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Cancer related deaths could be ‘effectively eliminated' except in late old age by 2050 if the current trends in treatment and prevention continue, a report from UCL has found.

The NHS has announced the drugs which are being removed from the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) along with the planned increases in the fund's budget.

Employees are feeling pressured to return to work with 22% feeling pressure to return straight after their treatment finished, a survey for Bupa has found.

NHS England has announced new measures to improve cancer survival rates at diagnosis and treatment stages.

There will be 2.5m people with cancer in the UK over the course of 2015, analysis by Macmillan Cancer Support has found.

Sarah Jewell, founder and chief executive officer of ALC Health has been awarded an MBE in the New Year's Honours list.

Chartered financial planner Patrick McIntosh from KMG will head for the South Pole to raise awareness of health issues and the importance of protection.

NHS England has announced eleven centres which will deliver the 100,000 Genomes Project, aimed at improving the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of certain diseases.

Patients who have major surgery are almost twice as likely to survive for two years as those who do not undergo surgery, according to analysis.

Ross Campbell writes about the challenges posed by increased diagnosis of Thyroid Cancer and the potential implications for critical illness (CI) policies.