It’s Ethnic Minority Cancer Awareness Month and from the end of July we are going to be promoting our translations to some of the harder to reach communities in the UK. Lynn, our Quality and Evaluation Officer, talks about these resources and the awareness month.
The risk of getting cancer if you are part of the Black and Minority ethnic (BME) population is generally lower than if you are part of the white population…
Yesterday the UK celebrated International Friendship Day. It is not only partners and families that can be affected emotionally when someone has cancer. Having a friend with cancer can bring up a range of feelings when your friend is diagnosed and as they go through treatment. Supporting someone with cancer may be something new to you, but there is no one way to get it right. With the help of some of our cancer information…
There are lots of advantages to using eBooks instead of paper books. If you are affected by cancer, you may find reading an eBook rather than a printed booklet or web page particularly helpful. In this blog, content channel editor Lucy explains why eBooks are helpful, and tells you how we make them.
What are eBooks?
An eBook is an electronic version of a regular paper book. The text is displayed digitally, which allows…
In this blog, written by our editor Sofiane, we will tell you 10 things you should know about breast screening.
Breast screening can help find breast cancer at a very early stage, so that women have the best chance of being cured. In the UK, all women who are aged 50 to 70 and registered with a GP (family doctor) are invited by letter to have breast screening every three years.
1. Breast screening saves lives
Research…
This time last week (Thursday 13th July), Macmillan staff took to the streets for the annual MacTakeover Day. On this day, we are allowed to fundraise for Macmillan across London. You may have seen us dressed in our bright green t-shirts, wigs, and even fancy dress!
The Cancer Information Development team were stationed in Warren Street, and we had a great time chatting to people, laughing and hearing stories of how Macmillan…
