An “ultra-sensitive” new blood test can predict if breast cancer will return years before the disease shows up on scans, researchers say. It picks up traces of a tumour’s DNA before a full relapse and was found to be 100% accurate at predicting which patients would see their cancer return. It is hoped that the...
Saliva tests carried out at home are better at identifying men who are at higher risk of prostate cancer than the standard blood test, new research suggests. The at-home test could identify genetic factors which make men more likely to develop the disease which claims around 12,000 lives a year in the UK. The study...
Just now Claire Ellison,BBC News Society team BBC Sam Hodkinson needs a pension payment soon, after retiring because of ill-health A former police officer who retired early because of breast cancer and is owed extra pension, says she fears she may not live to see the money paid out. Sam Hodkinson is one of tens...
6 minutes ago Fergus Walsh,Medical editor BBC Elliot Pfebve is taking part in the trial Thousands of NHS cancer patients in England are expected to get access to trials of a new type of treatment using vaccines to fight their disease. Thirty hospitals so far have signed up to the Cancer Vaccine Launch Pad. It...
Just now Sharon Barbour,Nat Wright Erroll Smith Darnell Smith died at the age of 22 in hospital IT system failures have been linked to the deaths of three patients and more than 100 instances of serious harm at NHS hospital trusts in England, BBC News has found. A Freedom of Information request also found 200,000...
Merope Mills An initiative allowing rapidly deteriorating patients and their families to seek a second opinion will play a role in “changing the culture of the NHS”, Merope Mills has said. Ms Mills began her campaign for “Martha’s rule” after her daughter Martha, 13, died of sepsis in 2021. Speaking on BBC R4’s Today programme,...
A cancer charity is warning people to do more to protect themselves from the sun as the number of melanoma skin-cancer cases in the UK continues to rise. Cancer Research UK predicts there will be a record 20,800 cases diagnosed this year – up from a yearly average of 19,300 between 2020 and 2022. Its...
1 hour ago Emma Grimshaw and PA Media,BBC News, West of England PA Jordan’s Iron Man-style arm means he can now grip his scooter A five-year-old boy born without a left hand is believed to have become the youngest in the world to receive a bionic hero arm. Jordan’s life-changing Iron Man-style arm was an...
Sarah Davies Alberto Almeida’s life has been saved twice because of blood donations Alberto Almeida treasures every day with his family because he could bleed to death at any moment due to a rare illness. Donated blood has saved his life twice in the past year, after he suffered severe haemorrhages caused by an inoperable...
BBC Only a genetic test will tell Carys if she has inherited the Brca1 gene from her mother, Rachael A 17-year-old has been rejected by the Army, despite passing all the selection tests, because two members of her family have had breast cancer. Carys Holmes has a 50-50 chance of inheriting a gene fault from...