Cancer

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A man with black hair and a black shirt stands next to a taller man who has his arm around his shoulder. The man on the right is wearing a red shirt and a Bayern Munich scarf. They are standing in a football stadium.

Stem cell donation leads to a football friendship

A man who recovered from blood cancer becomes friends with the stem cell donor who helped save him.

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43 mins ago

Tim Swinburn smiling at camera wearing glasses and leather jacket

RAF veteran 'saved' by new blood cancer treatment

Tim Swinburn is one of the first to receive STARGLO therapy for diffuse large B cell lymphoma.

43 mins ago

17 hrs ago

Two men wearing black suits and a woman wearing a white dress stand on a dancefloor with lights shining on it, as other people stand around the side watching and clapping. One of the men is hugging the woman while the other stands nearby.

Terminally ill dad's cancer campaign inspires song

Stoke-on-Trent's Simon Deakin wrote Woke Up This Morning to go towards Kevin Griffiths' fundraising.

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19 hrs ago

A close-up image of a man with short grey hair, wearing black-framed glasses and a hospital gown, propped up on a pillow in a hospital bed with a breathing tube in his nose.

'I didn't think a man could get a breast cancer lump'

Paul Jennings has a mastectomy after doctors found a pre-cancerous lump on his breast.

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1 day ago

A woman with a shaved head and long eyelashes smiles at the camera. She is wearing a grey hoodie.

Breast cancer is rare in young women – but I had it

Three women diagnosed with the disease in their 20s urge others not to ignore the signs.

1 day ago

Pictured is Seren, Mark and Clare. Seren has a unicorn headband on, and gems on her face. She is smiling at the camera. She has a purple top on. In the middle, is her dad Mark. He is smiling at the camera and wearing black sunglasses. He has a black top on too. To the right of the photo, is Seren's mum, Clare. She has gems on her face too. She has a green unicorn headband on. She is smiling at the camera, and has curly brown hair.

Grieving family welcome PM's brain cancer promise

A family whose daughter died from a brain tumour welcome the PM's promise of more brain cancer investment.

1 day ago

A man in a green jacket crosses his arms and looks directly at the camera. He is standing in front of an ambulance and is smiling.

Man inspired to give back to NHS after transplant

Ashley Gray was inspired to become a transport worker after undergoing life-saving treatment.

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2 days ago

Pope Leo XIV thanks wellwishers in first event after cancer surgery

The Pope's first event since his lung cancer diagnosis and surgery saw him recite the traditional Angelus prayer from the balcony of the Apostolic Palace.

2 days ago

Mr Gerald Gui and artist and former patient Ruth Swain smiling for a photo under his portrait at the Royal Marsden Hospital. They are in the staircase.

Artist honoured her surgeon with his portrait

Ruth Swain tells the story of her breast cancer diagnosis and how she painted Dr Gerald Gui.

2 days ago