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A 50% Reduction in Cancer Risk?
How to understand relative risk reductions, absolute benefit and the starting risk when discussing cancer treatment.
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Can an infection cause cancer?
How HPV, hepatitis viruses and H. pylori can contribute to particular cancers, without making cancer itself an ordinary contagious illness.
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Cancer in younger people
What early-onset cancer trends mean, why relative increases need context and why unexplained symptoms deserve attention at any age.
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One blood test. 50+ cancers?
What multi-cancer detection blood tests look for, why a signal is not a diagnosis and what evidence is needed to understand their benefits and harms.
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Still feeling like a cancer patient after treatment?
Why finishing cancer treatment may not feel like an immediate return to normal, and when physical or emotional effects deserve further support.
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Cancer treatment doesn’t always mean putting travel on hold
Questions to consider before travelling during cancer treatment, including timing, infection, blood clots, medicines, insurance and when to ask your team.
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Getting outside during cancer treatment
How a short walk or other manageable outdoor activity may help you stay active during cancer treatment, with practical safety considerations.
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What happens when cancer specialists meet at an international conference?
How international cancer conferences help specialists share research, compare practice and decide which ideas may be useful for patient care.
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Sometimes the right cancer treatment is no treatment
Why expected benefit, side effects, performance status, previous treatment and personal priorities may lead to no anti-cancer treatment being advised.
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Cancer: why daily life matters
What ECOG or WHO performance status means, how the 0–4 scale describes daily function, and why it is only one part of a cancer treatment decision.
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What do you say to someone with cancer?
How to offer support when someone has cancer, listen without pressure, and leave room for ordinary life as well as difficult conversations.
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Why Haven’t We Cured Cancer Yet?
Why some cancers can already be cured, why others remain difficult to treat, and what cure, remission and cancer control mean for an individual.
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What if a tumour won't stay still?
How radiotherapy teams assess tumour movement and use imaging, breath-hold, gating, tracking or treatment margins to target it accurately.
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I Did Everything Right. Why Did I Get Cancer?
Why cancer can develop in people who have looked after their health, and why risk factors change probability rather than determine an individual outcome.
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Exercise during cancer treatment
How physical activity may fit around cancer treatment, when exercise needs adapting, and which warning signs to discuss with your team.
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Life can continue during cancer treatment
Practical ways to live with uncertainty between cancer scans without allowing every day to become a countdown to the next result.
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What does palliative treatment mean?
How palliative anti-cancer treatment differs from supportive care, specialist palliative care and end-of-life care.
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What does stable disease mean?
What doctors mean by stable disease on a cancer scan, and why stable can still be a meaningful treatment result.
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Why are cancer scans not performed more frequently?
Why cancer scans are scheduled at particular intervals, and how doctors balance useful information against the limits of scanning.
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Why the same cancer can be treated differently
How cancer type, stage, grade, biomarkers, previous treatment, health, treatment aim and patient priorities shape an individual plan.
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