Eating red meat may also increase the risk of bowel cancer The less processed and red meat you eat, the lower your risk of bowel cancer - and there’s lots of ways you can cut down Processed meat is ...

Treatment for bowel cancer might mean you have physical changes to your body. This may affect your confidence and how you feel about yourself, intimacy and sex. Talking about how you feel can help you ...

In 2019/20, 14,000 volunteers gave 3.1 million hours of their time and sold items totalling £15million. These funds are helping us start new clinical trials and research treatments as we speak. If you ...

Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare type of skin cancer. It starts in the Merkel cells, which are usually in the top layer of the skin. This layer is called the epidermis. Merkel cells are near the ...

A lumbar puncture is a test to check the fluid that circulates around the brain and spinal cord. This is called the cerebrospinal fluid or CSF. A lumbar puncture can check for cancer cells or for ...

A lymph node biopsy is when a doctor checks and removes a small piece of tissue or sample of cells from one of your lymph nodes. The doctor sends this to the laboratory and a specialist doctor called ...

Some cancer treatments lower the amount of sex hormones in the body. Low levels of sex hormones can cause problems with concentration, thinking, and memory. What are the sex hormones? Hormones are ...

What is a bone marrow test? A bone marrow test is a way of testing cells from your bone marrow. Bone marrow is the spongy tissue inside your bones that makes blood cells. To find out whether there are ...

All operations for bone cancer are major operations. They take place in specialist bone cancer centres. As with any operation, there is a risk of complications. A complication is anything that happens ...

Researchers at Bristol University have created a lay summary for their research. The project will investigate the mechanisms of a new clinical drug combination currently in clinical trials for breast ...