WASHINGTON (AFP) - Women should not get their first cervical cancer screening before age 21, the leading US group of women's health care professionals said Friday, also recommending less frequent subsequent tests. More »
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Days after controversy erupted over new breast cancer screening guidelines, a US health group has said women should wait longer to get their first cervical cancer test. More »
LONDON (Reuters) - The health watchdog has blocked a critical liver cancer drug, saying it is too pricey for the state health service, leaving manufacturer Bayer vowing to appeal the decision. More »
People with advanced liver cancer will be denied a new drug on the NHS, under the latest draft guidance. More »
The only cancer drug shown to extend the lives of patients with an aggressive form of liver cancer has been turned down by the NHS medicines watchdog. More »
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US government Wednesday distanced itself from a report that has triggered an outcry here after it recommended that women under 50 should not be routinely screened for breast cancer. More »
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Doctors and experts are in uproar over new recommendations to raise the age of breast cancer screening, warning more women will die from the disease which already claims some 40,000 lives each year. More »
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US health authorities have issued guidelines questioning the benefit of annual screening for breast cancer in women aged 40-49 and recommended only biennial mammograms for women over 50. More »
More than a quarter of a million children are risking their health by using sunbeds, according to a survey by Cancer Research UK. More »
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