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The researchers want to learn what it’s like to attend healthcare appointments as a caregiver, and how doctors and nurses can better support you. Your feedback will help: Improve how healthcare staff ...
We're calling on everyone from researchers, to regulators, patients and the NHS to integrate fragmented efforts to realise a future where early detection and diagnosis is a routine reality. If we are ...
Immunotherapy refers to treatments that use the immune system to destroy cancer. There are different types of immunotherapies, but this information for GPs and Practice Nurses is specifically about ...
Cryotherapy is a treatment that uses extreme cold to destroy prostate cancer cells. It is also called cryoablation or cryosurgery. You might have cryotherapy for prostate cancer that hasn't spread ...
In the UK, around 2,200 young people (aged 15 to 24 years) are diagnosed with cancer each year. Young people’s cancers can be different to cancers in children and adults. So they need specialists who ...
SACT can be in your wee, poo, vomit, or blood during treatment and for several days after your last day of treatment. How long may depend on the type of drug and how well your liver and kidneys are ...
Upper urinary tract urothelial cancer is a rare type of cancer of the lining of the kidney or ureter. It used to be called transitional cell cancer (TCC) of the kidney or ureter. This is because it ...
Caring for the needs of someone with cancer can be a satisfying and positive thing. It can bring loved ones or carers closer to the person with cancer and strengthen the bond between people. For many ...
The stage of an invasive mole or choriocarcinoma means the extent of the cancer. For example, whether it is just in the womb, outside of the womb or has spread to other areas of the body. Staging is ...
In order for Cancer Research UK (CRUK) to operate effectively as a cancer research charity and to accelerate progress to see three-quarters of people surviving the disease by 2034, it is necessary for ...
At Cancer Research UK, we believe your success as a researcher should be determined by the quality of your science – and nothing else. We are committed to creating equal, diverse and inclusive ...
There are many organisations and resources to support you and your children. These can: provide emotional support for you and your children help you to explain cancer and treatment to your children ...