The main treatments for breast cancer include surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and hormone therapy. Your treatment depends on a number of factors such as how big the cancer is and whether it has ...

What is a risk factor? Anything that can increase your risk of getting a disease is called a risk factor. Different cancers have different risk factors.­ Having one or more of these risk factors doesn ...

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 ...

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 ...

There are different types of vaccines. There are vaccines that: protect us from diseases such as the flu vaccine help protect us from cancer such as the HPV vaccine help to treat cancer This page is ...

Many complementary therapies are safe to use alongside conventional cancer treatments. Such as radiotherapy or chemotherapy. Most doctors will support you using one or more types of complementary ...

Metastatic prostate cancer commonly spreads to lymph nodes in other parts of the body or to the bones. It can also spread to other organs such as the lungs. Locally advanced prostate cancer is ...

Find out about managing cancer symptoms and possible side effects from cancer treatment. There is information about pain, sickness, diet problems and much more. Go to the information about treatment ...

Lymphoedema means a build up of lymph fluid that causes swelling in a part of the body. It can sometimes develop due to cancer or cancer treatment. There are ways to reduce your risk of infection when ...

Metastatic prostate cancer means that a cancer that began in the prostate gland has spread to another part of the body. It is also called advanced prostate cancer. You might have specific symptoms ...

Metastatic prostate cancer is a cancer that began in the prostate and has spread to other parts of the body such as the bones. It is also called advanced prostate cancer. Chemotherapy isn't a common ...

We have separate information about treatment for prostate cancer that hasn't spread to another part of the body. Treatment for metastatic prostate cancer can help to reduce symptoms, make you feel ...