Macmillan has spent more than 100 years helping people living with cancer. From the moment someone is diagnosed with cancer, we're there with all the information, support and guidance they need, to ...

A team of specialists meet to talk about the best treatment for you. They are called a multidisciplinary team (MDT). The MDT look at national treatment guidelines or the latest evidence for the type ...

Nivolumab is also called Opdivo ®. It is a type of immunotherapy drug called a checkpoint inhibitor. Nivolumab can be given on its own or in combination with other drugs to treat many different types ...

Hormonal therapy for breast cancer can sometimes cause pain in the joints and muscles. Joint pain is also a common symptom of the menopause. Joint pain is probably caused by a decrease in oestrogen ...

When you are affected by cancer, you may be able to get benefits to help with extra costs and support you if you need to stop working. Benefits are payments from the government to people who need ...

A ureteric stent is a thin, flexible tube that can be placed inside the ureter to hold it open. The ureters are the tubes that carry urine (pee) from each kidney to the bladder. This type of stent is ...

A toilet card is a card that you can show quickly and easily to staff in shops, pubs and other places. It explains that you have a medical condition and need urgent access to a toilet. Sometimes it is ...

Prognosis means the likely outcome of a person’s illness. If you have been diagnosed with cancer, this might be something you ask your cancer doctor or specialist nurse about. Or you may decide that ...

Signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer, fallopian tube cancer and primary peritoneal cancer are often similar to other conditions. Find out when your GP should offer you cancer tests. a change in your ...

SIRT is a type of internal radiotherapy. It may be used to treat the following: Cancer that has spread to the liver from the large bowel. It may sometimes also be used to treat cancer that has spread ...

In this video, Pragati shares what a usual day looks like while living with cancer and having anti-cancer treatment. She talks about her daily routine, coping mechanisms and the Tameside Macmillan ...

If you've taken part in one of the below events, there is specific information on how to pay in your fundraising. If you want to pay in money you have collected or fundraised as a group, you can use ...