Building on the success of our sold-out 2024 inaugural event, we've expanded the conference to a three-day programme. We'll be exploring the future of data-enabled cancer research, highlighting the ...

Your treatment depends on several factors. These include what type of cervical cancer you have, how big it is, whether it has spread (the stage) and the grade. It also depends on your general health.

We carry out world-class research into more than 200 types of cancer through the work of more than 4,000 scientists, doctors and nurses. Day by day, step by step, research is driving advances in the ...

Hormones are made naturally in the body. They control the growth and activity of normal cells. Before the menopause, the ovaries produce the hormones oestrogen and progesterone. After the menopause ...

Causes of cancer: what’s proven and what’s not? Stories about possible cancer causes make for hot topics in the news and on social media. But some things you hear, read or see are not supported by ...

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 ...

After your operation, you will wake up in the recovery room. Recovery rooms and wards are busy and often noisy places that some people find strange and disorienting. You'll feel drowsy because of the ...

Incidence rates for melanoma skin cancer are highest in people aged 85 to 89 in the UK, with around 5 in 100 (6%) of all new melanoma skin cancer cases diagnosed in this age group (2017-2019).

Sweating is how our bodies keep cool. We have sweat glands in the skin over most parts of our body. They are in the layer of the skin called the dermis. The nerve cells in the dermis control sweating.

You might have more than one type of prostate cancer at the same time. For example, adenocarcinoma mixed with a rare type of prostate cancer. Rare types of prostate cancer can be difficult to diagnose ...

This trial is comparing ruxolitinib with the best available treatment for people with high risk polycythaemia vera. You have high risk polycythaemia vera if you have, or have had, a high white blood ...

Many complementary therapies are safe to use alongside conventional cancer treatments. Such as radiotherapy or chemotherapy. Most doctors will support you using one or more types of complementary ...