Hundreds of south west Londoners are benefiting from NHS clinics that have opened to speed up diagnosis for people who do not have ‘alarm symptoms’ for a specific type of cancer. Rapid diagnostic cancer clinics – one stop shops designed to make assessments quicker – have been rolled out across south west London with another […]
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Improving quality of life at all stages of the cancer journey
More people are being diagnosed with cancer than ever before – and living long beyond that diagnosis. But, while new treatments are extending lives, some people have debilitating symptoms, with depression, anxiety, breathlessness, sexual problems and fatigue among the long-term effects. Mary discovered she had pancreatic cancer in 2017. She underwent surgery, which was successful […]