Cancer

16 hrs ago

A woman with a brown and blonde pixie cut smiles at the camera. She is in a long-sleeved, light blue V-neck blouse with a lace ruffle around the neckline. The background is black cupboard doors.

Brain cancer clinical trial aims to 'bring hope'

Yorkshire Cancer Research says the study on glioblastoma will make trial treatments available.

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17 hrs ago

Ryan is running in a turquoise shirt and black shorts in the centre, surrounded by other participants wearing athletic clothing, with trees, fences, and buildings in the background.

Brain tumour patient raises awareness at Parkrun

Ryan O'Shea was 22-years-old when he was diagnosed with a brain tumour.

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21 hrs ago

Rebecca is sat on the left of the photo and her mum Delia is stood to her right with her arm around her. Rebecca is wearing a blue t-shirt. Delia is wearing glasses and a stripy shirt over a white graphic t-shirt which says 'holiday' four times.

A cold could kill my daughter - hospital visits feel like a death sentence

Rebecca Quayle, who has terminal cancer, has had to wait in A&E with people coughing and taking Covid tests.

21 hrs ago

22 hrs ago

A woman sits in a GP treatment room, behind her is a window and a telephone, to the right of her is a treatment bed. She is smiling, has shoulder length light brown hair and is wearing a turquoise and black patterned blouse with an NHS name tag that reads 'Dr Fleming'.

'As a GP, I never thought cancer would happen to me'

GP Fiona Fleming is urging people to look out for bowel cancer symptoms, after her own diagnosis.

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2 days ago

A boy in a hospital bed with curly ginger hair, wearing a black polo neck with his thumb up.

'More support' needed for childhood cancer families

Louie, 12, from Mansfield, in Nottinghamshire, was diagnosed with bone cancer last year.

2 days ago

Fourteen musicians gathered together in the centre of a stage lit with pink lights to hank thank the crowd at the end of a show.

Musician's posthumous album by friends tops charts

With a Little Help from My Friends, in memory of Matt Long, from Dorking, topped the blues charts.

2 days ago

3 days ago

Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist, Dr Esther Moss, stood next to a sign for the University of Leicester

'Non-invasive' womb cancer test could be rolled out

The blood test aims to detect a common form of cancer without the need for invasive examinations.

3 days ago

An illustration of T-cells dressed as detectives shining torches onto a cancer cell hiding among other healthy cells (Credit: Emmanuel Lafont)

A new wave of immunotherapy is eliminating cancers

After nearly 100 years of development, treatments that bolster the body's immune system to fight cancer are coming of age – and saving patients' lives.

3 days ago

Alexander Armstrong is on the right and has grey hair with a black coat and blue and white scarf. He is holding one side of a red top that reads "one big thank you" in white writing. On the left is Michael who has brown hair and glasses and is wearing a blue navy hoodie, and is holding the other side of the top.

'It's an honour to give bikes to kids with cancer'

Michael Grisenthwaite says it was "amazing" when the One Show thanked him for his charity work.

3 days ago

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