Cancer myths and questions

What is prostate cancer? How does it begin, and who is most at risk? And how are we helping to bring new treatments to patients?

Advanced oesophageal cancer can be aggressive and hard to cure. But why is it so hard to treat? And how is discovery research providing hope for new cures? 

What is lung cancer? How is it caused? And how are we driving even more new and much needed lung cancer research?

Vegan diets have been associated with a reduced risk of cancer but it's not clear if not eating meat is the true cause. We explain what the research tells us about vegan diets and cancer. 

Alternative therapies - such as herbal medicines and homeopathy - are sometimes advertised as a way to cure cancer. We explain how damaging this can be.

You might have heard about the sweetener aspartame, but what is it and what does it have to do with cancer? 

Mesothelioma, also known as 'the asbestos lung cancer',  is a rare but deadly type of cancer that is mainly caused by exposure to the industrial chemical asbestos.