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 ...

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 ...

Your menopause might be temporary or permanent. It is more likely to be permanent if you are closer to the natural age of menopause. Your doctor might be able to suggest what will happen in your ...

The main treatments for breast cancer include surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and hormone therapy. Your treatment depends on a number of factors such as how big the cancer is and whether it has ...

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 ...

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 ...

How can making healthy changes reduce my cancer risk? Research has shown that things like stopping smoking, keeping a healthy weight, staying safe in the sun, cutting down on alcohol and eating a ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...