This will depend on which chemotherapy drugs you had. Some types of chemotherapy make hair fall out completely. Other types make the hair thinner, or change its texture. Your hair might not grow back ...

With a bit of planning and a few precautions, your social life can still go ahead. You might not always be able to do the things you take for granted. But you don't need to stop your social life ...

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is looking for patient experts to help its committee understand what matters most to people affected by cervical cancer. This insight helps ...

If you have any of these symptoms, you must get them checked by your GP. But remember, they can all be caused by other conditions. Most people with these symptoms don’t have cervical cancer. Bleeding ...

Long term or chronic constipation can lead to faecal impaction. Chronic constipation means difficulty having a poo that can last for several weeks or longer. One main symptom of faecal impaction, is ...

How do doctors group prostate cancer? In the UK, doctors now use the Cambridge Prognostic Group (CPG) for prostate cancer that hasn't spread. This divides prostate cancer into 5 prognostic groups. The ...

A cancer that affects your hormone levels could cause fatigue. Certain cancers such as breast and prostate cancer can change the levels of hormones in your body. This can cause a number of side ...

There are 3 major pairs of salivary glands and we have over 600 smaller, minor salivary glands throughout the lining of the mouth and throat. Most salivary gland cancers start in the parotid glands.

If you notice a change in your skin and you’re worried, you shouldn’t delay contacting your GP. Your worry is unlikely to go away if you don’t make an appointment. The symptom might not be due to ...

Upper urinary tract urothelial cancer used to be called transitional cell cancer (TCC) of the kidney or ureter. This is because it starts in cells called transitional cells. There are many different ...

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. Tumours that start in ...

Incidence means how many people get a particular type of cancer. It is often written as the number of cancer cases per 100,000 people in the general population. Around 375,400 people get diagnosed ...