Cancer
Questions about cancer?
Personal cancer guide
Service: Macmillan cancer support
Answer a few quick questions to get your personal cancer guide.
Get tailored information to support you – whether you are just diagnosed or undergoing treatment.
What is bowel cancer?
Service: NHS
Bowel cancer is cancer found anywhere in the large bowel, which includes the colon and rectum.
Get more information on symptoms, causes, tests and next steps, and treatment.
Your guide to bowel screening
Service: GOV.UK
You can choose if you take part in bowel cancer screening. This leaflet aims to help you decide.
You can also access animations in the top ten requested languages.
How to use the bowel screening kit
Service: GOV.UK
Instructions on how to use the home test kit.
Translations for using the kit and a short animation is also available.
What is breast cancer?
Service: NHS
Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women in the UK.
Get more information on symptoms, causes, tests and next steps, and treatment.
Cervical screening
Service: the eve appeal
NHS England announced changes to the cervical screening programme.
Here we explain the changes, the evidence behind them, and answer some of your questions.
Common questions about cervical screening
Service: The eve appeal
The eve appeal have answered some of Ask Eve’s most common questions about cervical screening. So get clued up and get booked in!
Find out how to book, what to expect and much more.
What is cervical cancer?
Service: NHS
Cervical cancer is a cancer that’s found anywhere in the cervix (the opening between the vagina and the womb).
Get more information on symptoms, causes, tests and next steps, and treatment.
What is lung cancer?
Service: NHS
There are usually no signs or symptoms in the early stages of lung cancer, but they eventually develop.
Get more information on symptoms, causes, tests and next steps, treatment, and prevention.
Guide to lung cancer screening
Service: NHS
A lung health check, part of the Lung Cancer Screening Programme, is designed to help find any issues early (often before you notice anything wrong).
Make sure you attend your appointment when you’re invited.
Local support
Pennine breast screening
Service: Bradford Teaching Hospitals
Pennine Breast Screening serves women from Bradford and Airedale.
Find out more about the service, symptomatic breast screening and getting to St Luke’s Hospital.
Get help from Macmillan
Service: Macmillan Cancer Support
Macmillan help everyone with cancer live life as fully as they can.
Whatever you need to ask, you can get in touch by calling, emailing or chatting online.
Help for people with cancer
Service: Cancer support Yorkshire
There are a range of services at the Bradford centre.
Attend free of charge, including counselling, groups and classes, and much more.
