What to say and do when someone has cancer
Marking World Cancer Day, it can be very difficult to know what to say and what to do when someone…
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Screen and treat for HepB
Hepatitis B is a devastating virus that infects around 250 million people worldwide and is endemic proportions in parts of…
New view of cancer
A diagnosis of cancer is really scary. It can seem as if there are only two options, neither very appealing.…
An actor’s take on early prostate cancer
I never expected I would be diagnosed with prostate cancer when I agreed to be part of a trial at…
Traffic lights for prostate cancer
There are over 330,000 men in the UK living with or after prostate cancer. Over 47,000 are diagnosed every year…
Pancreatic cancer: lending a listening ear
'Many of the people who call our helpline are distressed and anxious. We welcome anyone affected by pancreatic cancer and…
HPV and mouth cancer
Mouth cancer kills nearly 2000 people in the UK each year. The Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) of which there are over…
How do you cure cancer that has spread?
The holy grail in oncology is ‘how do you cure cancer that as spread?’ At the moment, all types of…
Why the PSA test is not pointless
The PSA test has long been considered the first line of defence against prostate cancer. A simple blood test, it…
Treating aggressive brain tumours
A study led by myself and my colleague Dr Sandrine Willaime-Morawek, lecturer in Stem Cells and Brain Repair at the…
The faster they run
Leukaemia is a cancer of the blood with a high mortality rate, partly due to the fact that leukaemia cells…
The global cancer fightback
High-income countries (defined by the World Bank as Gross National Income in dollars per capita per year), such as the…