The earlier a skin cancer is diagnosed, the easier it is to treat. So it's important you visit your GP as soon as possible if you notice a change in your skin. Non melanoma skin cancer tends to ...

Your treatment depends on what type of NHL you have. If you know what type you have, you can read more about your treatment by selecting your type from the 'types of NHL' menu page. Targeted cancer ...

Cigarettes contain many dangerous chemicals. Some occur naturally in tobacco, and others are formed when processing tobacco into cigarettes. When a cigarette is burnt, it releases over 5,000 different ...

To find out the Grade Group, a pathologist looks at several samples of cells from your prostate. These are called biopsies. The pathologist grades each sample of prostate cancer cells based on how ...

How can early cancer diagnosis improve survival? Cancer that’s diagnosed at an early stage, when it isn’t too large and hasn’t spread, is more likely to be treated successfully. Spotting cancer at an ...

Some of the by-products of these drugs come out of your body in your vomit, wee, poo, blood or other bodily fluids for some time after your treatment. This can be harmful to others. So you must take ...

Leukaemia is a type of blood cancer. It means that the body makes large numbers of abnormal white blood cells. Blood cancers are also called haematological cancers. The symptoms listed here are often ...

Not all cancers are the same. Some cancers grow quickly but many grow very slowly. When you are diagnosed with some types of cancer, you might not need treatment straight away. Doctors monitor you ...

You usually have surgery to treat skin cancer, but you might have another treatment. This depends on where your skin cancer is, how big it is and your general health. The main treatment for skin ...

About the role In every corner of the UK, 400,000 participants are limbering up to join the fight against cancer. Last year, ...

What is a risk factor? Anything that can increase your risk of getting a disease is called a risk factor. Different cancers have different risk factors.­ Having one or more of these risk factors doesn ...