April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month. In this blog, our intern Emily gives some key facts about bowel cancer including symptoms, bowel screening and reducing your risk.
Bowel cancer is the third most common cancer for both men and women. About 1 in 20 people will be diagnosed with bowel cancer in their lifetime. Over half of bowel cancers in the UK could be prevented by lifestyle changes.
We need to talk more about bowel…
In this blog, senior editor Tess talks about our new booklet After someone dies – coping with bereavement.
After the death of a relative or friend, you can feel overwhelmed by both the difficult emotions you're going through and the practical tasks that need to be done. Our new booklet can support you with both of these. It also has information to help you support someone else who's grieving.
The booklet…
Every year in the UK, around 7,000 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and more than 47,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer. In this blog, our editor Elissia explains the risk factors for these cancers, particularly family history. It also includes some of the signs and symptoms to look out for.
Risk factors and causes
We don’t know exactly what causes ovarian or prostate cancer, but there are some factors…
Today is International Women’s Day. To mark the day, we highlight the most common cancers for women in the UK, look at the different cancers that only affect women, and point you in the direction of our information and support…
The most common cancers for women in the UK
The three most common cancers for women in the UK are breast cancer, lung cancer and bowel cancer. These three cancers make up more than…
In our latest blog, our editor Amy talks about Macmillan's cancer information videos – and invites you to watch some of our new videos and let us know what you think about them...
Videos from the Macmillan Cancer Information team have been flooding in thick and fast over the years. We’ve produced around 15 videos a year – all to help people affected by cancer be more informed about cancer, its treatments…
