Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL)

• About ALL

  • The blood

  • Causes

  • Screening

  • Symptoms

  • Types

  • Seeing a specialist

  • What to ask

• Diagnosing ALL

  • Tests

  • Further tests

  • What to ask

• Treating ALL

  • Treatment types

  • Outlook and stats

  • Chemotherapy

    • About chemo

    • Side effects

    • What to ask

  • Steroids

  • Growth factors

  • Radiotherapy

  • Transplants

  • Biological therapy

  • Side effects

    • About ALL side effects

    • Long term side effects of treatment for ALL

    • What to ask

  • Follow up

  • Research

  • What to ask

• Living with ALL

  • Coping

  • Sex and fertility

  • Diet and exercise

  • Transplants

  • What to ask

• About this section

• Organisations

• Reading list

Anal cancer

• About anal cancer

  • The anus

  • Causes

  • Screening

  • Symptoms

  • Types

  • Seeing a specialist

  • What to ask

• Diagnosing anal cancer

  • Tests

  • Further tests

  • What to ask

• Treating anal cancer

  • Stages

  • Outlook and stats

  • Treatment types

  • Radiotherapy

    • About radiotherapy

    • Having treatment

    • Side effects

    • What to ask

  • Chemotherapy

    • About chemo

    • Drugs

    • What to ask

  • Chemoradiation

  • Surgery

    • Types of surgery

    • Having surgery

    • Colostomy

    • What to ask

  • Follow up

  • Research

  • What to ask

• Living with anal cancer

  • Feelings

  • Coping with colostomy

  • Sex life

  • Diet

  • What to ask

• About this section

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• Reading list

Bladder cancer

• About bladder cancer

  • The bladder

  • Causes

  • Screening

  • Symptoms

  • Types

  • Seeing a specialist

  • What to ask

• Diagnosing bladder cancer

  • Tests

  • Further tests

  • What to ask

• Treating bladder cancer

  • Stages

  • Outlook and stats

  • Treating early cancer

    • Treatment types

    • Removing early cancer

    • Treatment into the bladder

    • Follow up

    • What to ask

  • Treating invasive cancer

    • Treatment types

    • Surgery

      • Types

      • Before surgery

      • After surgery

      • What to ask

    • Radiotherapy

    • Chemotherapy

      • About chemo

      • Drugs and side effects

    • Follow up

    • What to ask

  • Treating advanced cancer

    • What advanced cancer is

    • Treatment types

    • Follow up

    • What to ask

  • Research

  • What to ask

• Living with bladder cancer

  • Coping

  • After surgery

  • Urostomy

  • Continent urinary diversion

  • Sex life

  • What to ask

• About this section

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• Reading list

Bone cancer

• About bone cancer

  • The bones

  • Causes

  • Screening

  • Symptoms

  • Types

  • Seeing a specialist

  • What to ask

• Diagnosing bone cancer

  • Tests

  • Further tests

  • What to ask

• Treating bone cancer

  • Stages

  • Outlook and stats

  • Treatment types

  • Surgery

    • About surgery

    • Having surgery

    • What to ask

  • Chemotherapy

    • About chemo

    • Drugs and side effects

    • What to ask

  • Radiotherapy

  • Follow up

  • Research

  • What to ask

• Living with bone cancer

  • Coping

  • After surgery

  • What to ask

• About this section

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• Reading list

Bowel cancer

• About bowel cancer

  • The bowel

  • Symptoms

  • Causes

    • High risk groups

    • Diet

    • Food types

    • Prevention

    • Diet tips

  • Screening

    • About screening

    • Who is screened

  • Types

  • Seeing a specialist

  • What to ask

• Diagnosing bowel cancer

  • Tests

  • Further tests

  • What to ask

• Treating bowel cancer

  • TNM stages

  • Dukes stages

  • Outlook and stats

  • Treatment types

    • Types of treatment

    • Early bowel cancer

    • Advanced bowel cancer

  • Surgery

    • Types of surgery

    • Advanced cancer surgery

    • Before surgery

    • After surgery

    • Colostomy

    • Ileostomy

    • What to ask

  • Chemotherapy

    • About chemo

    • Chemo after surgery

    • Advanced cancer chemo

    • Combined chemoradiation

    • Chemo side effects

    • What to ask

  • Radiotherapy

