesex Hospital (London), Cancer One-Stop Shop Pilot Centre: Queens Hospital (Romford), Cancer One-Stop Shop Pilot Centre: Royal Free Hospital (London), Cancer One-Stop Shop Pilot Centre: Royal Oldham Hospital (Greater Manchester), Cancer One-Stop 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Breast Cancer and Older Women: Be Clear on Cancer Campaign Survey (BBC News / CRUK / PHE)
Summary One in three women diagnosed with breast cancer are aged over 70. A survey from Public Health England (PHE) indicates that many older women are unaware of the early warning signs of breast cancer (other than lumps), and are … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, National, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged BBC Health News, Be Clear on Cancer (BCOC), Be Clear on Cancer Campaign, Be Clear on Cancer Resources and Information to Support GP Practices, Be Clear on Cancer: Breast Cancer in the Over 70s, Breast Cancer and Older Women, Breast Cancer in Women Over 70 Campaigns, Breast Cancer Screening, Cancer Research UK (CRUK), Diagnosis and Referral, Dr Ann Hoskins: PHE Deputy Director for Health and Wellbeing, Early Diagnosis of Breast Cancer, National Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative, Non-Lump Breast Cancer Symptoms, PHE: Public Health England, Public Health England (PHE), Sara Hiom: Director of Cancer Research UK
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International Variations in Cancer Referrals and Cancer Survival (BBC News / BMJ Open)
Summary An international survey of 2795 GPs across six countries indicates that patients with possible cancer in the UK are less likely to be referred immediately for tests or to specialists, compared with comparable countries. UK cancer survival rates are … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, NHS, Northern Ireland, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged Aarhus University, Access to Diagnostics and Secondary Care Advice, Australia, Bangor University, BBC Health News, Belfast, BMJ Open, British Columbia, British Columbia (Canada), Canada, Cancer Care Ontario, Cancer Research UK, Cancer Research UK (CRUK), Cancer Treatment Standards, Cancer Waiting Times, Centre for Public Health: Queen's University Belfast, Denmark, Department of Cancer Epidemiology: University of Sydney, Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine: Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Department of Clinical Sciences: Kronoberg County Research Council, Department of Family and Community Medicine: University of Toronto, Department of Family Medicine: University of Manitoba, Department of Family Practice: University of British Columbia, Department of General Practice (Australia), Department of Prevention and Cancer Control (Ontario), Department of Primary Health Care Sciences: University of Oxford, Department of Public Health: Aarhus University, Dr Richard Roope: RCGP, Durham University, England, ICBP Module 3 Working Group, Increasing Cancer Mortality and Longer Diagnostic Intervals, International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership (ICBP), International Variations in Cancer Referrals, International Variations in Cancer Survival, Knowledge Translation Research Network Health Services Research Program (Ontario), Kronoberg County Research Council, Manitoba (Canada), New South Wales, New South Wales (Australia), North Wales Centre for Primary Care Research: Bangor University, Northern Ireland, Norway, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Ontario (Canada), Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Primary Care Diagnostics: University of Exeter Medical School, Primary Health Care Research Evaluation and Development (Australia), Queen's University Belfast, Research Unit for General Practice: Aarhus University, School of Medicine and Health: Wolfson Research Institute, School of Medicine: Queen's University Belfast, School of Public Health: University of Sydney, Speed of Cancer Diagnosis, Sweden, University of British Columbia, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Manitoba, University of Oxford, University of Sydney, University of Toronto, Victoria (Australia), Wales, Wolfson Research Institute, Wolfson Research Institute: Durham University
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Malignant Melanoma: Increasing Incidence of Skin Cancer in the UK (BBC News / CRUK)
Summary It is estimated that 5,700 over-65s are diagnosed with malignant melanoma each year, compared to 600 in the mid-1970s. The over-65s were the first generation to “benefit” from cheaper foreign holidays and suntan salons. Risks of developing this condition … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, In the News, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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