8 h. ago How a ‘simple selfie’ could be used to predict life expectancy

Academics say AI could be used in cancer treatment alongside vital signs, lab results and medical imaging

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8 h. ago New study finds ‘simple selfie’ can help predict patients’ cancer survival

The tool, FaceAge, uses an image of someone’s features to determine their ‘biological age’.

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8 h. ago Selfie could predict how long you'll live as scientists reveal truth about Paul Rudd

The new FaceAge AI tool can reveal your 'biological age' as researchers use it to compare Hollywood actors Paul Rudd and Wilford Brimley at the age of 50 - with wildly different results

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64 h. ago My patient’s cancer was curable but for years she endured painful sex as a result. This story is all too familiar | Ranjana Srivastava

Many cancer patients suffer sexual health problems but this important quality of life indicator is woefully ignoredIt is not often that a cancer patient promises to regale her oncologist with “wild stories about my sexual adventures”, but this might just be my favourite promise of late, both for the exuberant proclamation and the prolonged heartache that preceded it.The first part of the story is all too familiar. Continue reading...

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64 h. ago My patient’s cancer was curable but for years she endured painful sex. This story is all too familiar | Ranjana Srivastava

Many cancer patients suffer sexual health problems but this important quality of life indicator is woefully ignoredIt is not often that a cancer patient promises to regale her oncologist with “wild stories about my sexual adventures”, but this might just be my favourite promise of late, both for the exuberant proclamation and the prolonged heartache that preceded it.The first part of the story is all too familiar. Continue reading...

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66 h. ago Oncologist says patients using one treatment for cancer 'twice as likely to die'

The type of therapy is often used instead of other treatments such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy

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3 d. ago Shock as doctors discover staggering rise in type of cancer that can leave patients unable to control their bowels

Blood in your stool, pain or itching, small lumps or the inability to control your bowels could mean you're at high risk of developing the deadly cancer.

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4 d. ago It's a cruel illness that blights the lives of millions. But there's new hope for rosacea patients with this amazing therapy developed to treat cancer

A light-based therapy used to treat skin cancer could offer hope for millions living with a skin condition.

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5 d. ago Millions of cancer patients promised faster diagnosis with help of new tech tool

The tool, called Cancer 360, brings cancer patients’ data into one central system and is to be rolled out soon, the DHSC said.

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5 d. ago New NHS tech promises faster diagnosis for millions of cancer patients

The tool is aimed at prioritising urgent cases and expediting treatment

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7 d. ago NHS Lanarkshire 'sorry' after patient visited A&E five times before cancer diagnosis

The patient's partner made a complaint to the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman which was upheld.

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8 d. ago New vaccine to treat 15 types of cancer now available on NHS

New jab will treat skin, bladder and oesophagus cancer, with 1,200 patients a month receiving it

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9 d. ago Cancer experts urge doctors to prescribe one simple thing to suffering patients

Exercise has been found to reduce treatment side effects of cancer, improve sleep and boost mental wellbeing - experts now want doctors to prescribe exercise to cancer patients

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1 week ago Simple test 'doubles survival time' for patients with 'aggressive' cancer

A 51-year-old woman who took part in the trial says she feels "incredibly lucky" after a new test detected cancer when a blood test did not

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1 week ago New cancer treatment could 'change the world' for newly diagnosed head and neck cancer patients by adding several years to their life

During a major phase III trial, pembrolizumab combined with standard treatment kept cancer at bay for an average of 60 months - five years - compared to the typical 30 months.

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1 week ago Terminal cancer patients driven by ‘guilt, shame and moral obligation’ study finds

The hope of recovering may not be as high a priority

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2 w. ago Sarah Ferguson is joined by Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie as royals spend time with teenage cancer patients during emotional visit to London hospital

Their trip to the Teenage Cancer Trust unit at London's University College Hospital comes months after Fergie was given a clean bill of health after receiving back-to-back cancer diagnoses.

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2 w. ago Key vitamin supplement slashes the risk of colon cancer, study finds

The nutrient, available a supplement for mere pennies a pill, was linked to both reducing the odds of developing the cancer and improving the outcomes among patients that did.

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3 w. ago Millions who take cheap, common drug could be protected from deadly type of cancer

Cambridge found a drug that costs mere pennies per pill could help prevent a type of cancer that kills about four out of five patients within five years of their diagnosis.

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3 w. ago Trisha Goddard says Big Brother is a respite from being a cancer patient

The presenter, 67, said that in the ITV reality show she can ‘just have fun and things like that’.

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