Long term or chronic constipation can lead to faecal impaction. Chronic constipation means difficulty having a poo that can last for several weeks or longer. One main symptom of faecal impaction, is ...

Half (50%) of people diagnosed with cancer in England and Wales survive their disease for ten years or more (2010-11). Cancer survival is higher in women than men. Cancer survival is improving and has ...

Cancer screening is for people with no symptoms. It looks for possible signs of cancer before they are noticeable. Screening can save lives by: Finding cancers at an early stage, when treatment is ...

Upper urinary tract urothelial cancer used to be called transitional cell cancer (TCC) of the kidney or ureter. This is because it starts in cells called transitional cells. There are many different ...

Immunotherapy uses our immune system to fight cancer. It works by helping the immune system recognise and attack cancer cells. When you might have immunotherapy drugs for pleural mesothelioma Pleural ...

Building on the success of our sold-out 2024 inaugural event, we've expanded the conference to a three-day programme. We'll be exploring the future of data-enabled cancer research, highlighting the ...

Cancer that starts in the eye is called primary eye cancer. This section is about primary eye cancer. Sometimes cancer can spread to the eye from another part of the body. This is called secondary eye ...

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 ...

9,800 new cases of uterine cancer, 2017-2019, UK.

There are many different types of NHL. Some are low grade which mean they grow slowly. And some are high grade which mean they grow and spread more quickly. Your prognosis depends on what type of NHL ...

1,400 new cases of vulval cancer, 2017-2019, UK.

There are different types of vaccines. There are vaccines that: 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 ...