Types of cancer

Risk of cervical cancer found to be twice as high in women with mental illness

Women with mental illness, neuropsychiatric disability, or substance abuse are less likely to go for gynecological smear tests for cervical cancer and run more than twice the risk of developing…

Processed red meat intake linked to increased incidence of blood cancers

Processed red meat intake is associated with an increased incidence of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) in a Japanese population, according to a study published online March…

All hormonal contraceptives increase breast cancer risk: 

All hormonal contraceptives carry a slightly increased risk of breast cancer, including the increasingly popular progestogen-only pills, according to a study published on Tuesday. The researchers who carried out the…

Do you have space for our Clothes recycling unit?

Balls to cancer have teamed up with local clothes recycling company Green Global Recycling to help raise funds. Over the last few years we have grown to know them very…