The Peninsula Cancer Alliance; working across Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, is one of 21 cancer alliances across England, bringing together clinical and other senior leaders and patients.

We plan and lead locally to deliver the ambitions set out in the NHS long-term plan. Reduce variation in outcomes and improve access to high quality, evidence based interventions across whole pathways, and for the alliances whole population.

For more information visit our projects page to see the work we are doing to transform the diagnosis, treatment and care for cancer patients in their local area.

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Latest News Around the Peninsula Cancer Alliance

Peninsula Dermoscopy Course 2025 – Registration now open !

Please join us for the 2025 Exeter Dermoscopy Course ! Closing date for registration is 1st March 2025. Email peninsula.ca@nhs.net for further details or view the flyer here .

New research leads to Trust action to spot cancer warning signs in standard blood tests

Scientists at the University of Exeter have found a new way of interpreting standard blood tests to help GPs spot cancer warning signs – and the test is now being integrated in an NHS trust. The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (RDUH) is the first Trust to apply…

Sir Chris Hoy’s terminal cancer diagnosis prompts near sevenfold increase for prostate cancer advice.

Visits for prostate cancer symptoms advice on the NHS website rose by 672% following Sir Chris Hoy’s announcement about his terminal prognosis. New figures from NHS England show that in the 48 hours after the six-time Olympic champion revealed his cancer was incurable, there were 14,478 visits to the page on…

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