Stage 1 means that the cancer is only in the neck of the womb (cervix). The main treatment is surgery. You may, very rarely, also have combined radiotherapy and chemotherapy (chemoradiotherapy). What ...

Ovarian cancer is when abnormal cells in the ovary, fallopian tube or peritoneum begin to grow and divide in an uncontrolled way. They eventually form a growth (tumour). If not caught early, cancer ...

The stage of a cancer tells you about its size and whether it has spread. The type means the type of cell the cancer started from. The grade means how abnormal the cells look under the microscope.

What is a risk factor? Anything that increases your risk of getting a disease is called a risk factor. Will I get cervical cancer if I have several risk factors? Having one or more risk factors does ...

Myeloproliferative neoplasms are a group of rare disorders of the bone marrow that cause an increase in the number of blood cells. You may also hear doctors call them MPN or myeloproliferative ...

The type of cancer tells you what type of cell the cancer started in. Most mouth and oropharyngeal cancers start in squamous cells and are called squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Other types of mouth ...

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 most common symptom of Hodgkin lymphoma is a painless swelling in one or more lymph nodes. This can be in any area of the body, but the most common areas are the: Lymph nodes commonly swell if we ...

The main symptom of bladder cancer is blood in your urine. This is the same for both men and women. Bladder cancer symptoms to look out for: blood in the urine problems passing urine bone, lower back ...

DPD stands for dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase. It is an enzyme the liver makes that helps the body break down thymine and uracil. Thymine and uracil make up part of the structure of our genes. Uracil ...

Our vision of the future is simple; longer, better lives, free from the fear of cancer. Beating cancer is a long game. That’s why we must make choices now that will give us the platform from which to ...

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