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    How to support a return to work during cancer treatment

    by Barbara Wilson 30 Apr 2024
    by Barbara Wilson 30 Apr 2024

    How should employers support an employee returning to work following or during cancer treatment?

    • Cancer
    • Vaccinations
    • Occupational Health

    Possible vaccine against skin cancer takes step forward

    by Nic Paton 26 Apr 2024
    by Nic Paton 26 Apr 2024

    A clinical trial testing a potentially ground-breaking vaccine against skin cancer has recruited its first patients.

    • Cancer
    • Reproductive health
    • Occupational Health

    HPV vaccine effective against cervical cancer, but take-up low

    by Nic Paton 22 Apr 2024
    by Nic Paton 22 Apr 2024

    The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine programme is up to 95% effective in preventing cervical cancer, official data has shown.
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    • Cancer
    • Wellbeing and health promotion

    Stop-smoking support should be offered alongside lung cancer screening

    by Nic Paton 19 Apr 2024
    by Nic Paton 19 Apr 2024

    Study suggests smoking-related deaths can be reduced if people attending lung cancer screening are offered stop-smoking support.

    • Fit for Work
    • Cancer
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    Charity warns of sharp delays in compensation for mesothelioma

    by Nic Paton 12 Apr 2024
    by Nic Paton 12 Apr 2024

    Waiting times for processing benefits and government compensation claims for mesothelioma patients have doubled within a year.

    • Cancer
    • Wellbeing and health promotion
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    Prostate cancer cases set to double worldwide by 2040

    by Nic Paton 5 Apr 2024
    by Nic Paton 5 Apr 2024

    Cases of prostate cancer worldwide are set to surge by 2040, research has suggested, doubling from 1.4 million to 2.9...

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    Offering vape ‘starter packs’ in A&E can help people quit smoking

    by Nic Paton 1 Apr 2024
    by Nic Paton 1 Apr 2024

    Giving out free e-cigarette ‘starter packs’ in hospital emergency departments to people who smoke can help them quit, a study has concluded.

    • Cancer
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    Work underway to develop lung cancer vaccine

    by Nic Paton 25 Mar 2024
    by Nic Paton 25 Mar 2024

    Researchers are working to develop the world’s first vaccine against lung cancer, building on the ground-breaking Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.

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    Fewer middle-aged dying from cancer, but cases rising overall

    by Nic Paton 15 Mar 2024
    by Nic Paton 15 Mar 2024

    Fewer middle-aged people are dying from cancer in the UK than at any point over the last 25 years, a study has suggested.

    • Cancer
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    AkzoNobel agrees payout for 1960s asbestos exposure

    by Ashleigh Webber 13 Feb 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 13 Feb 2024

    AkzoNobel has agreed a six-figure settlement with a former worker who claimed he was exposed to asbestos in the 1960s.

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    • Cancer
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    Last year ‘worst on record’ for NHS cancer treatment delays

    by Nic Paton 9 Feb 2024
    by Nic Paton 9 Feb 2024

    Last year was the ‘worst year on record’ for NHS cancer treatment delays in England, a charity has warned, as...

    • Cancer
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    World Cancer Day: Five ways to support employees

    by Dr Bernard Yew 2 Feb 2024
    by Dr Bernard Yew 2 Feb 2024

    World Cancer Day is a good time for employers to reflect on the support they can offer employees with cancer.

    • Cancer
    • Occupational Health

    World Cancer Day: barely a third of employers offer cancer support

    by Nic Paton 2 Feb 2024
    by Nic Paton 2 Feb 2024

    Less than a third of employers (30%) offer support for serious illnesses such as cancer to help people stay in...

    • Cancer
    • Health surveillance
    • Sickness absence management

    Obesity fuelling bowel cancer mortality among under-50s

    by Nic Paton 29 Jan 2024
    by Nic Paton 29 Jan 2024

    Rising levels of obesity and being overweight are contributing to increasing mortality rates from bowel cancer among people aged under 50.

    • Cancer
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    HSBC pays out £900k for asbestos exposure

    by Ashleigh Webber 10 Jan 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 10 Jan 2024

    A former HSBC employee who developed an asbestos-linked cancer after being exposed in the 1970s and 1980s has received a £900,000 payout.

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