Prostate becomes third most deadly cancer in UK, overtaking breast cancer Deaths from prostate cancer in men have overtaken female deaths from breast cancer for the first ...
Call for nurses to become prostate cancer Clinical Champions Leading men’s health charity Prostate Cancer UK is looking for nurses to join its Clinical ...
30,000 men living with prostate cancer Over 30,000 men in the UK are living with advanced, incurable prostate cancer according to research ...
Prostate cancer drug re-listed Cabazitaxel will once more be available on the NHS for clinically eligible men with advanced ...
Updated prostate cancer test guidance for asymptomatic men Public Health England has released an improved cancer pack containing information for GPs and ...
COVID-19 cuts prostate cancer referrals in half, as appointments dwindle Urgent referrals for urological cancers have dropped by half in England compared to the same period ...
New NICE guidelines recommend 'watch and wait' approach on prostate cancer New guidance from NICE on prostate cancer has recommended active surveillance for the first time, ...
Prostate cancer deaths reduced by 20 per cent Death rates from prostate cancer have fallen by 20 per cent since the early 1990s, according to ...
Raising awareness of prostate cancer in the BME community Karen Bonner is Chief Nurse at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. Since her dad died from ...
Major study finds cancer patients are up to five times more likely to commit suicide Cancer patients are more likely to take their own lives according to a major UK study.
Deaths from top four cancers fall The number of deaths from the top four cancers combined has fallen by almost a third, according to ...
Half a million more cancer cases since 2010 The number of people in the UK living with cancer will rise to a record 2.5 million in 2015, ...
Top 10 clinical articles of 2014 The clinical areas covered in Independent Nurse reflect the wide variation of topics seen in ...
QNI publishes Race, Equality and Inclusivity Action Plan The Queen’s Nursing Institute has produced an action plan following its first formal Race, Equality ...
Lack of communication between primary and secondary care risks the lives of lung cancer patients Practice nurses could be better linked to multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) and there should be better ...
Growing awareness for men’s health The beard has gone and I’m growing a moustache, writes Mike Shallcross
Audit of sepsis diagnosis in general practice announced An audit of GP practices will be conducted to assess their performance treating sepsis, as part of ...
Cancer survival rates continue to improve The number of people diagnosed with cancer surviving the condition continues to improve, according ...
Dismissing symptoms leads to late diagnosis of cancer People who dismiss symptoms of cancer as 'trivial' or are concerned about wasting a healthcare ...
NHS cancer services ‘underfunded and understaffed’ A lack of resources and staff for NHS cancer services is leading to patient’s missing out on early ...
Findings reveal a shortage of cancer nurses A study across NHS England has found a shortage of specialist cancer nurses and support workers
Breast cancer screening IT error left 450,000 women uninvited to mammograms Approximately 270 women may have died from breast cancer because of a IT error which left 450,000 ...
More than half of cancer carers don't receive any support Over half of people caring for other with cancer do not receive any support from health and social ...
Over 170,000 people have survived cancer for 25 years More than 170,000 people who have cancer in the UK were diagnosed in the 1970s and 1980s, according ...
Rise in patients surviving cancer The number of deaths caused by cancer has fallen by 10% in the past 10 years, according to new ...