    • Rectal cancer

    • Treating symptoms

    • Side effects

    • What to ask

  • Biological therapy

  • Follow up

  • Research

    • Prevention and diagnosis

    • Treatment

    • Living with cancer

  • What to ask

• Living with bowel cancer

  • Coping

  • Your feelings

  • Coping with a stoma

  • Sex life

  • Diet

  • What to ask

• About this section

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• Reading list

Brain tumours

• About brain tumours

  • The brain

  • Causes

  • Symptoms

  • Screening

  • Primary and secondary

  • Types

  • Seeing a specialist

  • What to ask

• Diagnosing brain tumours

  • Tests

  • Further tests

  • What to ask

• Treating brain tumours

  • Outlook and stats

  • Treatment types

    • Acoustic neuroma

    • Craniopharyngioma

    • Ependymoma

    • Glioma

    • Gliomas in children

    • Haemangioblastoma

    • Lymphoma

    • Meningioma

    • Oligodendroglioma

    • Pituitary tumours

    • Pineal tumours

    • PNET

    • Secondary brain tumours

    • Spinal cord tumours

  • Surgery

    • About surgery

    • Having surgery

    • After surgery

    • Being unconscious

    • Recovering

    • What to ask

  • Radiotherapy

    • About radiotherapy

    • Stereotactic radiotherapy

    • Radiosurgery

    • Side effects

    • Long term effects

    • What to ask

  • Chemotherapy

    • About chemo

    • Drugs and side effects

    • What to ask

  • Steroids

  • If it comes back

  • Follow up

  • Research

  • What to ask

• Living with brain tumours

  • Coping

  • Getting better

  • Driving

  • Working

  • Recovery for kids

  • If it can't be cured

  • What to ask

• About this section

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• Reading list

Breast cancer

• About breast cancer

  • The breasts

  • Finding it early

  • Symptoms

  • Causes

    • Definite risks

    • Genes

    • Possible risks

    • Prevention

    • Diet

  • Types

    • DCIS

    • LCIS

    • Invasive ductal

    • Invasive lobular

    • Inflammatory

    • Paget's disease

    • Rare types

    • In men

  • Screening

    • Mammograms

    • Who is screened

  • Seeing a specialist

  • What to ask

• Diagnosing breast cancer

  • Tests

  • Further tests

  • What to ask

• Breast cancer treatment

  • TNM stages

  • Number stages

  • Outlook and stats

  • Treatment types

  • Surgery

    • Types

    • Day surgery

    • Having surgery

    • After surgery

    • Breast reconstruction

      • About reconstruction

      • Types

      • Implants

      • Exercises after implants

      • Tissue reconstruction

      • Exercises after tissue reconstruction

      • Problems

    • What to ask

  • Lymphoedema

  • Radiotherapy

    • About radiotherapy

    • Side effects

    • What to ask

  • Chemotherapy

    • About chemo

    • Side effects

    • What to ask

  • Hormone therapy

    • Types

    • Side effects

    • What to ask

  • Biological therapy

  • Follow up

  • Research

    • Prevention

    • Treatment

    • Living with cancer

  • If it comes back

  • What to ask

• Living with breast cancer

  • Coping

  • Menopausal symptoms

  • Preserving fertility

  • Pregnancy

  • During pregnancy

  • Surgery

  • What to ask

• Secondary breast cancer

  • About secondary breast cancer

    • What it is

    • Symptoms

  • Diagnosis

    • Tests

    • What to ask

  • Treatment

    • Types of treatment

    • Hormone therapy

    • Chemotherapy

    • Radiotherapy

    • Biological therapy

    • Controlling symptoms

    • What to ask

  • Living with secondary breast cancer

    • Coping

    • Feelings

    • What to ask

• About this information

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• Reading list

Cancer of unknown primary

Carcinoid

• About carcinoid

  • What it is

  • Causes

  • Screening

  • Symptoms

  • Seeing a specialist

  • What to ask

• Diagnosing carcinoid

  • Tests in general

  • Bowel and stomach tests

  • Lung tests

  • What to ask

• Treating carcinoid

  • Stages

  • Outlook and stats

  • Treatment types

  • Surgery

    • Types

    • Having surgery

    • What to ask

  • Somatostatin

  • Chemotherapy

  • Radiotherapy

  • Interferon for carcinoid

