Lots of people talk about checking themselves to try and spot cancer early. It’s good to be aware of what your body is normally like, so it’s easier to notice if anything changes. Checking yourself ...

Early phase clinical trials are carried out to find out how safe and how effective an intervention is. Early phase clinical trials often use new and experimental therapies which may offer patients ...

Donate your quality, pre-loved items or buy from our shops and online marketplaces. Every sale of your donated pre-loved items in our shops or on our online marketplaces helps to raise much needed ...

Volunteering in a charity shop is a great way to make new friends and learn new skills. Click through to find out how you can help us make a difference.

In 2019/20, 14,000 volunteers gave 3.1 million hours of their time and sold items totalling £15million. These funds are helping us start new clinical trials and research treatments as we speak. If you ...

When a close friend or relative dies, you go through a normal process called grieving. We grieve after any sort of loss in our lives. But it is most powerful when someone we love dies. Grieving is not ...

Cancer Research UK is the largest cancer research organisation in the world outside the USA. We fund research on all aspects of cancer from its causes to prevention and treatment. We are committed to ...

Chemotherapy uses anti cancer drugs to destroy cancer cells. Sometimes doctors use the word cytotoxic to describe the way chemotherapy works. Cytotoxic means toxic to cells. Some people may have ...

Eye cancers are rare and do not always cause problems with your sight. The effect on your sight depends on: the type of eye cancer you have where in the eye the eye cancer is how advanced the cancer ...

Researchers around the world are looking at better ways to diagnose and treat eye cancer. Go to Cancer Research UK’s clinical trials database if you are looking for a trial for eye cancer in the UK.