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This study is looking at improving the ASICA melanoma app to better support people to check their skin monthly. It is for people who have had treatment for melanoma that hadn’t spread and there have ...
Caroline, who lives just outside Glasgow with her husband Phil, is a devoted mother and advocate for people affected by children and young people’s cancers.
This trial looked at a drug called plerixafor for people with pancreatic cancer or bowel cancer that has spread. The trial was open for people to join between 2015 and 2018. The team published the ...
Researchers around the world are looking at preventing, diagnosing and treating of bowel cancer. Bowel cancer means cancer that starts in the large bowel (colon) and the back passage (rectum). Go to ...
This study is looking to see how well the capsule sponge test works to find a stomach condition. This condition is called gastric intestinal metaplasia or GIM for short. This is study is for people ...
Having cancer treatment abroad If you are waiting a long time for cancer treatment, you might consider travelling to another country to have treatment sooner. If you are thinking about having cancer ...
This trial compared different ways of giving zoledronic acid for breast cancer that has spread to the bones. This trial was supported by Cancer Research UK. When cancer spreads to the bone it can make ...
This trial compared 2 devices to help men with urine leakage (urinary incontinence) after having surgery for prostate cancer. The trial was open for people to join between 2014 and 2017. The team ...
This study looked at lenalidomide (Revlimid) on its own and in combination with chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukaemia or myelodysplastic syndrome in people who had changes to a particular ...
What we eat and drink can affect our health, including our risk of cancer. Your overall diet (what you eat day-to-day) is more important than any one food.
Cancer treatments include surgery, radiotherapy and drug treatments such as chemotherapy, hormone therapy or targeted cancer drugs. There are many different types of tests and scans. Find out about ...