Our volunteers play a vital part in helping us achieve our mission of beating cancer. Whether you love meeting new people, adventuring outdoors or planning events, we have volunteer experiences for ...

Search for the cancer type you want to find out about. Each section has detailed information about symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, research and coping with cancer. If you are not sure which cancer ...

Many things can cause fatigue in people with cancer. This includes the cancer itself and treatment you might have. Your doctor will want to check for other medical conditions that may be causing your ...

Find out about managing cancer symptoms and possible side effects from cancer treatment. There is information about pain, sickness, diet problems and much more. Go to the information about treatment ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Cancer can cause changes to your body, making it hard to eat or digest food and use its nutrients. Medicines, soft diets, adding calories to your diet or tube feeding are some of the ways to manage ...

What are targeted cancer drugs? Targeted cancer drugs work by ‘targeting’ the differences that help a cancer cell to survive and grow. There are many different types of targeted drugs. Monoclonal ...

Find out how electronic systems and their functionality can support you with safety netting best practice: Guidance on e-safety netting tools Read our safety netting case study of how John’s journey ...

How do doctors group prostate cancer? In the UK, doctors now use the Cambridge Prognostic Group (CPG) for prostate cancer that hasn't spread. This divides prostate cancer into 5 prognostic groups. The ...

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 ...