A little good news for a change
In the latest of her regular dispatches about life with breast cancer, Dina Rabinovitch is told that her disease appears to be under control - for the moment at least.
Computers may speed breast cancer detection
· Screening more accurate than human experts · New method may relieve shortage of radiologists
Screening cuts raise breast cancer risk
Women are being forced to wait up to two years longer than they should for breast cancer screening because of financial cutbacks and staff shortages.
Nasty smear campaigns
Zoe Williams: We should stand up against the deranged opponents of a vaccine against cervical cancer.
Cervical cancer vaccine at 12 ‘would cut deaths’
· Two drug companies in immunisation race
· Study claims fatalities would drop by 75%
An audience with Larry
In her latest article about life with breast cancer, Dina Rabinovitch travels to New York and pays $3,000 to see a very unBritish doctor.
Approval for new class of breast cancer drug
A new class of breast cancer drugs yesterday won final draft approval for use in the NHS alongside the "gold standard" Tamoxifen, which many expect them quickly to replace.
Beaming in on a deadly disease
Once the stuff of science fiction, charged particle beams are being used in the fight against cancer, says Michael Pollitt.