Today, most people with cancer are treated as outpatients, meaning they don’t have to stay in the hospital. But they still often need help, support, and encouragement.

Chemotherapy is a vital treatment option for cancer patients, but it is often associated with side effects. One of the most common and distressing side effects is nausea and vomiting.

When cancer spreads to other parts of the body, it is called metastasis. Bones are one of the most common sites for cancer metastasis. Some cancers are more likely to spread to the bones, including the breast, prostate, kidney, thyroid, and lung.

Colorectal cancer is the presence of malignant or cancerous cells in the colon or rectum.

Cancer staging is a system used to describe the extent and spread of cancer within the body, helping determine prognosis and guide treatment decisions. Cancer staging is determined by information such as TNM staging, histological grading of the cancer and other factors

It’s better not to assume your doctor will automatically prescribe pain medication or keep increasing it

A common reaction to the initial diagnosis is a feeling of utter shock

Cell division is usually a tightly regulated process with only an exceedingly small margin of error

Simply defined, palliative care is care that is responsive to the needs of patients

Tumour markers are substances (often proteins) that are produced by some cancer cells

During your cancer treatment you need to keep up your energy and strength and one way of doing this is by eating well.

The immune system is the body’s defense mechanism against illness and infection

It’s highly doubtful that your life after cancer would just carry on where it left off

While it will naturally take some time for the shock of your diagnosis to set in, your life will still continue and this includes your sex life

Small steps in the right direction

Can I exercise when I have cancer?

The testicles produce sperm and testosterone. Testosterone is a hormone which plays a role in the development of a man’s reproductive organs1

Prostate cancer develops when normal cells in the prostate become abnormal and start growing uncontrollably, forming a tumour or mass.

Breast cancer is a malignant tumour that begins in the cells of the breast. The disease occurs mainly in women, but men can get it too.