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Breast cancer and tamoxifen

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Written by Dr Karen Morton Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician and founder of Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline Breast cancer and Tamoxifen The role of Tamoxifen goes round and round in the Press. This article was written shortly after the publication of the NICE (the National Institute for Clinical Excellence) which recommended that women who carry a gene […]

Preventative Tamoxifen makes the news again: are GPs denying patients a drug that could prevent breast cancer?

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Introduced by Dr Karen Morton and written by Miss Liz Ball Consultant oncoplastic breast surgeon and adviser to Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline See Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline Today’s Daily Telegraph and other papers today raise again the issue that ‘GPs are denying women’ a pill that prevents breast cancer. That drug […]

Stomach Cancer Symptoms

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Written by Ellie Watson, General Practitioner and adviser to Dr Morton’s – the medical helplineSee Dr Morton’s The cancer journey and Dr Paulo Fargnoli on ITV news concerning cancer testingDuring consultations, patients are often afraid to mention the dreaded words ‘stomach cancer’. The problem is that the symptoms can be quite vague – things that […]

How the contraceptive pill could reduce risk of cancer of the uterus

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Written by Dr Alex Stewart, Consultant oncologist and and adviser to Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline See also our main pages on women’s health and pregnancy advice. Oral contraceptive tablets (commonly called ‘the pill’) have been taken by women since the 1960s to prevent unwanted pregnancies or to improve problematic periods. A range of […]

Cervical cancer symptoms

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Written by Karen Morton, Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician and founder of Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline For more information, please also see our main women’s health page. Cervical cancer symptoms? Fortunately I don’t see them often. Cervical cancer causes a smelly blood stained vaginal discharge. Every gynaecologist would recognise the rotten meat smell which can only mean […]

Dr Paulo Fargnoli on ITV news concerning cancer testing

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Dr Morton’s GP Dr Paulo Fargnoli appeared on ITV News, discussing how cancer screening could be improved in the NHS to improve diagnoses and potentially save 500 lives per year in England.

GPs and cancer detection – are there too many delays?

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A study in the news today suggests GPs in the UK are slower to refer patients who might have cancer than in other countries – one of our GP’s Dr Martin Saweirs responds: Daily Mail: Patients die earlier from cancer in Britain ‘because GPs delay referring them to hospital’ “It is a fact that here […]

Dr Martin Saweirs discussing cancer on Sky News

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Dr Morton’s GP Dr Martin Saweirs was interviewed on Sky News on Tuesday June 23, discussing the new National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines on GPs referring for cancer investigations. Click on the headline to see the interview.

Dr Karen Morton is interviewed on LBC Radio about ovarian cancer

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Dr Karen Morton was interviewed by Lisa Aziz on LBC Radio on the 5th of May talking about ovarian cancer. Scientists have come up with a new screening method that could have a dramatic effect on preventing women from developing ovarian cancer. Currently, women in the UK have a 1/50 chance of developing ovarian cancer […]

Dr Karen Morton on cervical cancer symptoms

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