That Cancer Conversation
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That Cancer Conversation
From chemotherapy appointments to artificial intelligence, we explore the stories from the people affected by cancer and find out about the cutting-edge research unravelling its mysteries. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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What happens when royalty get cancer?
Welcome to another episode of That Cancer Conversation!
For our series finale, Sophie is joined by royal correspondent and best-selling author,...
What is radiotherapy?
Welcome to another episode of That Cancer Conversation!
Here in the UK, radiotherapy plays a part in treating more than 140,000 people with canc...
Are we looking after our skin?
Welcome to another episode of That Cancer Conversation!
We're entering the summer season and hopefully expecting some sunny weather. But with wa...
Can foods be cancerous?
Welcome to another episode of That Cancer Conversation!
In this episode Sophie delves into the big topic of food and cancer.
She begins t...
Why are more younger adults getting cancer?
Welcome to another episode of That Cancer Conversation!
We think of cancer as a primarily elderly disease but there’s a rising trend of cancer...
The Bowelbabe Fund special
Welcome to another episode of That Cancer Conversation!
In this special episode, we’re celebrating the Bowelbabe Fund for Cancer Research UK....
When will we get cancer vaccines? (Part 2)
Welcome to another episode of That Cancer Conversation!
In our last episode, ‘What are cancer vaccines?’, Sophie spoke to Dr Heather Shaw to le...
What are cancer vaccines? (Part 1)
We're back with the third season of That Cancer Conversation, the podcast from Cancer Research UK.
Have you heard of cancer vaccines? Maybe you'...
Can I inherit cancer?
Our DNA is made up of 3000 million letters of code. They make up genes within our DNA and are responsible for how cells in our body grow and multiply....
Longer, better lives: Ep.4 Can government policies prevent cancer?
In the UK 4 in 10 cancer cases are preventable.
But what can the government do to stop those 4 out of every 10 cancers before they even start?<...
One to one with Rhian: Volunteering Special Part 2
Welcome back to another episode of That Cancer Conversation!
We’re kicking off Volunteers’ Week 2024 with the second of our special episodes ce...
One to one with Penny: Volunteering Special Part 1
Welcome back to another episode of That Cancer Conversation!
Here at Cancer Research UK, we’re grateful to benefit from the support of more tha...
Longer, better lives: Ep.3 Why is there a £1 billion research funding gap?
You can’t beat cancer without scientists.
Without research the progress we've made in beating cancer wouldn’t be where it is today. But that pr...
One to one with Dr Anisha Patel
Welcome to another episode of That Cancer Conversation!
While bowel cancer is relatively rare for people in their 30s and 40s to get bowel cance...
One to one with Shaumya
Welcome to another episode of That Cancer Conversation!
April is Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month, where charities and the young...
Longer, better lives: Ep.2 Why did a doctor have to wait for cancer treatment?
We’re back with another episode of our subseries, Longer, better lives! This series unpacks our recently published manifesto, Longer, Better Lives: A...
What's causing the cancer care gap?
We’ve made huge progress on cancer in the last 50 years.
But not all of it has been felt equally. People’s experience of the healthcare system,...
Longer, better lives: Ep.1 What is Cancer Research UK's manifesto?
Welcome to another episode of That Cancer Conversation! We’re launching a new subseries which unpacks our recently published manifesto, Longer, Better...
The world of clinical trials
Clinical trials are a vital step in the development of new medicines of any kind, and that includes new cancer treatments. They aim to find out whethe...
How does cancer affect a family?
Our latest podcast is about how families cope with cancer, and the scientific progress helping them through.
Austin was diagnosed with a type of...
One to one with Dr Laura Danielson
In our new podcast series, That Cancer Conversation: One to One, we’re talking to the people who make Cancer Research UK what it is.
September...
How can we improve LGBTQ+ cancer care?
Beating cancer means beating it for everyone. And crucial to doing that is tackling health inequalities, unfair and avoidable differences in health ac...
Could food improve cancer treatment?
When thinking about cancer treatment, our first thoughts may be about surgery or chemotherapy.
But what about what we eat?
In this episo...
Sex, intimacy and cancer
Kicking off the second season of That Cancer Conversation, we talk about sex, intimacy and cancer.
From chemotherapy to sex shops, we sit down w...
That Cancer Conversation is back!
That Cancer Conversation is back for season 2! Join our digital news team, Amy, Jacob, Sophie, and Tim, as they bring together the stories and the sci...
Why haven't we cured cancer?
Cancer has inhabited earth for longer than humans have, but we don’t have a one-fits-all, silver-bullet cure.
From Egyptian mummies and medieva...
The vaccination of a generation
Last year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced an ambitious plan: to create a ‘cervical cancer-free future’. The potential reward is huge. I...
Black in Cancer
This episode, we're joined by Sigourney Bell, a researcher at the University of Cambridge, whose work looks to find new treatments for supratentorial...
Can we grow the treatments of tomorrow?
From malaria to multiple sclerosis, plants have given us compounds which help treat countless conditions. But could a tree growing on your street hold...
Will cancer make me infertile?
For the first episode of That Cancer Conversation, we explore infertility and cancer.
From teenage body worries to an intercontinental surrogacy...
Welcome to That Cancer Conversation
Join our new podcast, That Cancer Conversation, where we explore some of the most fascinating personal stories and cutting-edge innovations that you p...