When you finish cancer treatment, it can be hard to move on with your life and let go of the fear that your cancer could return. For some people, this is a fear that never goes away. You might find that life after cancer has brought uncertainty or new challenges that you didn’t feel prepared for. However, this doesn’t mean you can’t learn to cope with feeling worried.
Here are some tips for coping…
Today is Rare Disease Day. The aim of the day is to raise awareness about rare diseases and their impact on people’s lives. In this blog, information development nurse Ali explains some key facts about rare cancers.
What is a rare cancer?
A rare cancer is a cancer that is diagnosed in fewer than 6 in 100,000 people a year.
Rare cancers are more common than you might think
About 1 in 5 cancers (22%) diagnosed in…
In this blog our Cancer Information Development Nurse Teresa discusses ways to avoid infection.
Some cancer treatments can affect your immunity and make you more prone to infections. It’s natural that this might cause concern. But there’s a lot you can do to reduce the chance of getting an infection during and after cancer treatment.
The treatment most likely to reduce your immune system is chemotherapy. There…
This Lung Cancer Awareness Month, Editorial Assistant Liza shares information about lung cancer risk factors, symptoms, types of lung cancer and diagnosis.
Lung cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in the UK. About 46,400 people are diagnosed with it each year. The number of men diagnosed with lung cancer is decreasing. But the number of women diagnosed with it is increasing.
Most lung cancers are caused by…
