Lung cancer

UK cancer care lagging 20 years behind Europe

UK cancer care lagging 20 years behind Europe

Health
Sarah Carter

Gemma Peters, Macmillan Cancer Support’s chief executive officer, said: “Behind today’s shocking data are thousands of real people whose entire worlds have ...

‘I’ve battled skin cancer for 15 years after using sunbeds as a teenager’

‘I’ve battled skin cancer for 15 years after using sunbeds as a teenager’

Health
Sarah Carter

A woman has issued a warning about young people using sunbeds after she has battled two bouts of skin cancer over the ...

From craving crisps to wine o’clock…what the food and drink you fancy tells you about your body

From craving crisps to wine o’clock…what the food and drink you fancy tells you about your body

Health
Sarah Carter

IT’S 11am and you are already thinking about a chocolate bar with your tea. At 3pm, you are crying out for some ...

Women live longer but sicker lives than men who suffer more deadly diseases

Women live longer but sicker lives than men who suffer more deadly diseases

Health
Sarah Carter

Women live longer in worse health than men, a Lancet study has found, because diseases that disproportionately affect men are more deadly. ...

Early warning signs of highly common cancer as most cases are ‘preventable’

Early warning signs of highly common cancer as most cases are ‘preventable’

Health
Sarah Carter

Most cases of lung cancer in the UK are preventable -Credit:Getty Images People in the UK are being urged to know the ...

World’s first lung cancer vaccine is being developed by British scientists & it could save thousands of lives every year

World’s first lung cancer vaccine is being developed by British scientists & it could save thousands of lives every year

Health
Sarah Carter

BRITISH scientists are developing the world’s first vaccine for lung cancer. It will work by training the immune system to seek and ...

Your risk of cancer and what to look out for, at 40, 50, 60, 70 and beyond

Your risk of cancer and what to look out for, at 40, 50, 60, 70 and beyond

Health
Sarah Carter

Bowel cancer rates are also rising among young adults for reasons which are unknown, although possible risk factors include a high intake ...

How Stress Could Make Cancer Spread

How Stress Could Make Cancer Spread

Health
Sarah Carter

New research in mice may pinpoint how chronic stress can fuel the spread of cancer. The study found evidence that stress can ...

My dog had a good death – the law won’t give me that

My dog had a good death – the law won’t give me that

Entertainment
James Parker

Around 23 years ago, I lost three loved ones in a very short space of time: my husband Desi (the award-winning documentary ...

Bowel cancer surges to become the third most common cancer, NHS stats show

Bowel cancer surges to become the third most common cancer, NHS stats show

Health
Sarah Carter

BOWEL cancer is now the third most common cancer, NHS stats show. It overtook lung cancer for the first time since records ...