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.

49,300 new cases of lung cancer, 2017-2019, UK.

We don’t know what causes most stomach cancers. But there are some risks factors that can increase your risk of developing it. These include being older, infection and smoking. Anything that can ...

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 ...

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 ...

Survival for Hodgkin lymphoma is generally good, particularly if you are diagnosed early. Survival depends on many factors. No one can tell you exactly how long you will live. Below are general ...

Your GP should arrange for you to go to a breast clinic to have tests if you have symptoms that could be due to breast cancer. Depending on your symptoms and other factors, this might be an urgent ...

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia accounted for less than 1% of all new cancer cases in the UK in 2017-2019.[1-4] In females in the UK, acute lymphoblastic leukaemia accounted for less than 1% of all new ...

What happens after surgery depends on the type of operation you have had. Many people now have breast surgery as a day case or go home the following day. If you have breast reconstruction at the same ...