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February, 2018
Check4Cancer is delighted to announce that audit data from both our OneStop breast diagnostic services (through BreastHealth UK) and our genetics testing pathways (through GeneHealth UK) has been selected for presentation at the 2018 Association of Breast Surgery Annual Conference.
Proud that this reflects the excellent quality of everything we do as a company.
For more information on this year's event see: Association of Breast Surgery Annual Conference 2018
February, 2018
By working closely with large corporate clients and UK private medical insurance companies, Check4Cancer has been able to modernise the delivery of private cancer diagnostic services to suit the changing private and corporate markets, while improving patient-focused outcomes related to their clinical care.
Could this be our year? Check4Cancer has been shortlisted as one of four finalists in the category 'Diagnostics provider of the year' at the Healthcare Investor Awards 2018.
The 2018 Health Investor Awards will be presented on 13th June in London.
November, 2017
Cambridge Magazine features Professor Gordon Wishart and the Check4Cancer team talking about MyBreastRisk, the first DNA saliva test that predicts a woman's personal breast cancer risk.
October, 2017
BreastHealth UK launches MyBreastRisk - the first commercially available test that combines both genetic and lifestyle factors to determine a woman’s personal lifetime breast cancer risk.
March, 2017
Check4Cancer and Cigna have been working together for the past 14 months to tackle early detection of breast cancer and skin cancer.
Cigna teamed up with BreastHealth UK, in January 2016 to provide OneStop breast cancer diagnostics and with SkinHealth UK in June 2016 to offer customers rapid access to skin cancer specialists across the UK.
BreastHealth UK and SkinHealth UK are part of Check4Cancer Ltd.
We are proud to announce that for the second year running Check4Cancer and Cigna UK have been shortlisted for ‘Diagnostics care provider of the year’. For more information please see: Health Investor Awards 2017.
March, 2017
Association of Breast Surgery Conference, 15th & 16th May 2017, Belfast Waterfront
Read more: BreastHealth UK exhibiting at ABS Conference in Belfast
July, 2016
A major new study – the largest of its kind ever undertaken – has been hailed as a milestone in the understanding of breast cancer and its causes.
The new study, published in Nature, provides a “near-perfect picture” of the genetic processes that lead to breast cancer and opens up new possibilities for treatment and prevention of the disease.
Read more: “Milestone” breast cancer study paves way to new treatments
May, 2016
Gordon Wishart, Professor of Cancer Surgery and Chief Medical Officer of Check4Cancer has called for self-examination to be a priority amongst women as part of the fight against breast cancer.
“Women themselves are the first line of defence when it comes to breast health,” he says, “not only by moderating lifestyle factors that affect their risk but because they are best placed to detect unusual changes in their own bodies. So often cancer makes us feel that we are not in control of our health, but self-checking gives some of that sense of control back. More importantly, it also saves lives: around 90% of breast lumps are found by women themselves.”
April, 2016
New figures released by Cancer Research UK have shown a 12% increase in the rate of cancer since the mid-90s.
More than 352,000 people are now diagnosed with cancer in the UK each year, compared with more than 253,000 people getting the disease every year two decades before (a rise from 540 per 100,000 people in 1993-1995 to 603 per 100,000 in 2011-2013).
February, 2016
2015 proved a turbulent year for national and international politics – but the news that dominated the New Year was cancer, with musicians Lemmy and David Bowie and actor Alan Rickman all dying of the disease within days of each other.
“These deaths occurring so close together were widely regarded as a tragic coincidence,” says Gordon Wishart, Professor of Cancer Surgery and Medical Director of BreastHealth UK (part of Check4Cancer group of companies). “Unfortunately they are indicative of general trends, and we are likely to see this more often. Celebrity cases can help focus attention on efforts to combat the disease, but the important message we need to get across is that cancer affects us all. One in two people born after 1960 will be diagnosed with some form of cancer during their lifetime, so if it is not us, it will be someone we know.”
Read more: Cancer detection and prevention: a message for World Cancer Day, 4 February 2016
November, 2015
Sales of bacon and sausages fell by £3m in UK supermarkets in just two weeks following the World Health Organization’s announcement that processed meats are “definite” carcinogens.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the specialized cancer agency of the World Health Organization, placed processed meats in the same category as smoking, asbestos and plutonium. But, shocking as that sounds, it does not mean that the risk of cancer is elevated to the same level by all these substances or processes.
