Diagnosis - A to Z

Diagnosis is a sub-category of Research and trials and Detecting cancer

• Dr Rebecca Fitzgerald
• Local activity

• How is cancer detected?
• Our policy on detecting cancer early

• Press Release: Late diagnosis and lack of treatment access may contribute to poor UK lung cancer survival
  11 February 2013
• News story: Late ovarian cancer diagnoses 'are costing lives'
  23 January 2013
• Press Release: Combining imaging and gene analysis could transform breast cancer diagnosis
  24 October 2012
• Press Release: Nearly one in three cancers in elderly are diagnosed as emergency admission to hospital
  21 September 2012
• Press Release: Variation in GP appointment rules linked to emergency presentations for cancer
  9 August 2012
• Press Release: Middle-aged hit by surge of potentially fatal skin cancer
  24 July 2012
• News story: Cancer Research UK and Royal College of GPs form new partnership to improve early diagnosis
  16 April 2012
• Press Release: Public ignorance and fear add thousands to annual cancer death toll
  6 March 2012
• News story: Study reveals variation in how quickly doctors refer suspected cancer patients
  24 February 2012
• News story: Ovarian cancer 'is not detectable' in the blood for years
  16 November 2011

• Press Release: GPs refer eighty per cent of suspected cancers after two visits
  8 February 2013
• Press Release: Personalised prostate cancer screening may save thousands from unnecessary treatment
  5 November 2012
• Press Release: Differences in treatment for advanced ovarian cancer could explain why UK survival lags behind other countries
  3 October 2012
• News story: Genetic link to Barrett's oesophagus identified for first time
  10 September 2012
• Press Release: Wide variation in number of patients GPs refer with suspected cancer
  31 July 2012
• Press Release: Bowel cancer risk calculator could help doctors diagnose the disease
  11 July 2012
• Press Release: Cancer genes differ in different parts of a tumour
  7 March 2012
• Press Release: Age affects risk of being diagnosed with cancer at advanced stage
  2 March 2012
• News story: DNA sequencing matches cancer patients to clinical trials
  30 November 2011
• Press Release: Bowel, oesophageal and pancreatic cancers show biggest improvement in diagnosis time
  8 November 2011