Episode 69: Breaking cancer news - September 2026

In September's wrap-up of breaking cancer news Steve Bland and Femi Odewale chat about the start of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and look back on a hotter than normal summer and the skin cancer risks that came with it. They also highlight the importance of research after a mum in Cambridge hailed the importance of a clinical trial in saving her life after a womb cancer diagnosis.

They also ask could the new cervical cancer screening kits be a ‘game changer’?...and talk through a new programme that means every GP practice in north east London is now offering women a simple self-swab test for cervical screening.

Plus we highlight a new video launched by the Alliance to explain how its Health Inequalities Strategy will help tackle unfair and avoidable differences in cancer outcomes across north east London, and pay tribute to Dame Esther Rantzen, who died this week.

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