Cancer

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Can a simple photo of your face reveal how ill you are?

AI may help doctors judge how ill a patient is using a single photograph of their face, say US researchers.

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Stem cell donation leads to a football friendship

A man who recovered from blood cancer becomes friends with the stem cell donor who helped save him.

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Tim Swinburn smiling at camera wearing glasses and leather jacket

RAF veteran 'saved' by new blood cancer treatment

Tim Swinburn is one of the first to receive STARGLO therapy for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

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Terminally ill dad's cancer campaign inspires song

Stoke-on-Trent's Simon Deakin wrote Woke Up This Morning to go towards Kevin Griffiths' fundraising.

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A close-up image of a man with short grey hair, wearing black-framed glasses and a hospital gown, propped up on a pillow in a hospital bed with a breathing tube in his nose.

'I didn't think a man could get a breast cancer lump'

Paul Jennings has a mastectomy after doctors found a pre-cancerous lump on his breast.

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Breast cancer is rare in young women – but I had it

Three women diagnosed with the disease in their 20s urge others not to ignore the signs.

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Pictured is Seren, Mark and Clare. Seren has a unicorn headband on, and gems on her face. She is smiling at the camera. She has a purple top on. In the middle, is her dad Mark. He is smiling at the camera and wearing black sunglasses. He has a black top on too. To the right of the photo, is Seren's mum, Clare. She has gems on her face too. She has a green unicorn headband on. She is smiling at the camera, and has curly brown hair.

Grieving family welcome PM's brain cancer promise

A family whose daughter died from a brain tumour welcome the PM's promise of more brain cancer investment.

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Man inspired to give back to NHS after transplant

Ashley Gray was inspired to become a transport worker after undergoing life-saving treatment.

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Pope Leo XIV thanks wellwishers in first event after cancer surgery

The Pope's first event since his lung cancer diagnosis and surgery saw him recite the traditional Angelus prayer from the balcony of the Apostolic Palace.

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