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The personalisation lottery – Lack of accessible regulated testing services is putting patients and health budgets at risk

Number 83

Featured, Systems & Services 24 September 2018 0

Health systems and insurances take decisions on reimbursing targeted medicines, doctors focus increasingly on tailoring treatments to individual patients and the molecular biology of their disease. But the need for funded quality-controlled services to do [more]

Survivors demand a fair deal from financial services

Number 61

Patient Voice 1 July 2014 0

Companies should no longer be allowed to deny mortgage or insurance services to cancer survivors without explanation or a transparent risk assessment, say patient advocates. A few hopeful signs show their message may be getting [more]

Top trials group turns its attention to survivors

Number 60

Patient Voice 1 May 2014 0

EORTC boosts efforts to address the long-term problems faced by people who have been treated for cancer. The number of people who are living long lives after cancer treatment has been rising year on year, [more]