  • Embolisation

  • RFA

  • Follow up

  • Research

  • What to ask

• Living with carcinoid

  • Coping

  • Carcinoid syndrome

  • What to ask

• About this section

• Organisations

• Reading list

Cervical cancer

• About cervical cancer

  • The cervix

  • Causes

  • Screening

  • Symptoms

  • Types

  • Seeing a specialist

  • What to ask

• Treating abnormal cells

  • Treatment

  • After treatment

  • Pregnancy and smears

  • What to ask

• Diagnosing cervical cancer

  • Tests

  • Further tests

  • What to ask

• Treating cervical cancer

  • Stages

  • Outlook and stats

  • Curing early disease

  • Curing advanced disease

  • Treating symptoms

  • Pregnancy

  • Surgery

    • Types of surgery

    • Advanced cancer surgery

    • Having surgery

    • What to ask

  • Radiotherapy

    • About radiotherapy

    • Side effects

    • What to ask

  • Chemotherapy

    • About chemo

    • What to ask

  • Chemoradiation

  • Follow up

  • Research

  • What to ask

• Living with cervical cancer

  • Coping

  • Fertility

  • Sex life

  • What to ask

• About this section

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• Reading list

Choriocarcinoma

Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL)

• About CLL

  • The blood

  • Causes

  • Screening

  • Symptoms

  • Types

  • Seeing a specialist

  • What to ask

• Diagnosing CLL

  • Tests

  • Further tests

  • What to ask

• Treating CLL

  • CLL stages

  • Outlook and stats

  • Treatment types

  • Chemotherapy

    • About chemo

    • Side effects

    • What to ask

  • Steroids

  • Radiotherapy

  • Surgery

  • Biological therapy

  • Transplants

  • Follow up

  • Research

  • What to ask

• Living with CLL

  • Coping

  • What to ask

• About this section

• Organisations

• Reading list

Chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML)

• About CML

  • The blood

  • Causes

  • Screening

  • Symptoms

  • Types

  • Seeing a specialist

  • What to ask

• Diagnosing CML

  • Tests

  • What to ask

• Treating CML

  • CML stages

  • Outlook and stats

  • Treatment types

  • Biological therapy

  • Chemotherapy

    • About chemo

    • Side effects

    • What to ask

  • Radiotherapy

  • Transplants

  • Follow up

  • Research

  • What to ask

• Living with CML

  • Coping

  • What to ask

• About this section

• Organisations

• Reading list

Colon cancer

Colorectal cancer

Endometrial cancer

Eye cancer

• About eye cancer

  • The eye

  • Causes

  • Symptoms

  • Screening

  • Types

  • Seeing a specialist

  • What to ask

• Diagnosing eye cancer

  • Tests

  • What to ask

• Treating eye cancer

  • Stages

  • Outlook and stats

  • Treatment types

    • Who treats you

    • Options

  • Surgery

    • Types

    • Having surgery

    • After eye removal

    • What to ask

  • Radiotherapy

    • For melanoma

    • For lymphoma

    • Side effects

    • What to ask

  • Chemotherapy

    • About chemo

    • What to ask

  • Follow up

  • Research

  • What to ask

• Living with eye cancer

  • Coping

  • Sight changes

  • Appearance

  • Sex life

  • What to ask

• About this section

• Organisations

• Reading list

Gallbladder cancer

• About gallbladder cancer

  • The gallbladder

  • Causes

  • Symptoms

  • Screening

  • Types

  • Seeing a specialist

  • What to ask

• Diagnosing gallbladder cancer

  • Tests

  • Further tests

  • What to ask

• Treating gallbladder cancer

  • Stages

  • Outlook and stats

  • Treatment types

  • Surgery

    • Types

    • Having surgery

    • What to ask

  • Chemotherapy

    • About chemo

    • Side effects

    • What to ask

  • Radiotherapy

    • About radiotherapy

    • Having treatment

    • What to ask

  • Treating advanced gallbladder cancer

    • What it is

    • Drugs

    • Radiotherapy

    • Stents and surgery

    • Pain control

    • What to ask

  • Follow up

  • Research

  • What to ask

• Living with gallbladder cancer

  • Coping

  • Diet after surgery

  • Diet with advanced cancer

  • Managing advanced cancer

  • What to ask

• About this section

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• Reading list

Gastric cancer

Gestational Trophoblastic Tumour (GTT)

