Cancer and cancer research explained

Bowel cancer
Understanding bowel cancer screening

Discover how bowel cancer screening saves lives, where it falls short globally, and how research like ours is helping to detect cancer earlier and move toward cures.

Bowel cancer
What do the different stages of bowel cancer mean?

Discover what each stage of bowel cancer means and how Curestarter support is helping research to transform treatment from early detection to advanced cancer breakthroughs.

Multiple cancers
How do targeted therapies treat cancer?

Targeted cancer therapies work in a very different way to most other cancer treatments. But what are they and how exactly do they work? How is our research helping to make targeted therapy a reality for thousands of patients? 

Bowel cancer
I never thought I would be in my thirties and have cancer

When Nick noticed that he had been feeling much more tired than usual, it didn’t even cross his mind that it could be cancer. But then everything changed.

Pancreatic cancer
Why haven't we cured pancreatic cancer yet?

Pancreatic cancer is a type of cancer that has seen some improvements in survival rates but it continues to be one of the most difficult types of cancer to diagnose and treat. Why is that the case?

Multiple cancers
Cancer stages and grades explained – what they mean and why they matter

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 are incurable cancers?

Discover what incurable cancer means, which cancers are hardest to cure, and how research is offering new hope through life-extending treatments.

General cancer research
Why is cancer research important?

We explore why cancer research matters, how it leads to new treatments and cures, and why funding early stage discoveries is vital for a future when no life is cut short by cancer.