Metastasis is the process of cancer spreading to other parts of the body…

A medical menopause is when the menopause is caused by treatments…

The menopause is the time when a woman’s body becomes incapable of producing children…

A malignant tumour is a growth that is capable of continuing to grow, of invading nearby tissue and of spreading to other areas of the body if unchecked. Typically this is also what ‘cancer’ means to us. This is in contrast to a benign growth, which is not malignant or ‘cancerous’.
  

A mammogram is a type of screening using low-dose x-ray pictures of the breasts. These are then examined for evidence of breast cancer, in order to allow early treatment. Mammograms may be carried out in hospital or through mobile screening units in the UK.
  

A mastectomy is when a whole breast is removed as treatment for breast cancer. In the case of a simple mastectomy one or more lymph nodes will also be removed to check that the cancer has not spread. In a radical mastectomy all the lymph nodes on the affected side will be removed. In some [...]

Melanoma is a type of cancer that begins in the skin.