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Cancer

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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Brit mum fighting for life in Turkey 'can only be repatriated if she dies'

British woman fighting for life in Turkey told she can't be repatriated unless she dies

Channel: World World September 2, 2020 By Lucy Middleton
London, UK, August 6, 2019: Overweight man on street in Soho District ; Shutterstock ID 1472506682; Purchase Order: -

Men with larger waists more likely to die of prostate cancer, says study

Channel: Health Health September 2, 2020 By Ellen Scott
Qatar Total Open 2020 - Day Three

Tennis star Carla Suarez Navarro, 31, diagnosed with cancer

Channel: Tennis Tennis September 1, 2020 By George Bellshaw

Terminally ill Mum told three times that she had acid reflux when it was cancer

Channel: UK UK August 31, 2020 By Edna Mohamed

Mum says 'flashing the wilderness' helped her love her post-mastectomy body

Channel: Health Health August 29, 2020 By Ellen Scott

Woman's thyroid cancer was dismissed as depression, overeating and 'partying'

Channel: Health Health August 28, 2020 By Hattie Gladwell
Adam Lacy on a family holiday in 2019

Proud mum collected son's top GCSE results after he died of cancer

Channel: UK UK January 24, 2022 By Sian Elvin

One dose of radiotherapy 'as good as full course' for breast cancer, study finds

Channel: UK UK August 20, 2020 By Darcy Jimenez
James Whale

Radio presenter James Whale shares photo as he undergoes cancer treatment

Channel: TV TV August 21, 2020 By Lucy Skoulding

Grandad, 71, and grandson, 18, to have stem-cell transplants within weeks of each other

Channel: UK UK August 20, 2020 By Tom Williams
Essie in Holby City

Holby City was at its heartbreaking best as Essie died before her wedding to Sacha

Channel: Holby City Holby City August 11, 2020 By Sue Haasler
NORTHWOOD, LONDON, JULY 30TH 2020. WHAT IT FEELS LIKE: Epidermolysis Bullosa Journalist Myra Ali pictured at her home in London, July 30th 2020. Myra suffers from Epidermolysis Bullosa, also known as EB which causes the skin to become very fragile, and any trauma or friction to the skin can cause painful blisters. Photo credit: Susannah Ireland

What it feels like... to have a rare skin condition

Channel: Health Health August 9, 2020 By Myra Ali

What it's like to breastfeed after you have a mastectomy

Channel: Health Health August 7, 2020 By Joana Cerqueira

Grandma's monthly manicure 'saved her life' after her nails revealed lung cancer

Channel: Health Health July 31, 2020 By Ellen Scott
Evan and Roo

Home and Away star reveals tragic ending in Evan story

Channel: Home and Away Home and Away July 29, 2020 By Duncan Lindsay
tumour girl

Mum discovers daughter's 'lockdown anxiety' is actually a brain tumour

Channel: UK UK July 24, 2020 By Sam Courtney-Guy

Mum poses topless after mastectomy to inspire other cancer survivors to love their bodies

Channel: Health Health July 17, 2020 By Ellen Scott
A cancer nurse who had her smear test cancelled due to Covid 19 has revealed she's now been diagnosed with a cancerous tumour Pics: Caters

Nurse who missed smear test due to coronavirus had tumour 'as big as a tennis ball'

Channel: UK UK January 24, 2022 By Nicole Vassell

Baby dies just after turning one from cancer first diagnosed as dairy intolerance

Channel: UK UK July 9, 2020 By Lucy Middleton
Lee McCormack , 44, from Walkergate, Newcastle, outside North Tyneside Magistrates' Court where he pleaded guilty to stealing £2,300 from his cancer-stricken friend he was supposed to be helping during the coronavirus lockdown

Drug addict stole £2,300 from cancer sufferer friend he helped during lockdown

Channel: UK UK July 8, 2020 By James Hockaday