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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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This is my first Valentine's Day as a widow

Channel: Lifestyle Lifestyle February 13, 2020 By Olivia Meheux
Doreen

'My terminal lung cancer diagnosis made me feel nothing but gratitude for life I have had'

Channel: Health Health February 12, 2020 By Natalie Morris
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Women who are unhappy with the size of their breasts are 'less likely to check for cancer'

Channel: Health Health February 7, 2020 By Natalie Morris

Spas need to realise that massage doesn't spread cancer

Channel: Health Health February 4, 2020 By Kris Hallenga
World Cancer Day Provider: YouTube/World Cancer Day Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-1l8SHSJ40

What is World Cancer Day and what's this year's theme?

Channel: Health Health February 4, 2020 By Caroline Westbrook
Hair extensions saved her life

Woman, 25, says hair extensions saved her life after they helped her find breast cancer

Channel: Health Health February 2, 2020 By Laura Abernethy
Woman showing off the cancerous birthmark on her hand

Single mum needs two skin grafts after birthmark becomes cancerous

Channel: Health Health February 2, 2020 By Faima Bakar
LONDON - JULY 18: Magic Mushrooms sit in a fridge on July 18, 2005 in London, England. The sale of fresh mushrooms has been prohibited as of today due to the reclassification of the drug to Class A. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)

Single dose of magic mushrooms can improve mental health of cancer patients

Channel: World World January 29, 2020 By Emma Brazell

Mum whose tooth crumbled due to chemo wants free dental care for cancer patients

Channel: UK UK January 29, 2020 By Jane Wharton

Nurse died from cancer after she was wrongly told three times she didn't have it

Channel: UK UK January 28, 2020 By Zoe Drewett
An illustration of a female medical health professional with black hair holding some papers while examining a woman's vagina (showing two legs in stirrups)

Can you have a smear test while on your period?

Channel: Health Health April 11, 2022 By Almara Abgarian

When our son died my husband was forced to take unpaid leave to grieve

Channel: Lifestyle Lifestyle January 25, 2020 By Dawn Allen
Composite picture of Lily Wythe and Lillie Cotgrove

Teen raises £230,000 in one week for best friend's brain cancer treatment

Channel: UK UK January 24, 2020 By Chris Caulfield

Con artist 'shaved her head and faked cancer to steal $55,000 from friends'

Channel: UK UK January 23, 2020 By Elisa Menendez
Amy ovarian cancer

Teacher quits job to focus on becoming a mum - then discovers she has ovarian cancer at 36

Channel: Health Health January 22, 2020 By Laura Abernethy
Angel Shepherd-Bascom

Lymphoma survivor says cancer taboo in the black Christian community is killing people

Channel: Health Health January 22, 2020 By Natalie Morris

Mum begs strangers not to use sunbeds after years of tanning left her with skin cancer

Channel: Health Health January 22, 2020 By Ellen Scott
Laura Skerritt in hospital with her boyfriend. See SWNS story SWBRtumour. A 22-year-old from Templecombe whose brain tumour was misdiagnosed as a mental illness is opening up about her terrifying ordeal. When Laura Skerritt began suffering from migraines, sickness and psychosis, she was prescribed anti-depressants and told that her symptoms were caused by anxiety, depression or even that she was bi-polar. The medication had no effect on Laura?s condition and over time she deteriorated further. By November 2018, she was struggling to walk and having seizures. A scan at Yeovil District Hospital revealed the news that Laura and her worried parents, Mark and Kate, feared the most. Laura was living with a tennis ball-sized brain tumour and she needed emergency surgery to prevent her having a potentially fatal stroke or seizure.

Woman's tennis ball sized brain tumour misdiagnosed as anxiety and depression

Channel: Health Health January 21, 2020 By Ellen Scott
Little Fox and Winter Parkin kissing each other goodbye

Twins kiss goodbye before being separated for the first time due to leukaemia

Channel: Families Families January 19, 2020 By Faima Bakar

You, Me and The Big C presenter Deborah James reveals her body is 'cancer-free'

Channel: Showbiz Showbiz January 15, 2020 By Emma Kelly