March is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. In this blog post, information development nurse Hilary looks at risk-reducing treatment for women who have a high risk of ovarian cancer.
Most ovarian cancers are not caused by inherited genes, and most women who get ovarian cancer don’t have a family history of it. But some women have a high risk of developing this type of cancer because:
*Edited 03/07/17
In this blog, editorial assistant Amy-Louise talks more about cancer and depression, and why talking may help.
After receiving a diagnosis of cancer, you may experience a range of feelings and emotions. You might feel angry and resentful, or fearful and anxious. You might experience all of these feelings at once. These reactions are common and there is no right or wrong way to feel. You may also feel…
It feels well overdue, but Spring has finally sprung in the UK! This week is National Gardening Week, so what better time to get green fingered? In this blog, one of our editors Lauren talks about the benefits of gardening, top tips for starting and how you can get involved with National Gardening Week.
Gardening is a great way to keep active if you’re having treatment for cancer. It can be a really rewarding and fun…
In this blog, our quality and improvement officer Abi tells you about the information we offer in different formats.
For anyone facing a cancer diagnosis, the whirlwind of emotions and medical information you are faced with can quickly make it difficult to take anything in, let alone to digest large amounts of complicated written information.
For many people, the written information given out after diagnosis is too complicated…
This week, 1-7 June, is Volunteers’ Week. So, we thought we’d post a series of blogs to celebrate the work of volunteers in the Cancer Information Development team (CID).
In this blog, one of our editorial assistants Amy-Louise shares a Q&A she had with our last intern Liza (who has just started her new job as our other assistant!).
Almost two years ago, I started out as a Macmillan volunteer, working…
