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 ...

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 ...

Lymphoedema means a build up of lymph fluid that causes swelling in a part of the body. It can sometimes develop due to cancer or cancer treatment. There are ways to reduce your risk of infection when ...

Metastatic prostate cancer means that a cancer that began in the prostate gland has spread to another part of the body. It is also called advanced prostate cancer. You might have specific symptoms ...

Metastatic prostate cancer is a cancer that began in the prostate and has spread to other parts of the body such as the bones. It is also called advanced prostate cancer. Chemotherapy isn't a common ...

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 ...

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 ...

This page is about treatment options for people who have prostate cancer that hasn’t spread to other parts of the body. This is also called non metastatic prostate cancer. Prostate cancer that has ...

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 ...