April is testicular cancer awareness month. Around 2,400 men are diagnosed with testicular cancer each year in the UK[1].
That’s more than 6 a day!
Testicular cancer can affect anyone who has testicles including men, trans women and people assigned male at birth. It is more likely to happen between the ages of 25-40 but can happen at any age.
Testicular cancer is usually curable. Being aware of symptoms, how to…
In this blog, our information development nurse Rebecca looks at what the eHNA is, how it works and how it might be able to help you get the support you need.
A cancer diagnosis can affect you in many ways. You may worry about your treatment or about the possible side effects it may cause. But you may also worry about your work, mortgage or who is going to look after your children or pets if you need to go into hospital…
This month is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, a great opportunity to raise awareness of the 4th most common cancer in the UK. This blog explains what bowel cancer is, what the symptoms might be and how you can reduce your risk.
What is bowel cancer?
The bowel is made up of the small bowel (small intestine) and the large bowel (colon, rectum and anus). We have information on what the bowel does here. The term bowel cancer…
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…
Hi, I’m Emma, a Content Channel Editor at Macmillan. I’m writing this blog to share a little of my own personal experience with you, and to hopefully help people reduce their risk of bowel cancer and be more aware of the symptoms.
Since joining Macmillan in December last year I’ve had a great insight into how Macmillan produces its cancer information – and I’ve not been disappointed! A dedicated team of around…
