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Cancer of unknown primary (CUP) means that cancer spread has been found in your body (secondary cancer), but your doctors can't find where the cancer started (the primary cancer). It is sometimes ...

At each follow up your doctor or nurse checks how you are coping with any ongoing treatment for example, hormone therapy. Your healthcare team can give you information and support to help you cope.

Mantle cell lymphoma is a rare type of B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). NHL is a type of blood cancer that affects white blood cells called lymphocytes. It is a cancer of the lymphatic system.

Hodgkin lymphoma is a type of blood cancer that affects white blood cells called lymphocytes. It is also called a cancer of the lymphatic system. The lymphatic system is a system of thin tubes and ...

Survival depends on different factors. So no one can tell you exactly how long you will live. Doctors usually work out the outlook for a certain disease by looking at large groups of people. Because ...

You might have surgery to remove most or all the lymph nodes in the armpit (axilla) close to the breast. This is called an axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) or axillary clearance. Breast cancer ...

Secondary brain cancer is when a cancer that started somewhere else in the body has spread to the brain. Where a cancer starts is called the primary cancer. If some cancer cells break away from the ...

If you’ve been affected by cancer and want to help shape the future of research, we’d love to hear from you. Whether you’re ...

Bladder cancer treatments can affect your sex life in different ways. For women, there might be changes to your vagina or clitoris which alter the sensation of sex. For men, some treatments can damage ...

Ascites (pronounced aye-site-eez) is the medical name for a build up of fluid in the tummy (abdomen). If the ascites is caused by cancer it can also be called malignant ascites. Unfortunately having ...

The stage of melanoma skin cancer tells you how thick it is and how far it has spread. Doctors use different systems to stage melanoma. These include the TNM system and number staging system. The ...