- StyleFrancesca Specter
Cancer patient marries childhood sweetheart hours before death
Gary Smart, 33, was engaged to marry Laura Smart, 31, next year, but last month he was diagnosed with terminal cancer.
- StyleHolly Hales
Crown Princess of Norway details battle with incurable lung disease
The condition can have a five-year life expectancy after diagnosis.
- StyleAlex Lasker
Woman learns she has cancer from photo at tourist attraction: 'I would never have known'
A British tourist was stunned to learn she had breast cancer after a photo opportunity at a museum picked up on the presence of a tumor.
- StyleFrancesca Specter
Defiant cancer patients reveal surgery scars in moving photo series
Cancer patients have revealed their surgery scars as part of a new photo series aiming to depict the “gritty and raw reality” of the illness. Some 16 men and women took part in the “Defiance” project, released as part of Cancer Research UK and Channel 4’s Stand Up To Cancer fundraising campaign. Photographer Ami Barwell, who took the images, called the project an “act of rebellion”. She said: “Cancer isn't pretty, it can be dark, painful and destructive. But we aren't playing to cancer's rules. These people are strong, beautiful and, most of all, defiant.” READ MORE: Women ditch their bras for breast cancer awareness Barwell previously shot the “Mastectomy” project in 2017, which was inspired by her mother undergoing the surgery after suffering from breast cancer twice. She said: “My previous Mastectomy series was inspired by my mum, who has had breast cancer twice, and a mastectomy, so this was a subject very close to my heart. “I wanted to raise as much awareness for breast cancer as possible, showing women baring their scars in a series of gritty and honest portraits. I received emails from women worldwide explaining how my photographs had inspired them and given them strength. READ MORE: Two women with incurable breast cancer set up 'Secondary Sisters' support group “For many, these were the first photographs they'd seen showing women post-mastectomy as beautiful, sexy, strong and amazing. I knew I had to carry on raising awareness with Stand Up To Cancer and empowering people through my photographs.” One in two people will develop some form of cancer during their lifetime, according to the NHS. In the UK, the four most common types of cancer are breast cancer; lung cancer; prostate cancer; and bowel cancer. Cancer Support UK offers physical and emotional support to people with all kinds of cancer across the UK.
- StyleFrancesca Specter
Women ditch their bras for breast cancer awareness
Women are encouraged to go without a bra for breast cancer awareness.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Dying man has beautiful bucket-list wedding entirely donated by well-wishers
Myles Harrison has a brain tumour and was recently given a terminal diagnosis.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Two women with incurable breast cancer set up 'Secondary Sisters' support group to offer hope to others
Secondary Sisters aims to change perceptions of people living with incurable cancer and support those in the same position.
- StyleHope Schreiber
Teacher writes her own moving obituary before dying of cancer: 'Do what is important to you'
After a two-year-long battle with laryngeal cancer, a Pennsylvania teacher has passed away. The 32-year-old, however, left one final lesson in her self-written obituary.
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Beyoncé’s father Mathew Knowles reveals breast cancer diagnosis: signs, symptoms and risk factors for men
The singer's 67-year-old father is set to reveal his breast cancer battle on 'Good Morning America'.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: 15 things survivors want you to know
One woman is diagnosed with breast cancer every 10 minutes
- StyleFrancesca Specter
Woman with rare cancer type left looking nine months pregnant
Jemily Brown, 35, a mum-of-one from Sandhurst, Surrey, was diagnosed with pseudomyxoma peritonei in September 2017.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
As Sir Rod Stewart tells men to check for prostate cancer, here’s what you need to know
The 74-year-old singer was diagnosed in 2017 but is now prostate cancer-free.
- StyleFrancesca Specter
Olivia Newton-John makes red carpet return after breaking pelvis due to stage IV cancer
Newton-John accepted a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2019 Industry Dance Awards.
- StyleKorin Miller
'Nobody deserves cancer': There's a lung cancer stigma, and it's making people sick
Learning you have cancer is a difficult diagnosis to bear. But for people with lung cancer, there’s an added layer of stress thanks to a pervasive and harmful stigma associated with the disease.
- StyleLauren Clark
Women told by UK's top doctor to eat two fewer biscuits a day or risk cancer
Two McVitie’s milk chocolate digestive biscuits contain 166 calories.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
'Waist size as important as BMI in defining obesity'
The size of the waist is also an important indicator of overall health.
- StyleFrancesca Specter
Woman who beat cancer so excited she broke 'cancer-free' bell
"Cancer bells" are typically rung by patients at the end of treatment.
- StyleFrancesca Specter
One glass of fruit juice a day linked to 'higher risk' of cancer
It is believed to be to do with the sugar contained in the beverage.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Boys aged 12 and 13 to be offered HPV vaccine: Here's what parents need to know
Boys aged 12 and 13 will be offered the HPV vaccine from September.
- StyleFrancesca Specter
Obesity overtakes smoking as risk factor for four common cancers
In cases of bowel, kidney, ovarian and liver cancer, obesity is a bigger risk factor.
- StyleJayne Cherrington-Cook
It’s not easy dating when you’re dying: Seven relationship lessons from Kristin Hallenga
Kris Hallenga, founder of Coppafeel and kicker of Cancer's ass for the past 10 years, dishes some serious life truths about dating.
- StyleCaroline Allen
80 per cent of women don't know that alcohol increases risk of breast cancer
The risk can be increased by having one drink per day.
- StyleCaroline Allen
Simon Thomas opens up about his wife's blood cancer: Here's how to spot the signs
Gemma Thomas died just three days after being diagnosed with blood cancer.
- StyleCaroline Allen
Little boy eats five meals a day to save his father's life
The boy’s dad has leukaemia and needs a bone marrow transplant.
StyleMarie Claire DorkingA 10-minute scan could soon let men know whether they're likely to develop prostate cancer
Men could be offered one scan between the age of 55 and 60 and be given “peace of mind” for the rest of their life.
