By Royal College of Physicians (2013)
The purpose of this booklet is to give lung cancer teams across the country an overview of the aims, activities and achievements of the Improving Lung Cancer Outcomes Project (ILCOP). It outlines the ILCOP approach to quality improvement and also contains four case studies.
By Macmillan Cancer Support (October 2013)
This report calls for social care to be made free for everyone at the end of life. It found that almost three quarters of cancer patients in England who die in hospital beds wanted to die at home. It sets out new recommendations for improving choice at end of life for cancer patients.
By Teenage Cancer Trust (October 2013)
This report found that over a third of young people with cancer (37%) are diagnosed through admission to accident and emergency. This is nearly three times the number of adults diagnosed in this way (13%). Of these young people, over a quarter (26%) had already been to see their GP with cancer symptoms. It also highlights that diagnosis through A&E is associated with poorer prognosis and poorer care experience.
By NHS England (2013)
This survey reported the views of 116,000 cancer patients in all 155 NHS Trusts that provide treatment to patients with cancer. It showed improvements in many areas since last year, and outlined very positive experiences of aspects of care including privacy, being treated with respect, being listened to and given good information.
By Cancer Research UK (2013)
This website provides a breakdown of cancer statistics, which provides access to the latest figures for different areas. It can be searched by postcode, constituency, local authority or healthcare area and contains information on cancer incidence, survival and mortality, early diagnosis, screening and smoking statistics for individual areas. The local figures are compared to the national average and two locations can also be compared directly with each other.
By The King’s Fund (2013)
The project focuses on five case-study sites that have developed innovative approaches, and this week we publish the results from the first two sites, Midhurst Macmillan Community Specialist Palliative Care Service and the Sandwell Esteem Team.
By Macmillan Cancer Support (July 2013)
This report warns that the NHS is woefully unprepared to help the rapidly growing number of cancer survivors. It looks at the long-term consequences of cancer and its treatment and shows that cancer survivors have an increased risk of other serious conditions. It makes recommendations for support for cancer survivors which is aimed at commissioners and health professionals.
By All Party Parliamentary Group on Breast Cancer (July 2013)
This is a report of an inquiry which aimed to examine the variations and barriers preventing all patients diagnosed with breast cancer having access to the services, treatments and care that will benefit them most, regardless of their age. It lays out a series of key recommendations on ways to improve diagnosis, treatment and care, representing the culmination of the findings of the inquiry.
By CLIC Sargent for Children With Cancer (July 2013)
This report found that not providing young people with the extra support they need after treatment for cancer could jeopardise their education and prevent them from fulfilling their potential. And nearly four out of 10 (38%) secondary school teachers say there is not enough information or guidance to support a pupil with cancer.
Hilton, S. et al. BMC Public Health, 2010; 10(368)
It has been claimed that publicity surrounding popular celebrity Jade
Goody’s experience of cervical cancer will raise awareness about the disease. This study examines the content of newspaper articles covering her illness to consider whether ‘mobilising information’ which could encourage women to adopt risk-reducing and health promoting behaviours has been included.METHODS: Content analysis of 15 national newspapers published between August 2008 and April 2009FINDINGS: In the extensive
coverage of Goody’s illness (527 articles in the 7 months of study) few newspaper articles included information that might make women more aware of the signs and symptoms or risk factors for the disease, or discussed the role of the human papilloma virus (HPV) and the recently introduced HPV vaccination programme to reduce the future incidence of cervical cancer. For example, less than 5% of articles mentioned well-known risk-factors
for cervical cancer and less than 8% gave any information about HPV. The ‘human interest’ aspects of Goody’s illness (her treatment, the spread of her disease in later months, her wedding, and her preparations for her children’s future) were more extensively covered.CONCLUSIONS: Newspaper coverage of Goody’s illness has tended not to include factual or educational information that could mobilise or inform women, or help them to recognise early symptoms. However, the focus on personal tragedy may encourage women to be receptive to HPV vaccination or screening if her story acts as a
reminder that cervical cancer can be a devastating and fatal disease in the longer term.