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…
We know that there is a lot of information out there about cancer prevention and, unsurprisingly, not all of it is true or accurate. So in this blog, our editorial assistant Faiza is going to separate fact from fiction, and discuss five common myths about cancer prevention.
1. Can eating superfoods prevent me from getting cancer?
There isn't any scientific evidence for any one particular food being a 'superfood'. The greatest…
In this blog, our quality and evaluation officer Lynn talks about the easy read information we produce, and how it can be helpful for many people.
We know that being told you have cancer can be a huge shock. You feel anxious and uncertain about what will happen next. It can be difficult to take in what the doctor tells you. Information about treatments can seem overwhelming.
But if you are one of the million adults in…
February is all about matters of the heart, right? In this blog post, our senior editor Sarah explains a little bit about how to keep your heart healthy, because happy hearts aren’t just for Valentine’s Day!
Heart disease affects lots of people in the UK and across the world. But the good news is that small lifestyle changes can often prevent heart disease, or help you to control it. Managing your diet, keeping…
In the UK about 2 in every hundred people over the age of 75 are diagnosed with cancer each year. As people are living longer, this means that the number of older people living with cancer is also increasing.
This is likely to affect most of us in some way. Even if we are not over the age of 75 yet, many of us are likely to have a relative or friend who is. In this blog, one of our information development nurses Teri…
