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Various types of exclusions are found in life and health insurance policies. James Shattock explains why they exist and that discounts for underwriting exclusions are now here to stay

Julie Hopkins considers the case for adding partial benefit payment for DCIS treated with mastectomy and asks whether coverage could be extended to all DCIS diagnoses resulting in surgery

Scientists have discovered the first stage of a ‘DNA repair engine' that reverses the beneficial effects of chemotherapy.

Scottish Provident and Bright Grey have urged advisers to raise clients' awareness of the cost of surviving cancer.

Axa has enhanced its critical illness (CI) cover following a product review and consultation with advisers.

Terminally ill cancer patients and people undergoing chemotherapy are being threatened with benefit cuts if they do not attend back-to-work interviews, Macmillan Cancer Support and Citizens Advice have warned.

Scientists at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, have unlocked the entire genetic code of two of the most common cancers - skin and lung.

Terminally ill cancer patients and people undergoing chemotherapy are being threatened with benefit cuts if they do not attend back-to-work interviews, warn Macmillan Cancer Support and Citizens Advice.

The NHS in England must get better at diagnosing cancers at an earlier stage if it is to improve survival rates, the cancer tsar has said.

The UK obesity epidemic is not without repercussions in the insurance industry. James Shattock explains.