• About GTT

• Molar pregnancy

  • About molar pregnancy

    • What it is

    • Causes

    • Screening

    • Symptoms

    • What to ask

  • Diagnosing molar pregnancy

    • Tests

    • What to ask

  • Treating molar pregnancy

    • Stages

    • Outlook and stats

    • Treatment types

    • Surgery

    • Follow up

    • Research

    • What to ask

• Placental site trophoblastic tumour

• Choriocarcinoma

  • About choriocarcinoma

    • What it is

    • Causes

    • Screening

    • Symptoms

    • What to ask

  • Diagnosing choriocarcinoma

    • Tests

    • Further tests

    • What to ask

  • Treating choriocarcinoma

    • Stages

    • Outlook and stats

    • Treatment types

    • Chemotherapy

      • About chemo

      • Drugs and side effects

      • What to ask

    • Surgery

    • Radiotherapy

    • Follow up

    • Research

    • What to ask

• Living with GTT

  • Coping

  • Fertility

  • What to ask

• About this section

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• Reading list

Hairy cell leukaemia

• About HCL

  • The blood

  • Causes

  • Symptoms

  • Screening

  • Seeing a specialist

  • What to ask

• Diagnosing HCL

  • Tests

  • What to ask

• Treating HCL

  • Stages

  • Outlook and stats

  • Treatment types

  • Chemotherapy

  • Biological therapy

  • Surgery

  • If HCL comes back

  • Follow up

  • Research

  • What to ask

• Living with HCL

  • Coping

  • What to ask

• About this section

• Organisations

• Reading list

Head and neck cancer

Hodgkin lymphoma

• About Hodgkin

  • What it is

  • Causes

  • Symptoms

  • Screening

  • Types

  • Seeing a specialist

  • What to ask

• Diagnosing Hodgkin

  • Tests

  • Further tests

  • What to ask

• Treating Hodgkin

  • Stages

  • Outlook and stats

  • Treatment types

  • Surgery

  • Radiotherapy

  • Chemotherapy

    • About chemo

    • Chemo drugs

    • What to ask

  • Steroids

  • Transplant

  • Biological therapy

  • If it comes back

  • Follow up

  • Research

  • What to ask

• Living with Hodgkin

  • Coping

  • Sex and fertility

  • After transplant

  • What to ask

• About this section

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• Reading list

Kidney cancer

• About kidney cancer

  • The kidney

  • Causes

  • Screening

  • Symptoms

  • Types

  • Seeing a specialist

  • What to ask

• Diagnosing kidney cancer

  • Tests

  • Further tests

  • What to ask

• Treating kidney cancer

  • Stages

  • Outlook and stats

  • Treatment types

    • Early stage

    • Advanced

  • Surgery

    • Types

    • Having surgery

    • What to ask

  • Monitoring your cancer

  • Biological therapy

    • About biological therapy

    • Biological therapy drugs

    • What to ask

  • Cryotherapy

  • Radiofrequency

  • Chemotherapy

  • Radiotherapy

  • Treating symptoms

  • Follow up

  • Research

  • What to ask

• Living with kidney cancer

  • Coping

  • Kidney disease

  • Advanced kidney cancer

  • What to ask

• About this section

• Organisations

• Reading list

Laryngeal cancer

• About laryngeal cancer

  • The larynx

  • Causes

  • Symptoms

  • Screening

  • Types

  • Seeing a specialist

  • What to ask

• Diagnosing laryngeal cancer

  • Tests

  • Further tests

  • What to ask

• Treating laryngeal cancer

  • Stages

  • Outlook and stats

  • Treatment types

    • Options

    • By stage

  • Surgery

    • Types

    • Having surgery

    • What to ask

  • Radiotherapy

    • About radiotherapy

    • Having treatment

    • What to ask

  • Chemotherapy

    • About chemo

    • Side effects

    • What to ask

  • Biological therapy

  • Follow up

  • Research

  • What to ask

• Living with laryngeal cancer

  • Coping

  • Breathing stomas

    • Starting out

    • Daily life

  • Speech

  • Diet

  • Sex life

  • What to ask

• About this section

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• Reading list

Leukaemia

Liver cancer

• About liver cancer

  • The liver

  • Causes

  • Symptoms

  • Screening

  • Types

  • Seeing a specialist

  • What to ask

• Diagnosing liver cancer

  • Tests

  • Further tests

  • What to ask

