Radiotherapy treatment - no national standards - There are no national standards for radiotherapy treatment. Extraordinary as it seems, after 50 or so years of medical practice, we still don't know w...

New drugs - New profits for old product - Most new drugs are simply old drugs with a bit of window dressing to justify double the price tag. Yet, the dangers multiply from these novel twists a...

New drugs: - Keeping those profits rolling in - The drugs industry thrives on novelty. Claims for the great new wonder drug fuel shareholder interest, which in turn pushes up the share price. Bett...

'miracle' tumour surgery damages half of all patients - A special radiotherapy treatment for brain tumours, hailed as a miracle cure by the British press, is far from that, say two leading specialists.

New drugs for old: - How drug companies make their profits - No E-news bulletin would be complete without some news about those bad, bad boys, the drug companies. This week we hear that GlaxoSmithKline has been...

Softening the blow of cancer treatment-part 2 - If you have cancer and opt to follow conventional treatments, there are many alternative therapies which can alleviate the worst effects of chemothera...

Disappointed in cancer treatment - The Lancet - that bastion of medical orthodoxy is calling for a major rethink in breast cancer treatment and an admission from the medical profession...

Hydrogen peroxide treatment for cancer - Q Have you featured the hydrogen peroxide treatment for cancer? I understand that this has recently come under attack from the medical world, but has...