Types of cancer

Bowel cancer
What do the different stages of bowel cancer mean?

Discover what each stage of bowel cancer means and how Curestarter support is helping research to transform treatment from early detection to advanced cancer breakthroughs.

Pancreatic cancer
Why haven't we cured pancreatic cancer yet?

Pancreatic cancer is a type of cancer that has seen some improvements in survival rates but it continues to be one of the most difficult types of cancer to diagnose and treat. Why is that the case?

Breast cancer
How curable is breast cancer?

Learn how curable breast cancer is, how survival rates vary by stage, and how research like ours is helping more people live longer, healthier lives.

Breast cancer
What is triple negative breast cancer and why do we need more research?

Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a particularly aggressive type of breast cancer for which more research is urgently needed. 

Melanoma
What is melanoma and why do we need more research?

Learn what melanoma is, what causes it, who is at risk, and how it is treated. Discover why further research into melanoma cancer is needed.

General cancer research
What is secondary cancer?

Discover what secondary cancer is, how it spreads, common symptoms and how research is helping improve treatments.

Blood cancer
What is blood cancer and why do we need more research?

What are blood cancers? How are they caused? And how are we helping to start new blood cancer cures? 

Cervical cancer
Can cervical cancer be cured?

Cervical cancer is the 7th most common cancer worldwide, but around the world case numbers have been dropping dramatically. How has this happened and could there be a cure?

Brain cancer
What are brain tumours and why do we need more research?

What exactly is a brain tumour? How do they begin, and what treatments exist? Most importantly, how is research helping to improve life for people with brain tumours?