Information on screening and risk reduction to help healthcare professionals support patients with urgent suspected cancer referrals.

Cancer Research UK’s prevention policy team works to reduce the number of people who develop cancer by focusing on the biggest preventable risk factors; like smoking, obesity, and alcohol. We use the ...

17,600 new cases of melanoma skin cancer each year, 2017-2019 average, UK.

Your recovery after surgery will depend on what operation you have had. It also depends on your general health. Having all or part of your kidney removed is major surgery. This page is about what to ...

Mushrooms are often talked about as a treatment for cancer. There is currently not enough evidence to say that any type of mushroom can prevent or cure cancer. Mushrooms are part of the fungus family ...

The stage of mouth cancer tells you how big it is, its depth, and whether it has spread. The grade tells you how much the cancer cells look like normal cells. This gives your doctor an idea of how the ...

The anal canal and anal margin are lined with squamous cells. These protect the area and stop it from drying out. Cancer that starts in squamous cells is called squamous cell cancer (SCC). This is the ...

It can take some time to recover from your brain tumour operation. Everyone takes a different amount of time to recover. You might stay in hospital for around 3 to 10 days after surgery. How long you ...

Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia accounted for 1% of all new cancer cases in the UK in 2017-2019.[1-4] In females in the UK, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia accounted for less than 1% of all new female ...

We’re the world’s largest independent funder of cancer research, investing over $400 million each year across prevention, diagnosis and treatment. We do this because cancer is a global issue. The ...

Cervical cancer is when abnormal cells in the lining of the cervix grow in an uncontrolled way. The cervix is part of the female reproductive system. It is the opening to the vagina from the womb. The ...

Secondary liver cancer is when a cancer that started somewhere else in the body has spread to the liver. Where a cancer starts is called the primary cancer. If some cancer cells break away from the ...