NHS Improvement System A comprehensive online resource of tools, guides and case studies to support quality improvement in NHS services. The system su

NHS Improvement System

A comprehensive online resource of tools, guides and case studies to support quality improvement in NHS services. The system supports the clinical specialties listed above and is available free to every NHS organisation in England

kindly ref to: http://www.improvement.nhs.uk/cancer/

What is Cancer Improvement?

What is Cancer Improvement?

Cancer Improvement is part of NHS Improvement. Working with and through clinical networks and NHS Organisations across England, NHS Improvement helps to transform, deliver and build sustainable improvements across the entire pathway of care in cancer, diagnostics, heart and stroke services.

Cancer Improvement supports local organisations and clinical teams to look at the services they offer to patients. Working together, the aim is to make significant improvements by streamlining and redesigning the way that cancer care is delivered to patients to improve the patient experience and support the delivery of the Cancer Reform Strategy (2007). Cancer Improvement works closely with the national Cancer Programme to support the implementation of the Cancer Reform Strategy.

Cancer Improvement works in a variety of different areas, in a number of workstreams including:

• Prevention across specialty
• Ensuring better treatment - going further on cancer waits
• Living with and beyond cancer - specific focus on children and teenagers
• Living with and beyond cancer - survivorship (not children and young adults)
• Reducing inequalities
• Delivering care in the most appropriate way - Transforming Inpatient Care Programme

for any detail ref: http://www.improvement.nhs.uk/cancer/

What is Breast Cancer Research's Impact Factor?

This rating was given in the journal citation report for 2008 (published in June 2009). This is an impressive rating for a journal that was launched as recently as 1999, and Breast Cancer Research ranks 2^nd amongst journals in the field of breast cancer.

All research articles published in the journal are open access , which means they are universally and freely accessible via the Internet. Recent studies have suggested that on average open access articles are more frequently accessed and twice as likely to be cited as those behind subscription barriers.

Breast Cancer Research's articles are extremely visible to the global community of clinicians and researchers in the field. Over 90,000 articles are downloaded from the journal website every month and 21,000 registered users receive regular email updates detailing the latest articles published.

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Students Embed Stem Cells In Sutures To Enhance Healing

Johns Hopkins biomedical engineering students have demonstrated a practical way to embed a patient's own adult stem cells in the surgical thread that doctors use to repair serious orthopedic injuries such as ruptured tendons. The goal, the students said, is to enhance healing and reduce the likelihood of re-injury without changing the surgical procedure itself.

ref: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090720191145.htm

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3D Medical Animation - What is Cancer?

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Snake Venom May Slow Cancer Growth, Studies Hint

Preliminary research shows a natural compound in some snake venoms may prevent the growth of cancerous tumors, potentially transforming one of nature's deadliest toxins into a curative agent.

"Snakes use venom to alter biological functions, and that's what medicine does too," explained John Perez, director of the Natural Toxins Research Center at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. "This is why venoms have always been of interest to medical researchers."

Today roughly a dozen diagnostic tests and drugs are derived from snake venom, according to Zoltan Takacs, a toxinologist (natural-toxins scientist) and herpetologist based at the Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut.

ACE inhibitors, a class of drugs used to treat high blood pressure and other cardiovascular disorders, were developed from the venom of a Brazilian snake. Scientists anticipate that this is just the beginning.

Of the nearly 3,000 species of snakes in the world, about 650 are venomous. Ten of the most deadly live in Australia, making it a logical base for new experiments.

"We knew Australia could be a rich source of drugs because there are so many venomous creatures here," said Tony Woods, a biologist at the University of South Australia in Adelaide. Woods is co-leader of a project to investigate whether the toxins in venom can be used to destroy blood vessels that feed cancerous tumors.

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Cancer Reform Strategy The Cancer Reform Strategy builds on the progress made since the publication of the NHS Cancer Plan in 2000 and sets a clear di

Cancer Reform Strategy

The Cancer Reform Strategy builds on the progress made since the publication of the NHS Cancer Plan in 2000 and sets a clear direction for cancer services for the next five years. It shows how by 2012 our cancer services can and should become among the best in the world.

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Swine flu and Cancer

Okay, I am sure that you are either sick of hearing about swine flu or about to barricade yourself into your bedroom. However, as some of the readers of this blog are in active cancer treatment I wanted to share a bit of information.
The swine flu is in the U.S. and it is the same strain of the virus that has caused deaths in Mexico. The strain that is active in humans at this time is unique in that it has genetic material that are in human, bird and swine flu bugs. This is part of why some people are freaking out. Scientists have been monitoring avian or "bird" flu for years now. When you talk to people in public health or epidemiology they always voice concern about the ease of international travel and the spread of disease.
Most of the time swine flu is associated with people who have direct contact with pigs. The cases in the U.S. all appear to be human to human transmission. Unfortunately the flu shot that you received months ago is not effective against swine flu.

Here's where it gets tricky for patients who are in cancer treatment. Symptoms of swine flu include cough, sore throat, fever, chills, headache, fatigue, nausea and diarrhea. As you know depending on the medications you are receiving many of those are also side effects of chemo.

The best way to deal with this is to stay in contact with your physician. If you have unusual symptoms talk to your doctor, lab tests are the only way to determine if it is swine flu.

In the meantime remember to do all of the basic things you should do to avoid infection, wash your hands, eat well, sleep. Talk to you doctor about whether you are immuno suppressed and follow their lead about exposure to the public.