This page tells you about some of the side effects that hormone therapy may cause. Your healthcare team will tell you about specific side effects of your own treatment. It’s important to remember that ...

Not all cancers are the same. Some cancers grow quickly but many grow very slowly. When you are diagnosed with some types of cancer, you might not need treatment straight away. Doctors monitor you ...

After your operation, you will wake up in the recovery room. Recovery rooms and wards are busy and often noisy places that some people find strange and disorienting. You'll feel drowsy because of the ...

Chemotherapy might affect your ability to have children (fertility). It can be difficult to navigate. You might want to look into fertility treatments or get support to help you cope. Chemotherapy can ...

What are targeted cancer drugs? Targeted cancer drugs work by ‘targeting’ the differences that help a cancer cell to survive and grow. There are many different types of targeted drugs. Monoclonal ...

Doctors in the UK now use a tool called the Cambridge Prognostic Group (CPG). This divides prostate cancer into 5 groups. This helps them recommend if you need treatment and the type of treatment you ...

You might have more than one type of prostate cancer at the same time. For example, adenocarcinoma mixed with a rare type of prostate cancer. Rare types of prostate cancer can be difficult to diagnose ...

How do doctors group prostate cancer? In the UK, doctors now use the Cambridge Prognostic Group (CPG) for prostate cancer that hasn't spread. This divides prostate cancer into 5 prognostic groups. The ...

You may have both internal radiotherapy and external radiotherapy. External radiotherapy uses a machine outside the body to direct radiation beams at the cancer. Permanent seed brachytherapy is when ...

Search for the cancer type you want to find out about. Each section has detailed information about symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, research and coping with cancer. If you are not sure which cancer ...

Secondary liver cancer is when a cancer that started somewhere else in the body has spread to the liver. It is also called liver metastases. Secondary lung cancer is when a cancer that started ...

A specialist doctor or nurse (endoscopist) uses a flexible sigmoidoscope for this test. This is a thin, flexible tube that has a small light and a camera at one end. You may also hear it called an ...