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One promising treatment for patients with blood cancers is stem cell transplantation. Doctors completely eliminate the patient’s immune system by aiming chemotherapy, radiation or both at their bone marrow before replacing it with a donor’s immune system. Because the bone marrow produces blood and immune cells, completely substituting cancerous bone…

An additive used to cure meats like ham could soon be restricted in France following a fresh report from the country's health agency.

Ashley Medicks, who has cutaneous T cell lymphoma, has been supporting Lymphoma Action for more than two decades

Jackie Bell, Jane Reid, Patricia Jardine and Gail Graham have raised around £60,000 over the years for the cause

Dr Elaine Willmore, who was treated for skin cancer in 2004, is backing a campaign from partners Cancer Research UK and NIVEA Sun offering advice on enjoying the sun safely

France's national food safety agency is encouraging people to reduce their consumption of ham and charcuterie after it confirmed an association between the risk of cancer and exposure to nitrates and nitrites used to cure and preserve prepared meats.

In NHS Lanarkshire, only 82.4 per cent of patients were seen within two months. In the equivalent quarter last year 90.9 per cent started treatment.

The 70-year-old had prostate cancer 10 years ago and last January he had a recurrence of it, but nothing stopped him from completing the swim for his patient

Actor Chadwick Boseman, star of Marvel’s Black Panther, died in 2020 aged 43 from colon cancer. It came to light last month his estate would be split evenly between his widow and his parents, following a legal process.