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The chemotherapy drug fluorouracil (5FU) comes in a cream called Efudix. You spread the cream on your skin. This is called topical chemotherapy. It treats the cancer cells where you apply it. Very ...

Not all cancers are the same. Some cancers grow quickly but many grow very slowly. When you are diagnosed with some types of cancer, you might not need treatment straight away. Doctors monitor you ...

What are immunotherapy and targeted cancer drugs? Targeted cancer drugs work by targeting the differences in cancer cells that help them to grow and survive. Other drugs help the immune system to ...

Staging means how big the cancer is and whether it has spread. Grading means how abnormal the cancer cells look under a microscope. These help your doctor decide which treatment you need. Doctors ...

What are fibrocystic breast changes? Many breast lumps are due to fibrocystic changes. The lumps can be caused by a collection of fibrous tissue in an area of the breast. Fibrous tissue is the same ...

Secondary liver cancer is when a cancer that started somewhere else in the body has spread to the liver. It is also called liver metastases. Secondary lung cancer is when a cancer that started ...

The lymphatic system is similar to the blood circulation system. The lymph vessels branch through all parts of the body like the arteries and veins that carry blood. But the lymphatic system tubes are ...

In the UK, the most common staging system for breast cancer is the TNM system. The TNM staging system stands for Tumour, Node, Metastasis. T describes the size of the tumour (cancer) N describes ...

Interventional trials aim to find out more about a particular intervention or treatment. Some of these trials may be randomised. This means that a computer puts those taking part into different ...

To find out the Grade Group, a pathologist looks at several samples of cells from your prostate. These are called biopsies. The pathologist grades each sample of prostate cancer cells based on how ...

DPD stands for dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase. It is an enzyme the liver makes that helps the body break down thymine and uracil. Thymine and uracil make up part of the structure of our genes. Uracil ...