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

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 Prostate cancer forum

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    Featured Posts

    • A very warm welcome to the skin cancer group!

      I know that you probably never imagined you would need to be part of this group but you have come to the right place to ask questions, share experiences and get support.

      You'll find a wide range of people with experience with skin cancer amongst the…

    • Cough

      Hello Everyone, 

      My mum has Stage 4 oesophageal cancer - she was diagnosed 4 years ago and despite being told she had 3 months to live 2 years, 7 months ago - she is still fighting! She is not having any active treatment. I wondered if anyone has got any…

    • Pleural mesothelioma and the process of coming to terms with it

      I've just joined this forum. My beloved husband was diagnosed with epithelioid pleural mesothelioma on 1 April (!) 2020. We met late in life, and it has been a struggle to come to terms with the fact that I will be losing my soulmate well before his time…

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