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10-year-old grows out hair for cancer patients
10-year-old grows out hair for cancer patients
Two years ago, Thomas Moore saw a video on Facebook about a young girl who lost her hair while battling cancer.Inspired, the then-8-year-old decided to forgo haircuts to grow enough hair to make wigs for the girl.Moore didn't set a goal of how long he would grow his hair, but "just wanted it to be long enough to make the girl feel happy," his aunt, Amber Ray, told Buzzfeed News."It started off just fine when his hair was shorter," Ray told Buzzfeed.
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Call for GPs to improve: One in three skin cancer patients not referred for urgent tests
Call for GPs to improve: One in three skin cancer patients not referred for urgent tests
GETTY Cancer Research UK said people living longer is contributing to the riseThe National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has published a new quality standard in a bid to improve care for skin cancer patients.It said GPs should refer people with suspected malignant melanoma for an appointment to see a specialist within two weeks through the urgent referral system for suspected cancer.Data from the National Cancer Intelligence Network shows that 56 per cent of malignant melanomas were diagnosed following a two week referral for suspected cancer in 2013.But 29 per cent - almost of third of cases - were only diagnosed following a normal GP referral to a specialist, which NICE said can take between four and six weeks in some trusts.
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More breast cancer patients should get radiation, new guidelines say
More breast cancer patients should get radiation, new guidelines say
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 21, 2016 -- New guidelines issued by three leading cancer organizations suggest that more breast cancer patients should consider radiation therapy after a mastectomy.Overall, the guidelines say there's enough evidence to show radiation treatment after a mastectomy decreases the risk of breast cancer recurrence, and that even women with smaller tumors and three or fewer lymph nodes involved can benefit from the therapy."The new guidelines say there is clear evidence that the benefit of [post-mastectomy radiation therapy] extends to women with limited lymph node involvement," said Dr. Stephen Edge.He is vice president for health care outcomes and policy at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, N.Y.
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Skin cancer patients are being let down as GPs fail to refer a THIRD of deadly melanoma cases within 2 weeks
Skin cancer patients are being let down as GPs fail to refer a THIRD of deadly melanoma cases within 2 weeks
GPs are failing to refer almost one in three patients with malignant melanoma for urgent tests, new statistics reveal.Data from the National Cancer Intelligence Network shows 56 per cent of cases were diagnosed following an urgent two week referral for suspected cancer.But 29 per cent weren't given the urgent tests and were only diagnosed following a referral to a specialist - which can take up to six weeks.The statistics have prompted the health watchdog NICE to say services must improve for skin cancer patients.
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Half of skin cancer patients are failing to be referred urgently, Nice warns
Half of skin cancer patients are failing to be referred urgently, Nice warns
Health watchdogs have called for improvements in diagnosis and treatment of skin cancer after new figures showed just half of skin cancers are being diagnosed after an urgent referral by GPs.The warning from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) comes as figures show cases of skin cancer have risen by almost 50 per cent in a decade.In England there were 12,246 new cases of malignant melanoma in 2013, with around 2,000 deaths a year.The rise of package holidays has contributed to a huge increase in skin cancer among middle-aged and older people, previous figures show.
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