Children's cancers incidence rates in the UK are highest in the under-fives age group, with almost 1 in 2 (45%) of all new cancer cases being diagnosed in this age group (2017-2019). Childrens cancer ...

Half (50%) of people diagnosed with cancer in England and Wales survive their disease for ten years or more (2010-11). Cancer survival is higher in women than men. Cancer survival is improving and has ...

What is a risk factor? Anything that can increase your risk of getting a disease is called a risk factor. Different cancers have different risk factors.­ Having one or more of these risk factors doesn ...

Cancer screening is for people with no symptoms. It looks for possible signs of cancer before they are noticeable. Screening can save lives by: Finding cancers at an early stage, when treatment is ...

The earlier a skin cancer is diagnosed, the easier it is to treat. So it's important you visit your GP as soon as possible if you notice a change in your skin. Non melanoma skin cancer tends to ...

Cigarettes contain many dangerous chemicals. Some occur naturally in tobacco, and others are formed when processing tobacco into cigarettes. When a cigarette is burnt, it releases over 5,000 different ...

To find out the Grade Group, a pathologist looks at several samples of cells from your prostate. These are called biopsies. The pathologist grades each sample of prostate cancer cells based on how ...

How can early cancer diagnosis improve survival? Cancer that’s diagnosed at an early stage, when it isn’t too large and hasn’t spread, is more likely to be treated successfully. Spotting cancer at an ...