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Multiple cancers
Stages and grades in cancer - what do they mean?

Cancer terminology can be complex and confusing. Find out more about cancer staging and grading and what that means, how it's done, and why it's important. 

Multiple cancers
What is immunotherapy?

Find out what immunotherapy is, how it works and how discovery research is helping immunotherapy cure cancer.

Multiple cancers
What is chemotherapy?

What is chemotherapy? How does it work, and how is it different to other cancer treatments? Discover how our research is helping to push forward chemotherapy breakthroughs.

Cervical cancer
Can cervical cancer be cured?

Cervical cancer is the 7th most common cancer worldwide, but around the world case numbers have been dropping dramatically. How has this happened and could there be a cure?

Oesophageal cancer
I lost my best friend and love of my life

Dealing with her own cancer diagnosis just four months after her husband passed away was terrifying. But Elinor feels fortunate that she was able to benefit from years of research. 

Breast cancer
I still cry every day for the loss of Cathrin

Anne's daughter Cathrin was just 34 when she was diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer. Devastatingly, treatment couldn't stop the cancer from spreading to her brain.

Pancreatic cancer
I lost both my parents to cancer

When Adam lost his dad to pancreatic cancer he was completely heartbroken. Then his world fell apart again when his mum was diagnosed with cancer too. 

Testicular cancer
Charities like Worldwide Cancer Research have helped change the outcomes of this disease

After losing his dad and both grandfathers to cancer, Jack was naturally terrified to be diagnosed with testicular cancer.

Curestarter Eilidh Mackay is pictured on a bridge wearing a yellow Worldwide Cancer Research t-shirt
Multiple cancers
I celebrated my two-year cancer-free milestone and I'm looking forward to the future

Eilidh and her family were devastated when she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia aged just 14.