Husband, wife and even family dog defy odds to survive cancer
Bruce Wade and his wife Jan could be forgiven for thinking they have been dealt more than their fair share of misery in the last four years. Both had been diagnosed cancer, with Mr Wade given just six months to live. Even family dog William was diagnosed with cancer too. But against the odds, all three have beaten the disease and survived

Rick Parfitt: I wept with fear when told I had cancer
Last December, Rick Parfitt was diagnosed with suspected throat cancer. Here, the Status Quo guitarist and singer tells DAVID HURSTwhat this meant for him and the group, who have had more hit singles than any other band in British chart history

Cancer: the great sex divide
Bill and Val Elliott were diagnosed with cancer within one hour of each other. What happened next exposes shocking inequalities in care for men and women

‘Giving birth left me in a wheelchair’
When Maria Rubia, 26, became pregnant with her first baby, she never imagined giving birth would put her in a wheelchair. Here, Maria, who lives in Swindon, Wilts, with fiancé Jay Taylor, 28, tells of her struggle to discover what had happened and her battle to walk again.

Obesity In Prostate Cancer Patients Predicts Cancer Recurrence And Progression
Obesity in a patient is an independent predictor of whether localized prostate cancer will progress following radiotherapy treatment, say researchers at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.In a study reported in the Aug. 1 issue of the journal Cancer, researchers found that moderately and severely obese patients had a 99 percent greater risk of developing biochemical failure (an early marker of cancer progression) than other patients. [click link for full article]