Surgery - A to Z

• Briefings: cancer services and treatments
• How is cancer treated?
• Our research into surgery
• Prof John Neoptolemos
• Professor Ara Darzi
• The history of cancer surgery

• Dr Lisa Caldon
• Our policy on cancer surgery
• Prof David Neal
• Prof John Primrose
• Professor John Kelly

• Press Release: Bladder cancer patients over 70 less likely to get curative treatment
  17 April 2013
• Press Release: First figures help set the standard for gynaecological cancer surgery
  5 November 2012
• News story: One in five women who opt for breast-conserving surgery 'need second operation'
  13 July 2012
• News story: Nanoparticle imaging technique 'could improve brain surgery'
  15 April 2012
• Press Release: More lung cancer patients would survive for longer if surgery rates increased
  14 November 2011
• News story: Royal College of Surgeons report calls for greater investment in surgical research
  16 June 2011
• News story: Immediate treatment best for under 65-year old prostate-cancer patients showing symptoms
  9 May 2011
• News story: Majority of women satisfied with breast cancer surgery services
  23 March 2011
• Press Release: New kidney cancer surgery technique could reduce organ damage
  10 November 2010
• Press Release: Trial results raise hope of more effective pancreatic cancer treatment
  8 September 2010

• News story: National audit reveals improvements in lung cancer care
  5 December 2012
• News story: Early surgery for 'low-grade' brain tumours may result in longer survival
  25 October 2012
• Press Release: Adding chemo to radiotherapy halves risk of deadly bladder cancer returning
  18 April 2012
• News story: National audit shows bowel cancer care is improving
  30 November 2011
• News story: Glowing cells guide ovarian cancer surgery
  19 September 2011
• Press Release: Elderly breast cancer patients less likely to get surgery
  16 June 2011
• Press Release: Worrying differences in bowel cancer deaths
  11 April 2011
• Press Release: Late breast cancer diagnosis in elderly leads to poor survival
  16 February 2011
• News story: Less invasive surgical technique 'safe and effective' for breast cancer patients
  23 September 2010
• News story: NICE updates skin cancer guidance
  2 June 2010

• December 2011 podcast
• June 2011 podcast

• July 2011 podcast
• July 2009 podcast