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Here's where you'll find updates and news pertaining to cancer, its causes, symptoms, and the latest research. Cancer is a disease which comes in many forms but chiefly involves abnormal cells in a certain part of the body reproducing uncontrollably.

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River City star Andy Gray dies aged 61 after battle with rare cancer

Channel: Soaps Soaps January 18, 2021 By Duncan Lindsay

Lord Sumption tells woman with stage four cancer her life is 'less valuable'

Channel: UK UK January 18, 2021 By Jordan King

Ovarian cancer pill breakthrough as 'major milestone' drug approved for patients

Channel: Tech Tech January 15, 2021 By Metro Science Reporter

Man with huge tattoo of Boris Johnson says he'll 'never regret it'

Channel: Weird Weird January 14, 2021 By Jordan King
Craig Stevens says he and many others are being forced to fight for vital operations on the NHS amid the pandemic (Picture: Craig Stevens)

Cancer patient says he is on 'death row' after vital op is postponed

Channel: UK UK January 13, 2021 By Josh Layton
Vicky Pattison's dad had cancer last year Wenn|Rex Features

Vicky Pattison's dad battled cancer last year alone due to Covid restrictions

Channel: Showbiz Showbiz January 13, 2021 By Emma Kelly
Natalie Kate and David Harding plan to wed in October after her treatment at a clinic in Germany (Picture: Natalie Kate)

Cancer patient hopes to marry fiancé after life-saving treatment in Germany

Channel: UK UK January 12, 2021 By Josh Layton
A ten-year-old girl has died after she was robbed of the chance of cancer treatment abroad due to the pandemic.

Girl, 10, dies from cancer after she's stopped flying abroad for treatment

Channel: UK UK January 10, 2021 By Lucy Middleton

Mum with cervical cancer told she's dying after delaying treatment to save baby

Channel: Health Health January 5, 2021 By Laura Abernethy
Joshua Cobb in hospital

Boy, 13, diagnosed with brain tumour after complaining he couldn't hear in class

Channel: UK UK January 4, 2021 By Sian Elvin
Londaon Ambulance staff wheel a patient into The Royal London Hospital in east London, on January 2, 2021. - Health Services are under increasing pressure after record levels of daily lab-confirmed cases of Covid-19 has led to more patients being treated in hospital in England than during the initial peak of the outbreak in April. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP via Getty Images)

NHS bosses insist urgent cancer operations will go ahead in London

Channel: News News January 3, 2021 By Sam Corbishley

Mum thought she had bitten her tongue in her sleep, but she actually had tongue cancer

Channel: Health Health January 2, 2021 By Jessica Lindsay
Tiny pimple under woman's eye turned out to be a sign of skin cancer

Tiny pimple under woman's eye turned out to be a sign of skin cancer

Channel: Health Health December 30, 2020 By Jessica Lindsay
Boy, 3, diagnosed with cancer six months after getting all-clear

Boy, 3, diagnosed with cancer six months after getting all-clear

Channel: UK UK March 24, 2025 By Elisa Menendez

Woman told she'd need fertility treatment after cancer prepares to meet miracle baby

Channel: Health Health December 25, 2020 By Laura Abernethy

Blind Balkan mystic predicts world will see 'cataclysms and disasters' in 2021

Channel: UK UK March 24, 2025 By Jordan King

Woman, 23, died of cervical cancer after 'being refused a smear test 15 times'

Channel: UK UK November 29, 2020 By Tom Williams
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Late Late Toy Show viewers in awe of ‘inspirational’ eight-year-old girl Saoirse

Channel: TV TV June 2, 2021 By Sabrina Barr
LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 14: Gary Lineker speaks during a pro-remain a rally rejecting the the Prime Minister's Brexit deal on November 14, 2018 in London, England. Anti-Brexit groups 'Best for Britain' and 'The People's Vote Campaign' are holding a joint rally tonight to call on MPs to say they are not buying the Prime Minister's Brexit deal. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

Gary Lineker opens up on 'prostate scare' and urges men to get checked

Channel: Showbiz Showbiz November 28, 2020 By Emma Kelly

Seven-year-old girl with cancer goes to school from her hospital bed using a robot

Channel: Health Health November 28, 2020 By Ellen Scott