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 ...

Soft tissue sarcomas are cancers that develop in the connective and supporting tissues of the body. These include tissues such as the muscle, nerves, fat, fibrous tissue and blood vessels. There are ...

The radiotherapy team plans your external beam radiotherapy before you start treatment. This means working out the dose of radiotherapy you need and exactly where you need it. Your planning ...

Surgery is one of the main treatments for prostate cancer. You usually have surgery to remove your prostate gland. This is a radical prostatectomy. A radical prostatectomy is a major operation with ...

Cancer Research UK for Children & Young People is the part of Cancer Research UK dedicated to driving progress for 0-24-year-olds with cancer. As the biggest charitable funder of research into ...

protect us from diseases such as the flu vaccine help protect us from cancer such as the HPV vaccine help to treat cancer This page is about vaccines that help to treat cancer. Cancer treatment ...

Metastatic lung cancer means that the cancer has spread from where it started in the lung. It is also called advanced lung cancer. Unfortunately advanced cancer can’t usually be cured. But treatment ...

Survival depends on different factors. So 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. Because ...

The stage of a cancer tells you how big it is and whether it has spread. Doctors also look at the level of certain substances (tumour markers) in your blood. The stage of testicular cancer helps your ...

Surgery to remove your testicles is a type of hormone therapy for prostate cancer. But it is not a common treatment choice. The testicles produce testosterone, which can help prostate cancer grow. So ...

Smoking is the biggest cause of cancer in the UK, and worldwide. Smoking damages the cells in our body and causes at least 16 different cancer types. There is no safe level of smoking - stopping ...

Some people carry on with their sex lives as normal during chemotherapy. Others find their treatment changes how they feel emotionally or physically. Most of these changes won’t last long. They won't ...