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Cancer

Our cancer information is here to help you during your cancer journey.

Cancer - an overview

What causes cancer? What are the different types? And how is it treated? The answers to these questions and more in our overview of cancer.
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Your healthcare team

We’ve pulled together a list of some of the people who may be involved in your care and what role they will play in looking after you.
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Common cancer words

Medical terms can be confusing so we’ve put together a list of some common cancer terms with explanations of what they mean.
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Making adjustments...

Adjusting after your treatment

A cancer survivor is somebody who lives with or beyond their cancer. But the impact of cancer doesn’t necessarily finish after your treatment ends.
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Coping with cancer at home

You will probably have to make at least some changes to your day-to-day activities so here are some things to consider that may affect you at home.
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Coping with cancer and work

It’s difficult to know how cancer will affect you at work so we've got some questions to ask your employer and tips to help keep you working.
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Staying healthy...

Healthy eating

Healthy eating is especially important if you have cancer. Take a look at our tips to help make sure you're eating as well as you can.
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Healthy mind

Dealing with your emotions is an important part of your treatment and recovery. We explain how you can work through them.
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Answers to your questions...

Questions about your family

We look at how cancer may affect two important family relationships – with your partner and with your children.
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Coping with the side-effects

Find out how to cope with fatigue, nausea and hair loss. Three possible side-effects of cancer treatment.
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You can find more information about different types of cancers and their treatments in our A-Z below

A-Z health index

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Tools and Calculators

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Cost of smoking calculator

Work out how much money you can save by giving up smoking.
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Alcohol calculator

Get to know the sensible drinking limits by using the DrinkAware calculator.
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BMI calculator

Try our calculator to work out if you're a healthy weight for your height.
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Nutrition quiz

How much do you know about what's best to eat?
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Count your calories

Calculate how much energy you burn while exercising with our calorie counter.
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