Angelina Jolie has recently spoken about her decision to go ahead with preventative surgery for ovarian cancer. Back in May 2013 we featured a blog after it emerged that she had a preventative double mastectomy (you can read this blog here).
Her decisions were based on the fact that Angelina has a family history of cancer and, like 5–10% of women who are diagnosed with breast and ovarian cancer, carries a BRCA gene mutation…
In this blog, Senior Editor Tess talks about her experiences of epilepsy.
If you have a brain tumour, you may have epilepsy as a result of it. Other people with cancer may have epilepsy that's unrelated to their cancer. It’s estimated that 1 in 100 people have epilepsy (1%) and in half of the cases, the reason is unknown*.
I have epilepsy as a result of a type of benign brain tumour called a meningioma. I didn…
For anyone, a cancer diagnosis can leave you feeling confused, isolated and powerless. Being able to arm yourself with information can be empowering – it’s one thing you can do to help yourself feel a little more in control. It can help you understand what’s happening and what happens next. It gives you the knowledge to make decisions about your treatment. It can give confidence, hope and support. But what happens if…
Cancer may be the toughest fight you have to face but remember you are not alone. You may have lost your confidence during or after your cancer treatment because of changes to your appearance. This is the last thing you need, so it’s good to know that there are ways to help prevent you from feeling like this.
This Sunday 8 March is International Women’s Day and we want to tell you about the support that’s available…
We have a booklet full of recipes especially for people with cancer. Each recipe is designed to be appetising and to encourage you to eat even when you don’t feel like it. We wanted to make sure that they were up to scratch so we put a few of them to the test.
Over the coming weeks we’ll be posting a series of three blogs covering starters, mains and deserts. We hope you find our thoughts helpful – but we want to…
