Macmillan's Cancer Information Blog

  • Recipes for people affected by cancer – Main Courses

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    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…

  • Recipes for people affected by cancer - Starters

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    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…

  • Feel more like you this International Women’s Day

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    Cancer may be the toughest fight you have to face but remember you are not alone. You may have lost your confidence during or after your cancer treatment because of changes to your appearance. This is the last thing you need, so it’s good to know that there are ways to help prevent you from feeling like this.

    This Sunday 8 March is International Women’s Day and we want to tell you about the support that’s available…

  • Bringing you cancer information in different languages

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    For anyone, a cancer diagnosis can leave you feeling confused, isolated and powerless. Being able to arm yourself with information can be empowering – it’s one thing you can do to help yourself feel a little more in control. It can help you understand what’s happening and what happens next. It gives you the knowledge to make decisions about your treatment. It can give confidence, hope and support. But what happens if…

  • Helping people feel less alone with our cancer information

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    Photograph of a woman in the isolation box at Paddington station

    You may have seen our isolation box in Paddington station in London last week. This gave people the experience of being alone in a crowd. We know that lots of people affected by cancer feel alone, and we hope that our range of cancer information goes some way to showing people that we are here for them.

    The Cancer Information Development team at Macmillan does certainly produce a lot of information – over 160 printed…