The Latest Breaking News on Cancer

Kayleigh McLean was told she'd be seen within a fortnight last November, but she didn't get her biopsy until January.

Melanoma skin cancer is the fifth most common cancer in the UK with around 16,700 new cases every year

Every year in the UK, around 147,000 new cases of non-melanoma skin cancer are diagnosed

Higher summer temperatures caused by climate crisis may lead to more cases of melanoma, say medics

"Paul was one of those people who just made you laugh. He was a character and always made people smile"

Breakthrough research could see some genetic cancers neutralised before they take hold and is already being used for people at risk

The drug could be available to men before the end of this year

Classical dancer Ananda Shankar Jayant on fighting cancer and emerging stronger

“We need to emphasise that prostate cancer can be a silent or asymptomatic disease, particularly in its curable stage. Waiting out for urinary symptoms may mean missing opportunities to catch the disease when it’s treatable"