Daily Archives: December 3, 2020

National Ovarian Cancer audit

The National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service (NCRAS), in conjunction with the British Gynaecological Cancer Society (BGCS) conducted a national audit in England from 2016-2018 looking at the treatment of ovarian cancer. It found huge geographical variation not only in survival, but also in numbers of women being offered treatment, and types of treatment offered.…

Pfizer vaccine

The UK has approved the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for widespread use. The regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA) says the vaccine, which offers up to 95% protection against COVID-19 illness, is safe for rollout from next week. The MHRA have concluded, following rigorous clinical trials, that the vaccine has met its strict standards…