Over the coming months, thousands of inspirational runners will take on these challenges to raise money and help beat cancer. Will you be one of them?

50,218 new cases of lung cancer, 2019, 2021-2022, UK.

Cancer is when abnormal cells start to divide and grow in an uncontrolled way. The cells can grow into surrounding tissues or organs and may spread to other areas of the body. The cervix is the lower ...

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 ...

2,556 new cases of mesothelioma each year, 2019, 2021-2022, UK. 2,200 deaths from mesothelioma, 2022-2024, UK.

Interventional trials aim to find out more about a particular intervention or treatment. Some of these trials may be randomised. This means that a computer puts those taking part into different ...

Compression treatment aims to control and reduce the swelling caused by a build up of lymph fluid (lymphoedema). It puts pressure on the area of swelling and encourages movement of lymph fluid around ...

59,413 new cases of breast cancer each year, 2019, 2021-2022, UK.

12,533 new brain, other CNS and intracranial tumours cases in the UK every year, 2019, 2021-2022, UK.

Staging is a way of describing the size of a cancer and how far it has grown. When doctors first diagnose a cancer, they carry out tests to: check how big the cancer is whether it has spread into ...

If you are looking for information about what makes a healthy diet and how eating a healthy diet reduces the risk of cancer, this can be found on our diet and cancer risk pages. We have separate ...

Mortality rates for cervical cancer in the UK are highest in females aged 85 to 89, with around 6% of all cervical cancer deaths occurring in this age group (2022-2024). Cervical cancer mortality ...