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Cancer

Leukaemia and other blood cancer treatments are a postcode lottery in the UK – this has to change
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Fiona Hazell

Leukaemia and other blood cancer treatments are a postcode lottery in the UK – this has to change

This World Cancer Day, Leukaemia UK CEO Fiona Hazell explains why the government must act now to stop leukaemia devastating lives
Meet the people helping homeless women get vital smear tests: 'You've got to hear their voices'
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Women's health

Meet the people helping homeless women get vital smear tests: 'You've got to hear their voices'

'It's like a death sentence when I'm not guilty': How the UK is failing women in prison with cancer
Prisons

'It's like a death sentence when I'm not guilty': How the UK is failing women in prison with cancer

Our health system is failing both men and women – but it's gender equity we need, not equality
Dr Zac Seidler

Our health system is failing both men and women – but it's gender equity we need, not equality

Going through cancer treatment with a learning disability is tough. Here's how doctors can help
Learning Disability Week 2024

Going through cancer treatment with a learning disability is tough. Here's how doctors can help

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I'm a cancer patient. I have to work from hospital during treatment or risk falling into poverty
Statutory Sick Pay

I'm a cancer patient. I have to work from hospital during treatment or risk falling into poverty

Assisted dying: The right to die shouldn't only be for the rich. But could legalising it harm the poor?
norman ward
Assisted dying

Assisted dying: The right to die shouldn't only be for the rich. But could legalising it harm the poor?

Risk of dying from cancer much higher in poorer areas of England, shameful study shows
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Poverty

Risk of dying from cancer much higher in poorer areas of England, shameful study shows

Slade star Noddy Holder breaks silence after throat cancer diagnosis: 'I kept it very low key'
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Exclusive

Slade star Noddy Holder breaks silence after throat cancer diagnosis: 'I kept it very low key'

Tributes paid to social investment pioneer and valued member of the Big Issue family James Fairweather
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In memory

Tributes paid to social investment pioneer and valued member of the Big Issue family James Fairweather

'His first thought was to help others': Tributes to former Big Issue Invest CEO as he faces cancer diagnosis
James Fairweather is fighting to raise funds for brain cancer research as he faces the disease himself. Photo: courtesy of James Fairweather and family
Big Issue

'His first thought was to help others': Tributes to former Big Issue Invest CEO as he faces cancer diagnosis

'I've had the worst diagnosis. Now I want to raise awareness of brain cancer'
James Fairweather and his family
Health

'I've had the worst diagnosis. Now I want to raise awareness of brain cancer'

Greg Wise: 'Strictly is not really about dancing. It's about being alive'
Greg Wise
Strictly Come Dancing

Greg Wise: 'Strictly is not really about dancing. It's about being alive'

A science charity wants to replicate cancer research culture in mental health
Health

A science charity wants to replicate cancer research culture in mental health

Will we ever get a cure for cancer?
Cancer cells
Health

Will we ever get a cure for cancer?