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Cancer specialist nurse leads palliative care improvement project
A specialist cancer nurse is leading a scheme to improve end-of-life care at an orthopaedic hospital in the West Midlands.…
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NICE gives green light to life-extending drug combo for brain cancer
Children and teenagers with an aggressive form of brain cancer are set to benefit after a new life-extending drug combination…
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Funding secured for asbestos cancer nurse leader in Scotland
A charity that oversees specialist nurses for a type of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos has announced that it…
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Cancer patients given access to trials via innovative advocacy service
A first-of-its-kind nurse-led service that helps secondary breast cancer patients access clinical trials is celebrating having helped 500 patients. The…
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Study finds ‘substantial decline’ in UK cancer deaths over 25 years
Cancer cases among middle-aged men and women have seen a modest rise over the last quarter of a century, but…
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Pilot launched in London to develop cancer CNS workforce
Five new senior cancer nurse posts are being created in London to address a “shrinking” number of specialists in the…
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Nurses have ‘central role’ in improving lung cancer care
Specialist nurses are key to better co-production with patients, a report into improving lung cancer care has said. The United…
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Kidney cancer nurses ‘needed from point of diagnosis’
One in five kidney cancer patients are not being given a named specialist nurse at the point of diagnosis, a…
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NICE backs new treatment option for aggressive blood cancer
A new subcutaneous treatment option has been approved for use by the NHS in England and Wales for treating of…
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Joe Wicks helps nurses open Kingston’s new children’s cancer unit
Body coach and fitness author Joe Wicks joined staff this week at Kingston Hospital to open a new cancer unit…
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