Read more: The list of 116 things that cause cancer – and how to use it
October, 2015
A research team from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge has found a clue as to why some breast cancers relapse – a discovery that could be the key to more effective treatment.
About one in five people with breast cancer suffer a relapse, with the cancer returning either in the same place as the original tumour or in another part of the body.
Read more: Cambridge scientists discover genetic clue to breast cancer relapse
October, 2015
To mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Professor Gordon Wishart – Gordon Wishart, Professor of Cancer Surgery and Medical Director of Check4Cancer – talks about the importance of breast screening, why it is a success story and how women can help to reduce their own risk.
January, 2016
Cigna UK HealthCare Benefits (Cigna) and BreastHealth UK (part of Check4Cancer group of companies) have formed an alliance to offer Cigna customers OneStop breast cancer diagnostics from beginning January 2016. This new service offers customers rapid access to breast cancer specialists.
Read more: Cigna and BreastHealth UK join forces to launch OneStop breast cancer diagnostic clinics
September, 2015
Earlier this year, we reported on the new cancer task force, set up to combat long waiting times for diagnoses in England – 25% of which were being made too late. Now, further plans have been unveiled, including a target of 95% of people being given a diagnosis or the all-clear within 28 days of being referred by their GP, by 2020.
Figures released in May showed that more than 21,000 people had not been treated within 62 days of their cancer diagnosis in the last financial year, and the NHS had failed to achieve its own targets for treatment. According to these, 85% of cancer patients should be treated within 62 days of being urgently referred by their GP, but just 83.4% were seen on time in 2014-15. While survival rates have been improving, England still lags behind some of the best performing countries. A cross-party committee of MPs recently warned that England’s cancer services had “lost momentum”.
August, 2015
This week, the BBC reports on new research findings that demonstrate how even light consumption of alcohol can increase cancer risk – but the risk primarily affects women.
The US research, published in the British Medical Journal this month, is titled “Light to moderate intake of alcohol, drinking patterns, and risk of cancer” and sets out “to quantify risk of overall cancer across all levels of alcohol consumption among women and men separately, with a focus on light to moderate drinking and never smokers; and assess the influence of drinking patterns on overall cancer risk.”
August, 2015
A new study has revealed that almost a quarter of cancer patients had to make at least three visits to their GP before being sent to hospital for tests that diagnosed their illness.
The research – published in the European Journal of Cancer Care – was undertaken by academics at Cambridge University who studied the experiences of more than 70,000 patients. They found that a total of 23% had been seen by their GP three or more times before being referred to hospital for further scans, blood tests or investigations which diagnosed the illness.
Read more: Quarter of cancer patients had to visit GP three times before diagnosis
July, 2015
This week, Sarah Montague – a night-time presenter for the BBC – investigated the impact of shift work on health, and found that regular disruption of normal sleep patterns can significantly raise your susceptibility to serious illness, including cancer.
In the programme The Night Shift, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 onMonday 27 July,8.00pm-8.30pm, Sarah Montague, explored how sleeping affects our bodies in the company of two fellow night-workers.
July, 2015
In Cancer: The challenge facing the NHS BBC Health Correspondent Nick Triggle reveals the issues ahead for our struggling health service.
The analysis comes after the recent announcement of a new strategy by NHS England’s cancer taskforce aimed at improving cancer care. Figures released in May showed that more than 21,000 people had not been treated within 62 days of their cancer diagnosis in the last financial year. According to NHS targets, 85% of cancer patients should be treated within 62 days of being urgently referred by their GP, but just 83.4% were seen on time in 2014-15. While survival rates have been improving, England still lags behind some of the best performing countries.
July, 2015
New research suggests that a cheap and safe drug could help half of women with breast cancer to live longer – and lead to a higher proportion of cures.
The study, published in Nature, looked into the effects of the hormone progesterone, and found that is could be used to slow the growth of some tumours.
Read more: Drug could extend life for 50% of breast cancer sufferers in future
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