Bright Grey has upgraded its critical illness definition for cancer by extending cover for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia where a clear diagnosis is made but it has not progressed to Binet Stage A.

This definition goes beyond the ABI’s statement of best practice and is therefore classed as ABI+.

Skin cancers basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma where they have invaded and spread to lymph nodes or transmitted to distant organs; have also been included.

Basal cell carcinoma is a cancer of the basal cells at the bottom of the epidermis. It accounts for 75% of all skin cancers in the UK, according to MacMillan Cancer Support.

Squamous cell carcinoma is a cancer of the cells (called keratinocytes) found in the outermost layer of the skin (the epidermis).  It’s the second most common type of skin cancer in the UK – making up 20% of skin cancer cases.

Source: http://www.covermagazine.co.uk/cover/news/2270860/bright-grey-upgrades-ci-cancer-definition