Category Archives: Bowel Cancer

The next government must make high quality cancer care a priority during, and after, the upcoming general election

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Julia Manning

Guest Blog by Ellie Rose, Public Affairs Manager, Macmillan Cancer Support There are now 2.5 million people living with cancer in the UK. By 2020, this is estimated to rise to 3 million. And by the end of next year … Continue reading →

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The Cancer Drugs Fund is a symptom of the bigger problem

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Julia Manning

Back in October 2010 when the coalition government desperately needed a diversion from the storm brewing over their healthcare reforms, they announced the new £50m cancer drugs fund (CDF). Andrew Lansley, Secretary of State for health at the time said … Continue reading →

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Age should not be a factor in cancer treatment

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Julia Manning

For Christmas my daughter bought me Jodie Picoult’s moving novel ‘My Sister’s keeper’, the story of a girl who is genetically selected to be born as a bone-marrow donor match to treat her older sister Kate’s leukemia. Kate relapses as … Continue reading →

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New figures show survival rates from bowel cancer are improving, but regional variation huge

Posted on May 14, 2013 by 2020health Guest Blogger

Guest blog by Deborah Alsina, Chief Executive, Bowel Cancer UK Recently new figures were released showing that survival rates from bowel cancer are improving, especially one-year survival rates for men. Currently the one-year survival rate for bowel cancer is around 70% … Continue reading →

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