March is prostate cancer awareness month. This is a great opportunity for cancer charities, hospitals, health information providers and support organisations to raise the profile of the most common cancer in men.
Here, nurse Richard takes a quick look at some of the key points – but there's loads more to read on our website.
Basic facts
Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer in men in the UK, with…
In this blog, Senior Editor Tess talks about her experiences of epilepsy.
If you have a brain tumour, you may have epilepsy as a result of it. Other people with cancer may have epilepsy that's unrelated to their cancer. It’s estimated that 1 in 100 people have epilepsy (1%) and in half of the cases, the reason is unknown*.
I have epilepsy as a result of a type of benign brain tumour called a meningioma. I didn…
Angelina Jolie has recently spoken about her decision to go ahead with preventative surgery for ovarian cancer. Back in May 2013 we featured a blog after it emerged that she had a preventative double mastectomy (you can read this blog here).
Her decisions were based on the fact that Angelina has a family history of cancer and, like 5–10% of women who are diagnosed with breast and ovarian cancer, carries a BRCA gene mutation…
This is our final blog about the latest edition of our recipe book for people affected by cancer. You may have read the last two in the series, where we shared our thoughts on three starters (watercress and leek soup, smoked fish chowder and parsnip and coconut soup) and three main courses (one-pot fish with black olives and tomatoes, broccoli mornay, and spring onion, garlic, and prawn risotto). In this one, we’re letting…
You may have read our last recipes blog where we shared our thoughts on the parsnip and coconut soup, watercress and leek soup and smoked fish chowder. This time we’re letting you know how we got on cooking three of the main courses.
We have a book 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…
