A team of health care professionals discuss your treatment options. Your doctor will talk to you about your treatment options, their benefits, and the possible side effects. There are things you can ...

You swallow a capsule that contains a small disposable camera. The capsule is the size of a vitamin pill. The camera takes lots of pictures as it travels along your gut. The camera sends the pictures ...

The grade of a cancer tells you how much the cancer cells look like normal cells. This gives your doctor an idea of how your cancer might behave and what treatment you need. Adenocarcinomas start in ...

DPD stands for dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase. It is an enzyme the liver makes that helps the body break down thymine and uracil. Thymine and uracil make up part of the structure of our genes. Uracil ...

Most people start by seeing their GP. They can do some tests to help them decide whether you need a referral to a specialist. The tests your GP might arrange include: an examination of your prostate ...

Hormones are made naturally in the body. They control the growth and activity of normal cells. Before the menopause, the ovaries produce the hormones oestrogen and progesterone. After the menopause ...

The lymphatic system is similar to the blood circulation system. The lymph vessels branch through all parts of the body like the arteries and veins that carry blood. But the lymphatic system tubes are ...

What is secondary breast cancer? Secondary breast cancer means that a cancer that began in the breast has spread to another part of the body. It is also called advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

Screening tests are not perfect and have some harms as well as benefits. In the UK, there is an independent body of experts. They are called the National Screening Committee (UK NSC). The UK NSC makes ...

You may get your cervical screening results in the post. Some of the UK nations are starting to send results using an App . Results via the NHS App in England From ...

What is inflammatory breast cancer? In inflammatory breast cancer, the cancer cells often block the small lymph vessels in the breast. The lymph vessels (or lymph ducts) are part of the lymphatic ...

This information is about different types of treatment for cancer that started in the liver (primary liver cancer). If you have a cancer that started in another part of your body and has spread to ...