Online Community

  • Online Community

    If you or someone you care about has been diagnosed with cancer, we're here to help.

Welcome to the Online Community

The Online Community understands what it’s like to have cancer. We are an online forum with 90,000 members: and they have all been there. Support is available 24 hours a day, in a safe environment.

Join us to ask questions, share your experiences and your emotions. Or start by exploring our community areas below.

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Join other users for discussion and support.

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Journal your experiences and share with others.

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Questions about cancer? Our experts are here to help. 

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Featured Groups

Help Group

Bowel cancer forum

Breast cancer forum


 Prostate cancer forum

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Cancer and coronavirus

We understand that people are worried about COVID-19. Our coronavirus hub contains the latest guidance for people affected by cancer.

Community Conversations

    Community News

    Featured Posts

    • Any advice welcome.

      Hello, 

      This is my first visit to the NHL group. After months of tests, scans & biopsies I was finally diagnosed with Stage 3 DLBCL on the 7th January. I had my first round of R-CHOP on the 14th. That went to plan & the following day I was fine. …

    • Covid 19 vaccination

      Hi again.

      Can I ask, have any of you been offered or had the covid 19 vaccination, whilst undergoing treatment or pre operation. Just wondering if this has been a recommendation from your doctors or if the advice has been not to have it? 

    • Hospital

      What did you take into the hospital with you when you had your mastectomy 

    Unanswered Posts

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