The experts: oncologists on the simple, doable, everyday things they do to try to prevent cancer
Cancer doctors know better than anyone how you can give yourself the best possible chance of avoiding a disease that one in two of us will get. Here, they share the tips that they live by
May 2024
Trial results for new lung cancer drug are ‘off the charts’, say doctors
A common condition
Experts condemn US tobacco firm’s sponsorship of doctor training as ‘grotesque’
March 2024
The experts
Avoid mould and ride a bike: 20 expert tips on how to look after your lungs for life
With air quality an increasing worry, the health of our lungs has never been more important. Here, experts share how to take care of yours
February 2024
Let King Charles’s illness finally change how we speak about cancer: it’s not about ‘winning’ or ‘losing’ a ‘war’
Simon Jenkins
As someone treated for bowel cancer, I think attitudes must change but also the language, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
January 2024
UK has some of worst cancer survival rates in developed world, report says
Rates for lung, liver, brain, oesophageal, pancreatic and stomach cancers worse than in most comparable nations
November 2023
Living hell: Britain’s rent crisis
Man faces dying of lung cancer in London home full of black mould – video
Dimitrios Triantafyllidis has terminal lung cancer and is living in a house full of damp and black mould
October 2023
Pollutionwatch
Indoor wood burning raises women’s lung cancer risk by 43%, says US study
Results from study involving 50,000 women suggest even occasional wood burning can contribute to lung cancer
September 2023
‘Dire need’ for labels on alcohol and ads about unhealthy eating to cut avoidable cancers
Health campaigners call for hard-hitting messages about risks of drinking and of being overweight
The Guardian view on preventable cancers: we need to avoid illness as well as cure it
Editorial: Public health has been neglected for too long, and new research on the rise of lifestyle-linked cancers proves it
184,000 in UK to get preventable cancer diagnosis this year, study finds
Exclusive: Calls for crackdown on smoking, drinking and poor diet as study reveals £78bn cancer cost
July 2023
‘I had zero symptoms’: NHS trial detects lung cancer in fitness fan
Lung cancer diagnoses of UK women to outnumber men’s for first time
Lung cancer symptoms: what to look out for
AstraZeneca stock value falls by nearly £14bn after cancer drug trial results
June 2023
All people in England who have smoked to be offered middle-age lung screening
Lung cancer pill cuts risk of death by half, says ‘thrilling’ study
May 2023
Esther Rantzen reveals her lung cancer has progressed to stage 4
Veteran broadcaster says she has no regrets and treasures the friends she has made
April 2023
NHS lung cancer trucks boost early diagnoses in deprived areas of England
Mobile on-the-spot screening initiative begun in 2018 hailed as having ‘turned a huge corner’
November 2022
TV property presenter Jonnie Irwin reveals he has terminal cancer
A Place in the Sun and Escape to the Country host hopes he can inspire others to ‘make the most of every day’
