Specialist Updates Endocrinology

Type 2 diabetes linked to increased cancer and dementia risk

25th May 2020
People living with type 2 diabetes are at increased risk of many, but not all, types of cancer and also face a raised risk…
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Specialist Updates Oncology

Fewer second cancers with proton radiotherapy: research

21st May 2020
Patients with cancer are less likely to develop another primary cancer if their radiotherapy is carried out with protons…
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Doctors warn of 'tidal wave' of cancer as GP testing plummets

14th May 2020
Doctors are warning of a “tidal wave” of disease as pathology tests drop in the wake of COVID-19 fears, including a steep…
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GP faces lawsuit after delay in cancer diagnosis

11th May 2020
Medicolegal Case: A 42-year-old woman presented to her GP complaining of a tender lump in her right breast that had been…
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Patient has four primary cancers diagnosed in two months

1st May 2020
Receiving a cancer diagnosis is a terrible blow, but for one patient the hits kept on coming, after she was diagnosed with…
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Woman diagnosed with four primary cancers in just two months
Specialist Updates Oncology

Slim chance participants in phase 1 cancer trials will benefit

24th April 2020
The chance that a therapy used on a patient in a phase 1 cancer trial will be later approved by the US Food and Drug…
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Specialist Updates Oncology

Genetic testing 'may be reasonable' in postmenopausal breast cancer

16th March 2020
The prevalence of pathogenic variants in cancer susceptibility genes may be high enough to warrant testing in women who…
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