cancer

A new atlas of the NHS has been produced highlighting variations in coverage of 71 different treatment areas across the country.

Britain will be facing a bill of more than £15bn a year to diagnose and treat cancer in ten years time, new research has suggested.

Bad lifestyle choices such as smoking, poor diet, high alcohol intake and excess weight are responsible for ‘around 40% of all cancers', according to new research.

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) has banned another breast cancer drug from routine NHS use.

The government's assertion that the National Health Service is inefficient and ineffective in treating cancer has been challenged by academics.

Aviva has overhauled its cancer coverage for both individual and group private medical insurance (PMI) schemes.

Cancer patients already severely struggling with financial difficulties because of their illness could be hit with "catastrophic" effects if welfare reform proceeds, MacMillan Cancer Support has warned.

Bupa has introduced an option to tailor cancer coverage around NHS diagnosis and treatment provision.

Aviva has added the first partial payments to its critical illness (CI) policy and halved the length of time for a Multiple Sclerosis (MS) claim.

Cancer experts have concluded that countries in the developed world are overprescribing very expensive drugs that produce marginal benefit.