Macmillan's Cancer Information Blog

  • Coping with bereavement

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    In this blog, senior editor Tess talks about our new booklet After someone dies – coping with bereavement. 

    The image shows someone holding up a copy of the booklet After someone dies - coping with bereavement. On the front cover of the booklet, there is an older man wearing glasses, looking slightly to the right.

    After the death of a relative or friend, you can feel overwhelmed by both the difficult emotions you're going through and the practical tasks that need to be done. Our new booklet can support you with both of these. It also has information to help you support someone else who's grieving.

    The booklet…

  • Your questions about private healthcare

    We know that the NHS is facing many challenges right now. The covid pandemic, cost of living crisis and staff shortages have overwhelmed NHS services and caused record-high waiting times. This is having an effect on people worried about cancer or living with cancer.  People worry about cancer for many different reasons. Waiting for tests or results, or waiting to start cancer treatments, is an anxious time for everyone…
  • Pride Month – Why Pride is still important in 2019

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    June is Pride Month in the UK. In this blog, CID intern Charlie discusses the importance of Pride in 2019.

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    Why LGBT+ Pride is still important in 2019

    June is LGBT+ Pride Month. It’s a time for celebrating, parading, and a whole lot of rainbows. Of course, these things aren’t limited to one specific month of the year, but we all know that even in the UK in 2019 there is still a long way to go before there is full acceptance…

  • Has cancer affected your sex life?

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    Whether you’re single or in a relationship… whatever your sexual orientation… cancer can have a big impact on your sex life. It might be something you worry about as soon as you are diagnosed, or you may only become aware of changes to your sex life as you go through treatment or after it’s finished.

    This is why we’ve developed two new booklets to help people understand how cancer and its treatment…

  • Your cancer risk with processed meat and red meat

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    One of the big news stories this week was that the World Health Organisation (WHO) have classified processed meat as a ‘definite’ cause of cancer. They also said red meat is a ‘probable’ cause of bowel cancer and may be linked to cancers of the prostate and pancreas.

    Reading the comments sections of many newspapers, we can see this news has caused a fair amount of anxiety and confusion. And, some…