Pledge to end postcode lottery for cancer drug
News Article 16 October 2003
Health minister Melanie Johnson has promised to end an NHS postcode lottery for breast cancer victims.
Reid announces new cancer funding
News Article 30 September 2003
Services for patients with terminal cancer are to receive a cash boost, the health secretary has announced.
Cancer screening criticised
Press Review 16 September 2003
HRT link to breast cancer revealed
Press Review 8 August 2003
HRT warning sparks health alert
News Article 8 August 2003
GPs have been warned that prescribing a certain regimen of hormone replacement drugs can double the chances of breast cancer.
Targets blamed for breast cancer problems
Press Review 30 July 2003
Cancer death rates slow
Press Review 29 July 2003
Breast cancer care crisis warning
News Article 9 July 2003
The government needs to review its plans for breast cancer services for the next 30 years or face crisis in the service, a new report has warned.
Cancer patients waiting longer
Press Review 16 June 2003
Elderly denied cancer help
Press Review 2 June 2003
Fox calls for urgent action on 'cancer crisis'
News Article 27 May 2003
The Tories have seized on a report which revealed that some cancer patients are being forced to wait months for life-saving treatment
Cancer cash 'failed to reach patients'
Press Review 23 May 2003
Cancer blueprint revealed
Press Review 10 March 2003
Lung cancer loses out in research funding
Press Review 22 October 2002
Cancer funding gaps revealed
News Article 21 October 2002
The government's national cancer director has pledged to take action after a "cancer map" revealed discrepancies between the death rates for certain cancers and the level of research funding allocated
