Can broccoli cure cancer?

Broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables contain a group of phytochemicals that seem to have cancer-preventing properties

Scenes from cancer’s theatre of the absurd

Review: Lopsided: How Having Breast Cancer Can Be Really Distracting by Meredith Norton and My Diary by Mio MatsumotoTwo books provide wry insights into what it is like to live with breast cancer, says Geraldine Bedell, and why humour often seems the only rational response

Running to recover

Katharine Locke had never exercised before she was diagnosed with breast cancer. After months of painful treatment she completed her first 5km challenge

Stop the rot

Researchers have found a link between gum disease and cancer. How worried should we be, asks Lucy Atkins

I am lucky

More than 16 years have passed since my beloved sister died from breast cancer. Aged just 40 and with three small children, she didn't want to die and she fought hard