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Safety-netting tools are electronic systems designed to improve the tracking and follow-up of patients who may be at risk of cancer.

The case study below demonstrates how implementing effective safety netting, including the use of e-safety netting tools, at key touchpoints in the primary care pathway can support timelier diagnosis.

Breast cancer in men Breast cancer can develop in men, but this is rare. This is because men have breast tissue around the nipple area. There are around 390 men diagnosed each year in the UK. This ...

The latest acute myeloid leukaemia incidence statistics for the UK for Health Professionals. See data for sex, age, trends over time and more.

Sebaceous gland carcinoma Sebaceous gland carcinoma is a very rare type of skin cancer. It starts in the sebaceous glands. These are the glands that produce our natural skin oils. There are sebaceous ...

You might have stereotactic ablative radiotherapy to treat liver cancer. Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) gives radiotherapy from many different angles around the body. The beams meet at the ...

Stage 3 non small cell lung cancer is sometimes called locally advanced cancer. Number staging systems use the TNM system to divide cancers into stages.

A primary tumour is the name for where a cancer starts. Cancer can sometimes spread to other parts of the body – this is called a secondary tumour or a metastasis. Cancer and its treatments can affect ...

Your biopsy result may show you have abnormal cell changes called CIN or CGIN. You might need treatment for the cell changes.

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