• Treating liver cancer

  • Stages

  • More about stage

  • Outlook and stats

  • Treatment types

  • Surgery

    • Types

    • Having surgery

    • What to ask

    • Transplants

      • Who can have a transplant

      • Having surgery

      • After surgery

      • What to ask

  • Chemotherapy

  • Radiotherapy

  • Follow up

  • Research

  • What to ask

• Living with liver cancer

  • Coping

  • What to ask

• About this section

• Organisations

• Reading list

Lung cancer

• About lung cancer

  • The lungs

  • Causes

  • Screening

  • Symptoms

  • Types

  • Seeing a specialist

  • What to ask

• Diagnosing lung cancer

  • Tests

  • Further tests

  • What to ask

• Treating lung cancer

  • Stages

  • More about staging

  • Outlook and stats

  • Treatment types

  • Surgery

    • Types

    • Before surgery

    • After surgery

    • What to ask

  • Radiotherapy

    • About radiotherapy

    • Non small cell

    • Small cell

    • Internal radiotherapy

    • Side effects

    • What to ask

  • Chemotherapy

    • About chemo

    • Side effects

    • What to ask

  • Biological therapy

  • Radiofrequency

  • Photodynamic

  • Cryotherapy

  • Advanced lung cancer

    • What it is

    • Treatment types

    • Blocked airway

    • What to ask

  • Follow up

  • Research

  • What to ask

• Living with lung cancer

  • Coping

  • Breathlessness

  • What to ask

• About this section

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• Reading list

Lymphoma

Melanoma skin cancer

• About melanoma

  • The skin

  • Causes

  • Prevention

  • Screening

  • Symptoms

  • Pictures

  • Types

  • Seeing a specialist

  • What to ask

• Diagnosing melanoma

  • Tests

  • Further tests

  • What to ask

• Treating melanoma

  • Stages

  • Outlook and stats

  • Early melanoma

  • Medium stage

  • Advanced melanoma

  • Surgery

  • Chemotherapy

  • Radiotherapy

  • Biological therapy

  • Vaccines

  • Follow up

  • Research

  • What to ask

• Living with melanoma

  • Coping

  • Skin care

  • Advanced melanoma

    • What it is

    • Feelings

    • Managing symptoms

  • What to ask

• About this section

• Organisations

• Reading list

Mesothelioma

• About mesothelioma

  • What it is

  • Causes

  • Screening

  • Symptoms

  • Types

  • Seeing a specialist

  • What to ask

• Diagnosing mesothelioma

  • Tests

  • Further tests

  • What to ask

• Treating mesothelioma

  • Stages

  • Outlook and stats

  • Treatment types

    • Pleural mesothelioma

    • Peritoneal mesothelioma

  • Surgery

    • Types

    • Before surgery

    • After surgery

    • What to ask

  • Radiotherapy

  • Chemotherapy

    • About chemo

    • Side effects

    • What to ask

  • Follow up

  • Research

  • What to ask

• Living with mesothelioma

  • Coping

  • Advanced cancer

  • What to ask

• About this section

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• Reading list

Molar pregnancy

Mouth cancer

• About mouth and oropharyngeal cancer

  • The mouth and oropharynx

  • Causes

    • Definite risks

    • Possible risks

  • Symptoms

  • Pictures

  • Screening

  • Types

  • Seeing a specialist

  • What to ask

• Diagnosing mouth cancer

  • Tests

  • Further tests

  • What to ask

• Treating mouth cancer

  • Stage and grade

  • Outlook and stats

  • Treatment types

    • Options

    • By stage

  • Surgery

    • About surgery

    • Types

    • Before surgery

    • After surgery

    • What to ask

  • Radiotherapy

    • About radiotherapy

    • External

    • Internal

    • Side effects

    • What to ask

  • Chemotherapy

    • About chemo

    • Drugs

    • Side effects

    • What to ask

  • Biological therapy

  • Follow up

  • Research

  • What to ask

• Living with mouth cancer

  • Coping

  • Eating

  • Appearance

  • Speech

  • Breathing stoma

  • Sex life

  • What to ask

• About this section

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• Reading list

Myeloma

• About myeloma

  • What it is

  • Causes

  • Screening

  • Symptoms

  • Types

  • Seeing a specialist

  • What to ask

• Diagnosing myeloma

  • Tests

  • Further tests

