Survival depends on different factors. No one can tell you exactly how long you will live. Doctors usually work out the outlook for a certain disease by looking at large groups of people. Primary ...

In 2019/20, 14,000 volunteers gave 3.1 million hours of their time and sold items totalling £15 million. These funds are helping us start new clinical trials and research treatments as we speak. If ...

Doing event set-up is the best part of the job for me. You start, in the early hours of the morning, with an empty field. Four hours later, you have a fully functioning event site. It’s a fantastic ...

“I want people to cross the finish line with a big smile. I like to do the stage warm up and then run to the finish line. I’ll jump up and down, wave, and cheer. I get a lot of people coming up and ...

Surgery is also called an operation. It is a procedure where a specialist doctor called a surgeon removes or repairs some of the tissue in your body. Normally you have an anaesthetic before you have ...

Nic is a 25-year-old brain tumour cancer survivor from Scotland and currently lives in London. Nic is a member of the ...

Early detection and diagnosis (ED&D) research seeks to detect and diagnose consequential precancerous changes and cancer at the earliest possible point at which an intervention might be made, reducing ...

Phaeochromocytomas are rare tumours that start in the inner part of the adrenal gland. This is also called the medulla. They are a type of neuroendocrine tumour. They can happen at any age, but the ...

Palliative care is sometimes called supportive care. It offers relief, support and comfort to people, both in and out of the hospital setting. Having palliative care doesn’t mean you will die soon. It ...