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 cancer forum with 90,000 members: and they have all been there. Support is available 24 hours a day, in a safe environment.

Join our cancer forum now 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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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

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    Featured Posts

    • Chemotherapy

      Morning everyone, I’m up bright and early today ready for my second round of chemotherapy. Feel positive this week and I’m hoping that that continues. Wish me luck please

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    • Hello I have had a Retroperitoneal Leiomyosarcoma

      Last time I visited this forum, the most recent post was 3 or 4 years old. I was encouraged to visit again and was surprised to see more posts. 

      For those of you who may not be aware as only 20000 of us are diagnosed each year and that is all sarcomas…

    • The story so far…..

      About wilkies5

      Hello everyone!

      I write on these blogs as a carer for my husband, Steve, who has stage four lung cancer. He was diagnosed in October 2016, after spending 14 months trying to persuade his GP surgery that there was something 'seriously…

    Unanswered Posts

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