Cancer screening programmes are known to be life saving for thousands of people each year by detecting cancers before symptoms even develop. So, if this is the case, why are many patients still failin ...

Evidence shows that when patients simply track their symptoms and medications survival can increase by up to 20%1. Healthcare apps have the potential to empower patients, bring them closer to their ca ...

Every day in Britain a thousand patients are diagnosed as having cancer with no seasonal variation. The UK falls behind most European countries in the overall survival at 5 years – the key internation ...

Much has been made of the digital transformation in healthcare yet the reality is that often its deployment has been organic or even haphazard. The positive benefits are often unrealised and for many ...

What is Integrated Care? What is Personalised Care? And what would truly integrated Personalised Cancer Care look like? We will consider this but starting from scratch and reviewing what different peo ...

Physical fitness, a healthy diet, and psychological well-being are associated with better postoperative outcomes. Prehabilitation aims to improve physical, psychological, and nutritional fitness there ...

Cancer Care Map is a comprehensive, independent, free to use online directory of cancer support services in the UK providing verified and trusted information. Find information on support for families, ...

Approximately 12,000 people are diagnosed with a primary brain tumour every year, equating to 33 new cases per day. Brain Tumours are the biggest cancer killer of children and young adults under the a ...

Patient self-management and remote care are currently done poorly. This adversely affects patient outcomes. Yet evidence shows that when patients simply track their symptoms and medications survival c ...

Patients routinely identify chemotherapy- induced hair loss as the most troublesome side effect of treatment, and 8 to 10 % of patients even forego chemotherapy for fear of losing their hair. Learn ho ...

More people than ever are surviving cancer. Those with advanced/metastatic cancer are increasingly treatable but not curable and live with the disease for 5 or more years. Being able to work if you ca ...

Inequalities in care affect many people at different stages of their cancer journey. These can range from reduced access or attendance to screening programmes, differences in care during treatment, to ...

The Inhealthcare oncology service monitors and provides support at home to patients who are undergoing chemotherapy and immunotherapy. The service captures vital sign readings and side effects that th ...