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NICE Updates Guidance On The Diagnosis And Treatment Of Lung Cancer
NICE Updates Guidance On The Diagnosis And Treatment Of Lung Cancer
Main Category: Lung Cancer
Also Included In: Cancer / Oncology
Article Date: 27 Apr 2011 – 5:00 PDT
NICE has today published an update to its clinical guideline on diagnosing and treating lung cancer. The new recommendations replace those previously published in 2005.
NICE clinical guidelines are updated regularly so that recommendations take into account any important new information that has come to light since publication of the original recommendations. Since NICE published guidance on this condition in February 2005, new evidence has emerged about how to diagnose and treat lung cancer and therefore the guideline has been updated.
10p diabetes drug could treat breast cancer patients
10p diabetes drug could treat breast cancer patients
A 10p-a-day diabetes drug could be used to treat breast cancer sufferers, it is claimed.
They found that the people whose cancer cells “fed” off high-energy compounds were more likely to see their tumours spread or to die.
This meant they could be helped by being given the diabetes drug, metformin, which stops the “fuel supply” for aggressive cancer cells.
In sickness and in health: living with illness
When serious illness strikes there’s often just one thing that stops sufferers from crumpling – the unwavering support of their partners
Lyndsay Mitcheson, 43, had her left leg amputated above the knee in August last year after contracting MRSA during a knee replacement operation for arthritis. She lives in York with her two teenage children. Her partner of two years, Paul Adams, 43, a graphic designer, lives in Leeds
LYNDSAY When I met Paul I was walking with sticks and in a lot of pain from the MRSA. We didn’t talk about what was going to happen with my leg but in the back of my mind I knew I was going to lose it. We had grown so close I felt I had to give him the chance to do a runner. I vividly remember the night we discussed it. I told him, ‘This leg is going to go,’ and he just said, ‘OK.’ Paul is the easiest end of easy-going but there were still dark moments when I thought he would leave.
