Have you survived cancer? Share your story
More people than ever are alive decades after diagnosis, new research shows. Tell us about your experiences
Drinkable sunscreen offers a new form of skin protection
Only 14% of men and 30% percent of women in the US use sunscreen – and about one-third of those don’t use enough. Is digestible sunscreen the answer?
No deal, Noel Edmonds. Positive thinking can’t cure cancer
The TV presenter’s comments on negative energy tap into the damaging mantra of personal responsibility that says we are somehow to blame for our own illnesses
Noel Edmonds in Twitter row after claims that electronic box ‘tackles cancer’
Ad watchdog ‘urgently’ investigating tweets, as presenter causes further outrage by suggesting patient’s cancer may have been caused by ‘negative attitude’
Clive James: ‘This carcinoma was starting to look like the alien that erupts from John Hurt’s chest’
When we were kids in quest of a tan, we would lie around forever being cooked by ultra-violet rays, and the results show up around now in the form of skin cancers
Obesity epidemic is fuelling rise in womb cancer, charity warns
Data from Cancer Research UK shows stark increase in proportion of women with disease over 20-year period
The libraries that offer sexual health services and cancer support
Coventry’s Central Library runs health-related events and a mental health drop-in service, reaching people that the NHS can’t
Is it safe to use talcum powder?
The family of a woman in the US who died from ovarian cancer after using Johnson & Johnson baby powder has been awarded damages. So how much of a risk does talc pose?
Household electromagnetic radiation doesn’t make you ill or give you cancer. Here’s why
People suffering from electromagnetic hypersensitivity are ill. But when you look at the evidence, it’s not electromagnetic radiation that’s the problem
Top 10 books about cancer
Treatment of this cruel disease has advanced hugely in recent years, but writers from Philip Roth to Christopher Hitchens show the awful human cost it still exacts
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi review – thoughtful and poignant
A dying surgeon contemplates his mortality and his vocation in this moving, astute farewell
Cancer patient mother says she would have kept her baby ‘in my tummy’
Heidi Loughlin says she would not have chosen to deliver baby 12 weeks early to undergo chemotherapy had she known daughter would not survive
You don’t have to be vegetarian to think twice about processed meat. At least eating fish is good for you
The World Health Organisation found there was enough evidence to say that salted, cured, fermented or smoked meats were indeed carcinogenic
How crowdfunding became a lifeline for cancer patients struggling with debt
Medications and treatments in the US are some of the most expensive in the world and people are increasingly turning to other options to help pay for it
We cured your mother’s cancer, but your love fixed her broken heart
This Christmas I’d like to write a letter to the daughter of one of my patients – because I could cure her mother’s cancer but only she could ease the greatest pain