Bowel cancer means cancer that starts in the large bowel (colon) and the back passage (rectum). It is also known as colorectal cancer. Your treatment depends on where the cancer starts in your bowel.

We are working with Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust to produce national standardised SACT regimen-specific consent forms. We want to support clinicians in ensuring all patients are fully ...

Ear cancer is when abnormal cells in the ear start to grow and divide in an uncontrolled way. Most of these cancers start in the skin of the outer ear. Cancers that develop inside the ear, known as ...

You might earn less when having cancer because you have to work fewer hours or stop working. You might also have extra expenses, such as heating costs. There are government benefits that you might ...

How you feel after your bowel (colon) cancer operation depends on what type of surgery you have. After a big operation, you might wake up in the intensive care unit (ICU) or high dependency unit (HDU) ...

You may qualify for government benefits if you have cancer or care for someone with cancer. If you have a disability or your cancer is advanced, you might also qualify for certain benefits. Help is ...

There are many cancer drugs and cancer drug combinations. They have individual side effects. The list includes chemotherapy, hormone therapies, targeted cancer drugs, immunotherapy drugs and ...

There are over 100 different types of brain tumours. Tumours can start in any part of the brain or spinal cord. They are usually named after the type of cell they develop from. Read about the ...

We use evidence to create positive change in how you talk about cancer and health Talk Cancer was created by expert nurses in 2012 and since then we have trained over 7,000 people through our cancer ...

We support GPs by providing free evidence-based education and information. The Cancer Learning Centre, provided in partnership with Cancer Research UK, contains all Doctors.net UK’s educational cancer ...

What happens in the last days of life is different for everyone. But it can help carers and relatives to know a little about what to expect. Knowing that you or a loved one is close to dying can be ...

The stage of melanoma skin cancer tells you how thick it is and how far it has spread. Doctors use different systems to stage melanoma. These include the TNM system and number staging system. The ...