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 ...

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.

Doctors in the UK now use a tool called the Cambridge Prognostic Group (CPG). This divides prostate cancer into 5 groups. This helps them recommend if you need treatment and the type of treatment you ...

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 ...

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 page tells you about some of the side effects that hormone therapy may cause. Your healthcare team will tell you about specific side effects of your own treatment. It’s important to remember that ...

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 ...

A specialist doctor or nurse (endoscopist) uses a flexible sigmoidoscope for this test. This is a thin, flexible tube that has a small light and a camera at one end. You may also hear it called an ...

The stage of cancer describes how far the cancer has grown. This page is about the stages of non muscle invasive bladder cancer. Doctors find out the stage of bladder cancer by looking at how far it ...

What is early cancer diagnosis? More people are surviving cancer today than ever before. And thanks to research, treatments are now kinder and more effective than ever. A key part of this progress ...

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 ...

This page is about hormone therapy for metastatic prostate cancer . Prostate cancer that has not spread is called localised prostate cancer. Or locally advanced prostate cancer. We have separate ...