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Why use skin balms instead of creams?

cancer skincare

Why use skin balms instead of creams?

You might have noticed that on Beauty Despite Cancer we talk a lot more about balms than creams and lotions. The reason is because of our focus on ...

cancer

The guidelines to skincare during radiotherapy

One of the things cancer patients and their loved ones often ask us is how to look after skin during cancer treatment. Doctors are sympathetic, but...

breast cancer

New fertility hope for cancer patients

We love a good news story, especially in the lead up to the holiday season, and science is delivering one this month for people whose fertility is ...

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Being in the moment: New Year when you have cancer

Any special occasion can be filled with mixed emotions when you or a loved one has cancer, but especially Christmas and New Year, which is an inten...

cancer

The best gift I received during cancer treatment

In recent articles we have spent time putting together Christmas gift guides to help you support your loved ones during cancer treatment. However, ...

cancer

What to say when someone’s been diagnosed with cancer

Whenever anyone is going through something extremely difficult many of us find it hard to know what to say. We don't want to cause offence, we don'...

beauty

Best gifts for her during cancer treatment

Knowing what to get someone as a gift is tricky at any time, but when someone is going through cancer treatment there's a double whammy to consider...

cancer

Best gifts for him during cancer treatment

From chemotherapy to radiotherapy, surgery and all the bits in between, cancer treatment has side effects that affect the skin, hair, nails, mental...

breast cancer

Supporting someone after a mastectomy

A mastectomy is a form of surgical treatment that is often featured as part of the medical approach to breast cancer. In this article we wanted to ...

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Common side effects of breast cancer treatment and how to help

A cancer diagnosis is a lot to take in, and as soon as you have one you're introduced to a whole new world of language, information, statistics, ex...

breast cancer

Secondary Sisters: our experience with secondary breast cancer

Secondary Sisters is dedicated to changing perceptions around living with incurable breast cancer. Founded by Laura Middleton-Hughes and Nicky Newm...

breast cancer

Fiona Macrae: my experience with secondary breast cancer

Fiona was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer 15 years after her primary diagnosis. The length of time between her first and second diagnosis me...

breast cancer

Jo Taylor: my experience with secondary breast cancer

Jo Taylor is the founder of MetUp UK, the only secondary breast cancer patient advocacy group in the UK, and ABC Diagnosis. Having been diagnosed w...