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Cancer discovery offers hope of tackling spread of disease
15 August 2011 Last updated at 17:04
Cancer Research UK said the study provided fresh understanding of ways to stop cancer spreading.
By James Gallagher Health reporter, BBC News
They say they have identified a protein called JAK which helps cancerous cells generate the force needed to move.
Writing in Cancer Cell, they say the cells contract like muscle to force their way out and around the body.
Cancer Research UK said the study provided fresh understanding of ways to stop cancer spreading.
More money needs to be spent on improving radiotherapy
Cancer Drugs Fund is money ill-spent, say radiographers
David Cameron’s flagship Cancer Drugs Fund has been attacked by radiographers who say that if just “a fraction” of its £200 million budget was spent on improving radiotherapy, “the impact would be immense”.
For some time radiographers have felt ignored while chemotherapy drugs which in many cases only prolong life by a matter of months have received enormous press and political attention.
Before last year’s general election Mr Cameron came up with the idea of allocating £200 million a year to give patients access to drugs turned down for NHS funding by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice).
While popular, the fund is controversial because some cancer specialists believe the money could be better spent elsewhere.
‘Breast cancer screening saves lives’
A study published today in the British Medical journal has found breast cancer screening had “little detectable impact” on reducing death rates from the disease. Dr Sarah Rawlings from Breakthrough Breast Cancer insists screening programmes are still important in saving lives.
6:51PM BST 29 Jul 2011
Dr Rawlings said the study did not take results from breast cancer screening in England but instead compared breast cancer death rates in three pairs of similar territories: Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland; Sweden to Norway; and The Netherlands to Flanders in Belgium.
“It is estimated that 1,400 lives are saved every year by women attending breast screening,” Dr Rawlings said.
“It would be a real shame if women over the age of fifty who are eligible for breast screening now stop going because of this report.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8670523/Breast-cancer-screening-saves-lives.html
