April Awareness: testicular cancer

Time to talk about the most common cancer in men aged 15-44.

April awareness : oesophageal cancer

Oesophageal cancer is one of April’s trio of cancer types. The oesophagus, or gullet, is part of the digestive system, also known as the gastro-intestinal (GI) tract. It is a muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach. There were 511,054 new cases of oesophageal cancer worldwide in 2022, with a disparity in incidence […]

April Awareness: Head and neck cancers

April is Head and Neck cancer awareness month. Perhaps not the most widely-publicised cancer type, it was mentioned in a profile article in the UK Institute of Cancer Research’s newsletter, Search. With the ICR’s permission, here are some of the key points from the article.   The profile in question was on Dr. Ben O’Leary, […]

Air pollution causing global increase in lung cancer diagnoses among never-smokers

The World Health Organisation’s cancer agency reports that more non-smokers are being diagnosed with lung cancer, citing air pollution as a significant factor. Lung cancer in people who have never smoked cigarettes or tobacco is now estimated to be the fifth highest cause of cancer deaths worldwide, according to the International Agency for Research on […]

March = kidney cancer month

The third of our three ‘cancers of the month’ concerns the kidney. As the name implies, this type of cancer starts in the kidneys. Healthy cells in one or both kidneys grow out of control and form a lump, or tumour. It is one of the top 10 most common cancers in both men and […]

March = bowel cancer month: University of Arizona Cancer Center awarded $13,000 for Colorectal Cancer Research

March is a busy month in terms of cancer awareness. It’s the awareness month for kidney cancer and multiple myeloma. We have already written about the lesser-known myeloma cancer in a previous article: check it out. We’ll talk more about kidney cancer later in the month, but March is also the cancer awareness month for […]

March = Multiple Myeloma

Three cancer types have their awareness month in March: Colon and Kidney cancer, plus  Multiple Myeloma. Today we’ll look at Multiple Myeloma. Multiple Myeloma’s awareness colour is burgundy – a colour we don’t stock! Do you think we should? Drop us a line! The ‘multiple’ in this cancer’s name can be a bit scary, but […]

What if we could prevent rather than treat cancer?

Vaccines are a sensitive subject for some, but research is looking into using them to stop cancer before it even starts, by vaccinating healthy people. We already have vaccines that prevent some cancers – the ones caused by viruses, like HPV (papillomavirus) which leads to cervical cancer, or hepatitis B which can cause liver cancer. […]

February cancer awareness: gall bladder/bile duct cancer

In our series of articles about the different types of cancer, we move on to two rare but agressive forms of the disease, and whose awareness month is February. Gallbladder cancer  The gallbladder is part of the digestive system. It is a small pouch that stores bile, a fluid that helps to break down fats […]

Fibre is your friend

It reduces the risk of heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and colon cancer – while keeping our gut microbiome and brain healthy. Yet we all eat far too little of it.  What could it be? Fibre! And while 30g a day is the target, most of us are falling short. We know. We’ve said […]

Climbers Against CancerS

Sometimes we think we should have called ourselves Climbers against Cancers, plural, because there isn’t just one type. In fact, there are more types of cancer than months in the year, which is quite a depressing thought! There are some variants depending on what country you are in, but if we look at the list […]

Cancer prevention. Lose the smokes

As a charity we often focus on research into cancer, and more recently into living with and beyond the disease. But the age old saying ‘prevention is better than cure’ also applies to cancer. So much physical and emotional pain (and expense to our stretched healthcare systems and the economy in general) could be avoided […]