Like Jackie Collins, I kept my cancer diagnosis a secret – and I don’t regret it

Keeping her illness from her sister Joan must have been one of the hardest decisions Jackie Collins had ever had to make – I did the same to protect my parents

‘What’s a uterus?’ Health illiteracy could be the death of us

As a doctor I meet women who believe gynaecological cancer can be caused by promiscuity, and people who don’t know how to take their pills. Education is the remedy

Gynaecological cancer: ‘women are literally dying of embarrassment’

If my patient had come a few months ealier, she would have been cured with a simple operation

Stigma around gynaecological cancer stopping women from visiting GP

One in five wrongly believe womb and ovarian cancers are linked to promiscuity, Eve Appeal poll reveals

Is it time to hit the booze before NHS cuts really kick in? – cartoon

Even drinking very small amounts of alcohol can increase the risk of cancer

The harm doctors do when patients are labelled ‘anxious’

Doctors are often too quick to label patients ‘anxious’ without considering the harm this can do to their care. We need to put ourselves in their shoes

My wife’s £10,000 bill for cancer treatment makes me appreciate the NHS

Faced with the huge cost of vital healthcare in South Africa, I’ve realised how lucky we are to have the NHS in the UK. We must fight to protect it

Overexposed: the sun damage that can lead to skin cancer – and how to treat it

Despite the warnings, many of us still overdo it in the summer sun. Here are the main types of skin damage to watch for and what to do about them

Prostate cancer twice as likely to kill black men as white men, study finds

Researchers say study suggests need to target black men for screening of prostate cancer, which is projected to become the UK’s most common cancer by 2030

Run for your life: why cancer treatments won’t stop me

Jenny Baker planned plenty of runs to celebrate her 50th birthday. Instead, she found herself undergoing chemotherapy. If she couldn’t do marathons, she could at least run to the hospital each time