Sometimes cancer can spread to the eye from another part of the body. This is called secondary eye cancer. In women this is most likely to happen with breast cancer, and in men this is most likely to ...

A high calcium level in your blood is called hypercalcaemia. It’s pronounced high-per-kal-see-mee-a. It is a serious but treatable condition. High blood calcium levels sometimes happen if your cancer ...

Ovarian cancer is when abnormal cells in the ovary, fallopian tube or peritoneum begin to grow and divide in an uncontrolled way. They eventually form a growth (tumour). If not caught early, cancer ...

The stage of a cancer tells you how big it is and whether it has spread. There are 4 stages of ovarian cancer. The grade means how abnormal the cells look under the microscope. The stage and grade ...

Bowel cancer is cancer that starts in the large bowel (colon cancer) or back passage (rectal cancer). It is also known as colorectal cancer. Survival depends on many factors. No one can tell you ...

Bowel screening aims to find cancer early or to find changes in your bowel that could lead to cancer. How often do you have it? People who can take part receive a bowel cancer testing kit every 2 ...

Advanced ovarian cancer means that the cancer has spread outside the ovary. It may have spread within the pelvis or abdomen, or further away to other parts of the body such as the lungs. Some women ...

In the UK in 2017-2019, on average each year more than a third of new cases (36%) were in people aged 75 and over.[1-4] Age-specific incidence rates rise from age 25-29 more steeply for females than ...

There are over 100 different types of brain tumours. Tumours can start in any part of the brain or spinal cord. They are usually named after the type of cell they develop from. Read about the ...

Survival depends on many factors. No one can tell you exactly how long you will live. Below are general statistics based on large groups of people. Remember, they can’t tell you what will happen in ...