  • What to ask

• Treating myeloma

  • Stages

  • Outlook and stats

  • Treatment types

  • Chemotherapy

    • About chemo

    • Side effects

    • What to ask

  • Steroids

  • Radiotherapy

  • Biological therapy

  • Intensive treatment

  • Treating symptoms

  • Follow up

  • Research

  • What to ask

• Living with myeloma

  • Coping

  • Recovery

  • What to ask

• About this section

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• Reading list

Nasal and sinus cancers

• About nasal cancer

  • The nose and sinuses

  • Causes

  • Symptoms

  • Screening

  • Types

  • Seeing a specialist

  • What to ask

• Diagnosing nasal cancers

  • Tests

  • Further tests

  • What to ask

• Treating nasal cancers

  • Stages

    • About stages

    • Maxillary sinus stages

    • Ethmoid sinus stages

    • Nasal cavity stages

  • Outlook and stats

  • Treatment types

    • Who treats you

    • Options

    • By stage

  • Surgery

    • About surgery

    • Types

    • Before surgery

    • After surgery

    • What to ask

  • Radiotherapy

    • About radiotherapy

    • Having treatment

    • Side effects

    • What to ask

  • Chemotherapy

    • About chemo

    • Drugs

    • Side effects

    • What to ask

  • Biological therapy

  • Follow up

  • Research

  • What to ask

• Living with nasal cancer

  • Coping

  • Eating

  • Appearance

  • Breathing

  • Sight

  • Smell

  • Hearing

  • Sex life

  • What to ask

• About this section

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• Reading list

Nasopharyngeal cancer

• About nasopharyngeal cancer

  • What it is

  • Causes

  • Symptoms

  • Screening

  • Types

  • Seeing a specialist

  • What to ask

• Diagnosing nasopharyngeal cancer

  • Tests

  • Further tests

  • What to ask

• Treating nasopharyngeal cancer

  • Stages

  • Outlook and stats

  • Treatment types

    • Who treats you

    • Options

    • By stage

  • Nasopharyngeal cancer radiotherapy

    • About radiotherapy

    • External

    • Internal

    • Side effects

    • What to ask

  • Nasopharyngeal cancer chemotherapy

    • About chemo

    • Drugs

    • Side effects

    • What to ask

  • Chemoradiation

  • Biological therapy

  • Nasopharyngeal cancer surgery

    • About surgery

    • Having surgery

    • What to ask

  • Follow up

  • Research

  • What to ask your doctor about nasopharyngeal cancer treatment

• Living with nasopharyngeal cancer

  • Coping

  • Eating

  • Hearing

  • Sight

  • Sex life

  • What to ask

• About this section

• Organisations

• Reading list

Non Hodgkin lymphoma

• About NHL

  • What it is

  • Causes

    • Definite risks

    • Possible risks

  • Symptoms

  • Types

    • Common types

    • Cutaneous lymphomas

    • MALT lymphoma

    • Mantle cell

  • Seeing a specialist

  • What to ask

• Diagnosing NHL

  • Tests

  • Further tests

  • What to ask

• Treating NHL

  • Stages

  • Outlook and stats

  • Treatment types

    • Low grade

    • High grade

  • Surgery

  • Radiotherapy

    • About radiotherapy

    • What to ask

  • Chemotherapy

    • About chemo

    • Side effects

    • What to ask

  • Transplant

    • Stem cell

    • Bone marrow

    • After transplant

    • Side effects

    • What to ask

  • Biological therapy

  • Steroids

  • If NHL comes back

  • Follow up for NHL

  • NHL research

  • What to ask

• Living with NHL

  • Coping

  • Sex and fertility

  • After transplant

  • What to ask

• About this section

• Organisations

• Reading list

Oesophageal cancer

• About oesophageal cancer

  • The oesophagus

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Ovarian cancer

• About ovarian cancer

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• Diagnosing ovarian cancer

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  • What to ask

• Treating ovarian cancer

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  • Outlook and stats

  • Treatment types

  • Surgery

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  • Drugs and side effects

  • Radiotherapy

  • Advanced cancer

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• Living with ovarian cancer

