cancer

Bupa has launched a programme for people living with or recovering from cancer.

The rates of women dying from ovarian cancer in England have fallen by 20%, Cancer Research has reported.

The number of people in the UK living with lung cancer will have doubled by 2040 from around 65,000 in 2010 to around 137,000 and the number of women living with lung cancer will rise 35 times faster than in men, Macmillan Cancer Support has warned.

AXA PPP healthcare has also launched a new national press and TV advertising campaign - highlighting the support and reassurance they offer to members undergoing treatment for cancer.

Women could one day be diagnosed and treated for breast cancer through a simple blood test, researchers have said.

More people are set to beat cancer as treatments improve and diagnosis is made earlier, according to Cancer Research UK.

Carriers of certain gene mutations are at greater risk of developing breast cancer if exposed to chest X-rays, research has shown.

The widening critical illness protection gap will only get worse but there will be no easy answer, reinsurer RGA has said.

Zurich's half year results showed 91% of critical illness claims were paid out.

Nine of London's NHS trusts are at the bottom of a league table measuring cancer patient experience across England, according to Macmillan data.