cancer
Critical Illness
The rate of children dying from cancer has dropped by 22% in the last decade, according to new figures.
01 September 2014
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Individual Protection
The NHS has announced that reforms to the Cancer Drugs Fund are underway with extra funding and a re-evaulation of the way drugs are approved for funding.
28 August 2014
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3 min read
Critical Illness
The NHS could save £69million a year by providing community care to allow cancer patients in England to die at home instead of in hospital, according to Macmillan Cancer Support.
04 July 2014
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Critical Illness
Malignant melanoma, a type of skin cancer, has increased by 78% among males and 48% among females from 2003 to 2012, official figures have shown.
20 June 2014
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Income Protection
At least 4,500 cancer patients (29%) have waited six months or more to find out whether they will even be awarded their disability benefit Personal Independence Payment (PIP) after claiming, according to estimates by Macmillan Cancer Support.
16 June 2014
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Marketing
Recently in the news after alarming statistics detailing its prevalence, Non-melanoma skin cancer is a public health menace. PruProtect's Fergus Bescoby explains the implications
08 May 2014
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8 min read
Critical Illness
Half of people diagnosed with cancer today will survive their disease for at least 10 years, according to figures from Cancer Research UK.
29 April 2014
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Critical Illness
Incidence of kidney cancer have risen over 2 decades although survival rates have improved, according to a new report.
17 April 2014
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2 min read
Marketing
Large variations in survival for breast, prostate, lung and brain cancers have prompted Macmillan Cancer Support to urge NHS leaders and GPs to boost post cancer care.
04 April 2014
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Marketing
Lung cancer rates in women have risen 73% over the last forty years according to new Cancer Research UK .
20 March 2014
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