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Pancreatic cancer

• About pancreatic cancer

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• Diagnosing pancreatic cancer

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• Treating pancreatic cancer

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  • Outlook and stats

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  • Surgery

    • Types of surgery

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    • Having surgery

    • What to ask

  • Chemotherapy

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  • Advanced cancer

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Penile cancer

• About penile cancer

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  • What to ask

• Diagnosing penile cancer

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• Treating penile cancer

  • Stages

  • Outlook and stats

  • Treatment types

  • Surgery

    • Types

    • Having surgery

    • What to ask

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Prostate cancer

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• Diagnosing prostate cancer

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• Treating prostate cancer

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    • Factors in deciding

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    • What to ask

  • Monitoring your cancer

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    • Types

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    • What to ask

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    • Side effects

    • If cancer has spread

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  • Hormone therapy

    • About hormone therapy

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Rectal cancer

Salivary gland cancer

• About salivary gland cancer

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    • About surgery

    • Before surgery

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Skin cancer (non melanoma)

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Soft tissue sarcoma

• About sarcoma

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  • What to ask

• Diagnosing sarcoma

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• Treating sarcoma

  • Stages

  • Outlook and stats

  • Treatment types

  • Surgery

    • Types

    • Having surgery

    • What to ask

  • Radiotherapy

    • About radiotherapy

    • What to ask

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    • About chemo

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• Living with sarcoma

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Stomach cancer

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  • Surgery

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Testicular cancer

• About testicular cancer

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  • Surgery

    • Types

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    • Side effects

    • What to ask

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• Living with testicular cancer

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Thyroid cancer

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  • What to ask

• Diagnosing thyroid cancer

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• Treating thyroid cancer

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  • Treatment types

  • Surgery

    • Types

    • Having surgery

    • What to ask

  • Radiotherapy

    • Iodine

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    • What to ask

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Unknown primary cancer

• About unknown primary cancer

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• Diagnosing unknown primary cancer

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  • Outlook and stats

  • Treatment types

  • Radiotherapy

  • Chemotherapy

  • Hormone therapy

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  • What to ask

• Living with unknown primary cancer

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Uterine cancer

Vaginal cancer

• About vaginal cancer

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• Diagnosing vaginal cancer

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  • What to ask

• Treating vaginal cancer

  • Stages

  • Outlook and stats

  • Treatment types

    • Options

    • By stage

  • Surgery

    • Types

    • Having surgery

    • Side effects

    • Reconstruction

    • What to ask

  • Radiotherapy

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    • What to ask

  • Chemotherapy

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    • What to ask

  • Follow up

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• Living with vaginal cancer

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Vulval cancer

• About vulval cancer

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  • What to ask

• Diagnosing vulval cancer

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  • What to ask

• Treating vulval cancer

  • Stages

  • Outlook and stats

  • Treatment types

  • Surgery

    • Types

    • Diagrams

      • VIN

      • Wide local excision

      • Partial vulvectomy

      • Vulvectomy

    • Having surgery

    • Side effects

    • What to ask

  • Radiotherapy

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    • What to ask

  • Chemotherapy

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• Living with vulval cancer

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Womb cancer

• About womb cancer

  • The womb

  • Causes

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• Diagnosing womb cancer

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  • Further tests

  • What to ask

• Treating womb cancer

  • Stages

  • Outlook and stats

  • Treatment types

  • Surgery

    • Removing cancer

    • Relieving symptoms

    • Having surgery

    • What to ask

  • Radiotherapy

    • About radiotherapy

    • External

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    • Side effects

    • What to ask

  • Chemotherapy

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• Living with womb cancer

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