Cancer awareness dates - Macmillan Cancer Support
Cancer awareness days, weeks and months are important in helping us to spread awareness and show support for people living with cancer. Learn more about the different types of cancers and symptoms to look out for, as well as how you can get involved in supporting the lives of people diagnosed with cancer in the UK.
Signs and symptoms of leukaemia - Macmillan Cancer Support
Leukaemia (sometimes spelt as leukemia) is a cancer of the blood cells. If you have leukaemia, your body makes some abnormal blood cells. These leukaemia cells behave differently from healthy blood cells. Symptoms can depend on how quickly a leukaemia develops.
Cancer staging and grading | Macmillan Cancer Support
The TNM staging system is used to describe many cancer types. TNM stands for tumour, node and metastases. T describes the size of the tumour. Sometimes it also describes the exact area of the body affected by the tumour.
Lymphoma symptoms - Macmillan Cancer Support
The most common symptom of lymphoma is a painless swelling or lump in the neck, armpit or groin. This is caused by lymphoma cells building up in the lymph nodes, which makes them bigger. There are different causes of swollen lymph nodes.
Signs and symptoms of skin cancer - Macmillan Cancer Support
Below is a sample of the sources used in our skin cancer information. If you would like more information about the sources we use, please contact us at [email protected] National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) NICE pathways: Skin Cancer Treatment overview.
PSA test - Macmillan Cancer Support
The PSA test may help to diagnose very early prostate cancer before any symptoms develop. But there are benefits and disadvantages of having treatment for early prostate cancer. Sometimes a PSA test can lead to an earlier diagnosis of prostate cancer, when treatment to cure the cancer could be more effective.
Bowel cancer symptoms | Macmillan Cancer Support
The symptoms of bowel cancer may include:. blood in or on your poo (stools), or bleeding from the back passage (rectum) – the blood may be bright red or dark; a change in your normal bowel habit that happens for no obvious reason and lasts longer than three weeks – for example, diarrhoea or constipation
PET or PET-CT scan - Macmillan Cancer Support
A PET scan uses a low dose of radiation to check the activity of cells in different parts of the body. It can give more detailed information about cancer or abnormal areas seen on x-rays, CT scans or MRI scans.It may help doctors find out:
Staging prostate cancer | Macmillan Cancer Support
The stage of a cancer describes its size and how far it has spread. The results of your tests help your doctors decide on the stage.. Doctors often use the TNM staging system or a number staging system for prostate cancer.
Staging and grading of bowel cancer | Macmillan Cancer Support
T – describes how far the tumour has grown into the wall of the bowel, and whether it has grown into nearby tissues or organs.. N – describes whether the cancer has spread to the lymph nodes.. M – describes whether the cancer has spread to another part of the body such as the liver or lungs (secondary or metastatic cancer).. Tumour. The …