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Category Archive for 'Cancer Treatment London'

Snooker Champions Support ‘Killing Cancer’ Charity

Posted in Cancer Treatment London on May 4th, 2010

Killing Cancer are entirely dedicated to promoting a medical approach known as Photodynamic Therapy, or PDT.

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Cancer Policy – why politicians should leave health to the experts

Posted in Cancer Treatment London, Healthcare on Apr 27th, 2010

Politicians keep getting it horrendously wrong and would be advised to read the latest cancer screening articles by Rick Popert on prostate cancer and Nicolas Beechey-Newman on breast cancer screening.

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New London Outpatient Centre in Chelsea

Posted in Cancer Treatment London on Apr 7th, 2010

The Lister Hospital’s new satellite centre, The Chelsea Outpatient Centre at 280 King’s Road, marks HCA International’s fourth diagnostic and outpatient centre in London. There will soon be six new such centres as operations expand and also as a new part of the HCA CancerCare Network.

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UK Cancer Care Strategy

Posted in Cancer Treatment London on Jan 27th, 2010

The Cancer Reform Strategy meeting, part of the Westminster Health Forum, was held yesterday at the British Medical Association

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Private Cancer Care in the UK

Posted in Cancer Treatment London on Jan 12th, 2010

Largest provider of cancer care and best equipped hospital outside the NHS
The Wellington Hospital in North London, Britain’s largest private hospital, is to undergo a major expansion to create a new outpatients and cancer centre

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Will cancer treatment advances such as Gammaknife and Cyberknife replace the need for chemotherapy?

Posted in Cancer Treatment London on Dec 23rd, 2009

Ian Sabin and Chris Nutting provide invaluable background. The article on Gamma Knife also includes a video clip featuring Martin Kemp

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Choosing the best Cancer Treatment Centres

Posted in Cancer Treatment London on Dec 2nd, 2009

The NHS in England must get better at diagnosing cancers at an earlier stage if it is to improve survival rates, the Cancer Tsar has said. Professor Mike Richards

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New Bowel Cancer Drugs – fact behind the hype

Posted in Bowel cancer, Cancer Treatment London on Nov 25th, 2009

Expert Comment on Daily Mail Bowel Cancer Story

The entire front cover of the Daily Mail yesterday was devoted to a pharmaceutical company product – Avastin: “Bowel cancer victims denied life-prolonging treatment that’s free in Europe.”

We therefore asked the top London teaching hospital Bowel Surgeon Austin Obichere what was going on here:

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Harley Street Cancer Centre installs first dual RapidArc radio therapy system

Posted in Cancer Treatment London on Oct 21st, 2009

RapidArc – the biggest advance in linear accelerator radiotherapy for many years – has been installed at the Harley Street Cancer Centre,

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New blood test for Bowel Cancer

Posted in Cancer Treatment London on Oct 8th, 2009

In Capital Health has recently published articles on blood tests and other diagnostic tests. The timing is therefore good to learn of a new blood test for colon and bowel cancer. Does this test work? If so, what are the implications? London bowel cancer expert, Austin Obichere says that this new test for colorectal surgery [...]

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