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Targeted lung health check programme: Over 3,000 cancers detected since 2019

The prevalence of lung cancer is greatest in areas of high deprivation, says Dr Page The NHS England is rapidly expanding the targeted lung health...

2023 was the highest year on record for NHS cancer checks

There has been a 133% increase in the number of people getting checked for cancer over the last decade. NHS England delivered a record...

Scotland approves six new medicines including Tafamidis for treatment of rare heart condition

Pfizer data suggested that their drug would lead to improvements in 'mortality and fewer hospitalisations' for patients with this terrible condition  The Scottish Medicines Consortium...

MHRA gives nod for a new therapy to treat lung cancer

The new therapy is said to 'slow down' or 'stop the growth' of the cancer The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved...

‘Durvalumab’ can improve life span of lung cancer patients

The drug, ‘durvalumab’, can double the overall time someone can survive with an aggressive form of lung cancer from two-and-a-half to five years. It has...

NICE recommends Tepotinib for advanced lung cancer

'Tepotinib’ has been recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to patients with a specific gene mutation of advanced non-small-cell...