Chemotherapy treatment has boosted the survival rate to 96 per cent

More than 80 per cent of people diagnosed with malignant melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer, will now survive the disease, scientists have said. Yet British sunbathing habits mean the number of cases continues to rise.

Actress: 'Nothing's going to stop me coming back next year'

Cancer Research figures show oesophageal cancer has doubled in the last 30 years

Michael Douglas may have been displaying admirable candour when he told a journalist this weekend that his throat cancer had been caused by a virus “which…comes about from cunnilingus” – but he also sparked a minor health scare.

Primate of England will be 'out of action for some time' after operation

Just asking people to donate in their wills could create windfall, says Whitehall behavioural unit

Increase may be linked to obesity and diets high in red and processed meat

Outlook I always wanted to smoke but couldn't inhale. At least, not without nearly coughing up my guts. Those teenage attempts to impress girls and peers alike ended up with me spluttering and them laughing. But there was no doubt that if I could master the art of puffing a ciggie, then I would at the very least look like an appealingly dishevelled private eye from film noir.

Ministers could announce plans to introduce plain packets for cigarettes later this year, reports suggest.

Facebook, Google and Amazon team up with scientists to create game that sorts through genetic data

More than a third of people in Britain might delay seeing a doctor over symptoms they think could be serious because of difficulty making an appointment, a study has revealed.

It might have helped the Victorians build an empire, but having a stiff upper lip could be putting Britons in mortal danger from cancer, researchers claim.