Occasionally, due to stock supply and demand, there may be situations where we aren’t able to accept items from certain categories which is at the discretion of our transport and shop teams. At no ...

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 ...

What is secondary lung cancer? Secondary lung cancer is a cancer that started in another part the body and has spread to the lungs. Where a cancer starts is called the primary cancer. If some cancer ...

"Cancer Research UK", “we” or “our” means Cancer Research UK, a registered charity in England and Wales (1089464), Scotland (SC041666), the Isle of Man (1103) and Jersey (247). "Material" means all of ...

If you are looking for information about cancer of the neck of the womb (cervix), this is not the right section for you. We have a separate section about cervical cancer. The womb is part of the ...

Cancer Research UK was formed 20 years ago, in 2002. However, our history goes back much further, to 1902, with the founding of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund. We're the only charity to fund ...

At what age does cancer mostly affect people? The older we are, the more likely we are to develop cancer. Many people are surprised by this, which could be because there are often stories in the media ...

There are things you can do to help you feel more in control of your health when preparing for treatment. This is called prehabilitation or prehab. Treatment options for brain and spinal cord tumours ...

Your treatment depends on several factors. These include what type of womb cancer you have, how big it is, whether it has spread (the stage) and the grade. It also depends on your general health. A ...

Knowing more about how these drugs work, how you have them and their possible side effects can help you cope with treatment. There are many cancer drugs and cancer drug combinations. Search for the ...

Our supporters enable everything we do at Cancer Research UK. It’s only thanks to your generosity that we’ve helped double cancer survival in the UK in just 50 years. You are at the heart of ...

We want our research to be as impactful as possible. To achieve this, we’re committed to involving people affected by cancer and members of the public in our work and in the research that we fund.