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Breast cancer in men: what you need to know

Breast cancer in men: what you need to know

It is a common misconception that men don’t get breast cancer.

Men’s mental health before, during and after a cancer diagnosis

Thanks to the enormous amount of work done by the Movember Foundation team since 2003, November has traditionally become the month dedicated to rai...

Men Talking Cancer?

My work involving cancer is very varied. Whether I am speaking at conferences or working with charities, generally there are many more women involv...

The Male Perspective of a Cancer Diagnosis By Chris Lewis

I was totally oblivious to the seriousness of my situation when I had a call from the hospital to come and see a specialist for a check-up. Admitte...

Mum Guilt vs. Cancer Mum Guilt by Danielle Hambridge

When I first saw 2 blue lines on the pregnancy test, I instantly started planning the future for our baby. It was my birthday, 12th September 2017,...

Spotlight on Defiant Beauty Nail Oil

Nails can become damaged as a side effect of chemotherapy. This happens when chemotherapy drugs targeted at unhealthy cancer cells also attack heal...

Mastectomy surgery – what it is and what to expect

When we think about breast cancer surgery, probably one of the most commonly talked about options is a mastectomy, but what it actually involves is...

Pinktober - It Will Turn You Green By Joanne Taylor

And here we are again... October - time for 'awareness' and everything in the town to be painted pink - #pinktober as it's called on twitter.

Swimming with the sharks can actually be the best experience of your life. By Juliet Vigurs

Hi, my name is Juliet, I’m 50, I live in Yorkshire with my partner and our 4 children & 2 dogs. I was diagnosed with breast Cancer in September...

Ten Thousand Gifts

Oncology skincare and holistic therapy specialist, Jennifer Young is gifting 10,000 skincare products from her Beauty Despite Cancer brand, in supp...

There is more to cancer than the colour pink

If I asked you what the colour was for appendix cancer or oesophageal cancer – would you know? But I bet you know what the colour is for breast can...

Cancer? Who, Me? By Keely Freeman

My story of breast cancer diagnosis. I was getting undressed one evening, the same way I always get undressed. I slipped my bra strap off and someh...

I wanted to let you know that you have changed my life

I cannot overemphasize how much finding Defiant Beauty has meant to me. Kay had no inkling of the challenge she was about to face until a routine m...