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Shortage of Drug for Children’s Cancer May Have Upped Relapse Rates

When a national shortage of a cancer drug that had helped treat children with Hodgkin’s lymphoma for decades forced doctors to find a substitute, they thought they had settled on a drug that would work just as well for these young cancer patients.

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Trust’s surgery on wrong patient

The health watchdog has been forced to take action against a hospital trust which performed a surgery on the wrong patient.

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Editorial: Incredible Prices for Cancer Drugs

An unusually bold stand by doctors at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York has forced a big drug company to reduce the cost of an overpriced drug for treating colorectal cancer that was no better than a cheaper competitor and did almost nothing to extend a patient’s life.

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Main image for Dealing with the effects of cancer in the workplace

Cancer is a devastating condition for everyone concerned that leaves patients and carers feeling isolated, often facing financial difficulties and lacking in confidence, with many being forced to give up work.

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Cancer charity backs benefits shift

Patients receiving treatment for cancer will no longer be forced to seek work if they want to keep sickness benefits, the Government has announced.

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Cancer sufferer forced to rent second home to get life-saving treatment in postcode lottery

Yvonne Briscoe from Brynford, North Wales, who is suffering from bowel cancer had had to take drastic steps to get the treatment she wanted A seriously ill cancer patient has been forced to rent a second home so she can receive life-saving treatment because of a postcode lottery in the health service.

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Cancer sufferer left to live without electricity or gas

A CHRISTCHURCH woman suffering the effects of intensive cancer treatment was forced to live without electricity and gas after her benefits were stopped.

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Mother who fought for cancer drug access dies

THE mother who spearheaded the campaign that forced the health authorities into a U-turn in providing expensive life-improving cancer drugs has lost her fight for life.

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In Venezuela, top diplomat steps into the void while cancer forces lower profile for Chavez

After nearly a year of cancer treatment that’s forced Chavez to step back from the spotlight, Maduro is emerging more than ever as the president’s stand-in. CARACAS, Venezuela – After nearly a year of cancer treatment that has forced President Hugo Chavez to step back from the spotlight, a burly former bus driver with a dark mustache and affable … (more)

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Cells in normal tissue seem to have ‘personal space’ issues; Factor in maintaining healthy tissue

Cells in normal tissue seem to have “personal space” issues. They know how much space they like, and if things get too tight, some cells are forced to leave. Researchers have found that normal epithelium tissue ejects living cells to maintain a steady population and ease overcrowding, a discovery has the potential to reveal what goes awry in cancer when cells do not turnover, but instead pile up.

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