About the role Right now, our 2026 TCS London Marathon participants are getting ready to take to the streets of London to raise vital funds for research into preventing, diagnosing, and treating ...

There were 18.1 million new cases of cancer worldwide in 2020, it is estimated. The four most common cancers occurring worldwide are female breast, lung, bowel and prostate cancers. These four account ...

You have tests before and during your chemotherapy course. These help your doctor decide whether you are well enough for treatment. They can also compare the results with future tests to see how your ...

A bowel obstruction means there is a blockage in the bowel. It is a serious complication, which is more common with advanced cancer. Your bowel might become completely or partially blocked. This means ...

An ultrasound scan is a procedure that uses high frequency sound waves to create a picture of a part of the inside of your body. The ultrasound scanner has a probe that gives off sound waves. The ...

In 2014, she became one of the first Involvement Coaches, helping to shape how people affected by cancer could contribute to research and decision-making. “It was the start of a 10-year journey,” she ...

A retired electrician with no prior experience of patient involvement, he found himself navigating unfamiliar territory. He still remembers the pack he received; he refers to it as his “welcome to ...

High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a treatment that uses high frequency sound waves. The sound waves create heat that destroys the cancer cells. You might have HIFU as treatment for prostate ...

A flexible sigmoidoscopy is a test to look inside the lower part of your large bowel. A specialist doctor or nurse (endoscopist) uses a flexible sigmoidoscope for this test. This is a thin, flexible ...

FISH stands for fluorescence in situ hybridisation. It is a test that looks for gene changes in cells. Genes are made of DNA. They control everything the cell does, including when it grows and ...

The type of bladder cancer means the type of cell the cancer started in. Knowing this helps your doctor decide which treatment you need. Non muscle invasive bladder cancer usually appears as small ...

Most of these pictures show what the mole or skin changes look like close up. The pictures below have been provided by the St John’s Institute of Dermatology at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital. These ...