MRI stands for magnetic resonance imaging. It is a type of scan that creates pictures using magnetism and radio waves. MRI scans produce pictures from angles all around the body and shows up soft ...

There are a number of reasons why people use complementary or alternative therapies. A paper published in 2012 suggested that around half of people with cancer use some sort of complementary therapy, ...

Survival depends on different factors. No one can tell you exactly how long you will live. Doctors usually work out the outlook for a certain disease by looking at large groups of people. Primary ...

Relay For Life celebrates the power of community fundraising in the fight to beat cancer. Teams of friends and family fundraise for life-saving research, then unite as a community at a weekend ...

Most of these pictures show what the mole or skin changes look like close up. The pictures below have been provided by the St John’s Institute of Dermatology at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital. These ...

Find out everything you need to know to make your event day run as smoothly as possible. Below are all the events we'll be attending to cheer you on at this year. Click on your event month to find ...

Flexible; module dependant. See the ‘what is funded’ section for more detail. This modular funding scheme provides funding for high-quality clinical research, associated translational research, and ...

We recommend a fundraising target of £150, but, no matter how much you raise, you're helping us progress life-saving cancer research. You can link your Strava account to your Cancer Research UK Online ...

We are working with Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust to produce national standardised SACT regimen-specific consent forms. We want to support clinicians in ensuring all patients are fully ...

You have the treatment in the x-ray (radiology) department. The procedure takes 1 to 2 hours. You might have embolisation treatment more than once. These are treatments for primary liver cancer.

We're always looking for volunteers to help make these events epic, but we recognise that not everyone can spare a whole day.

Surgery is also called an operation. It is a procedure where a specialist doctor called a surgeon removes or repairs some of the tissue in your body. Normally you have an anaesthetic before you have ...