Community News

These news items are generated and published by Macmillan's Online Community Team. In this section you’ll find some posts written by the Online Community team in partnership with our Cancer Information Development team. We also feature personal stories from our members.

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  • Here's what you need to know - Community Improvements

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    On Tuesday 29th June, we’ll be releasing the first of our improvements into the Community. You can read more below about how this will affect the site on Tuesday afternoon, and what changes you’ll see once the release has been done.

    On May 5th, we attempted to go live with these changes. Unfortunately, we encountered some unforeseen issues which meant we weren’t able to go live at that time. Since then,…

  • “It was a surreal experience” - Lesley’s story

    A picture of Lesley, she has shoulder-length blonde hair, and she's smiling and wearing a cream sun hat.

    After her breast cancer diagnosis six months ago, there was a lot Lesley wasn’t expecting about her own experiences of cancer treatment and recovery. She also wasn’t expecting how much strength she would find in herself, and unexpected places. Lesley talks about her experience with diagnosis, cancer care, breast cancer surgery, radiotherapy, follow-up and recovery in today’s guest blog.

    Six months ago, I was…

  • Prostate Cancer Information

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    We know from listening to our members that the amount of information to take in when you first get a cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming. It can affect everyone within a family as well as friends, alongside the patient. In today’s Community News Blog, we’re looking to help by providing clear and concise information on one type of cancer – prostate cancer.

    “Think everyone here can associate with the overwhelming…