Cancer

Chemotherapy and Radiation: How to best prepare yourself?

1 Oct 2024 • 1 Like • 1 comment

Undergoing chemotherapy or radiation for cancer can feel overwhelming, especially for first-time patients. These treatments aim to target cancer cells, but they also come with side effects that can...

Cancer

Cancer-related Fatigue: Everything you need to know!

3 May 2024 • 1 Like

According to Cancer Research UK, the country sees an estimated 375,400 new cancer diagnoses each year. Approximately 49% of these cases occur in women, while men account for 51% of the cases.Fatigue...

Cancer

Cancer: How to go on holiday while undergoing treatment?

4 Feb 2022 • 4 Likes

Every day, around 1,000 new cases of cancer are discovered in the UK. Fortunately, tremendous strides have been made in medical treatment and the mortality rate is falling. The grim perception of...

Breast cancer

Breast self-evaluation (BSE): A means of early breast cancer detection

20 Dec 2021 • 1 Like • 1 comment

Breast cancer is the most common and deadliest cancer in women. 1 in 8 women is likely to develop it in her lifetime. However, the mortality rate is decreasing year by year, thanks to improved...

Breast cancer

Breast cancer: How to be comfortable in your clothes while in treatment?

4 Oct 2021

Not only is breast cancer treatment hard on your physical health, but it can also take a toll on your mental health. Breast cancer patients often mention losing a sense of themselves and their...

Cancer

The History of Cancer: Everything there is to know!

22 Feb 2021 • 1 comment

One of the leading causes of death in the UK, cancer develops from the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the body, which can take over and destroy normal body tissue.But what do we know about...

Cancer

Beauty Tips to Fight against Breast Cancer!

19 Jan 2021

The ability to feel like yourself can be one of the most effective treatments of all. That's why, when fighting breast cancer, it is really important to be able to maintain some of your old habits,...

Cancer

Cancer diagnosis: Carenity members tell their story

25 Feb 2020 • 1 comment

Our members affected by cancer have told the story of their diagnosis. Symptoms, emotions, examinations, relationships with their doctors.

Breast cancer

Breast Cancer diagnosis: Carenity members tell their story

15 Jan 2020 • 1 comment

33% of responding members said they were "horrified" when they received their breast cancer diagnosis. Read more about Carenity members' experiences with their breast cancer diagnosis and share your...

Cancer

Cancer Treatments: Biologic therapy and Immunotherapy

22 Nov 2019

What is biologic therapy? How can it help treat cancer? What does it mean when a doctor talks about immunotherapy? At what point during treatment and under what conditions should a patient be given...

Cancer

Cancer: 'If exercise was a pill it would be prescribed to every patient'

21 May 2018 • 1 comment

Exercise should be prescribed to all cancer patients, and not to do so would be harmful, some of Australia’s leading experts on cancer have warned. The Clinical Oncology Society of Australia has...

Breast cancer

Brain-training exercises aid emotional recovery after breast cancer, study shows

26 Apr 2018 • 4 comments

Simple brain-training exercises carried out at home have been shown to reduce emotional vulnerability in female breast cancer survivors, according to new research. Academics at Birkbeck, University...