Cancer inequalities are deeply personal and often invisible unless you’ve experienced them. Barriers to care are wide-ranging, from financial pressures and transport costs to cultural taboos and lack ...

People with cancer may need unplanned hospital care for many reasons. Treatment side effects or progression of the cancer itself may lead to emergency admissions. For some people, cancer is diagnosed ...

To have internal radiotherapy, you need to have an applicator or implant inserted into the vagina. A radioactive source is then placed inside the applicator or implant. The treatment gives a high dose ...

Some people have their hair cut off before chemotherapy and ask if they can donate it. Other people, not affected by cancer, ask whether they can donate their hair to make into wigs for people with ...

From Westminster to Waterloo, Shine Night Walk is your chance to light up London’s streets and support life-saving research. Starting and finishing in Battersea Park, you’ll walk past London's famous ...

Blood clots can be very serious. Contact your doctor or get advice from 111 if you think you have a blood clot. If you have pain in your chest or difficulty breathing, you should call 999 or go to ...

Shine Night Walk is your chance to light up your city’s streets. Walk for loved ones. Walk for future generations. Walk with friends old and new to raise vital funds for life-saving research. In the ...

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 ...

Your treatment depends on a number of factors including how big the cancer is, whether it has spread anywhere else in your body and your general health. A team of doctors and other professionals ...

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 ...

MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) is a type of scan that uses magnetism and radio waves to take pictures of inside the body. The scan takes between 15 and 90 minutes. You might have one to find out ...

There are many different types of tests or scans you might have to find out if you have cancer. The type you need depends on the symptoms you have and the part of the body affected. You might also ...