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Proton beam therapy can reduce radiation exposure to healthy tissues, but it does not eliminate the possibility of side effects.

Shoulder pain is common and usually has nothing to do with lung cancer.

Smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer, but there is no point at which someone can say that a certain number of cigarettes, or a certain number of years smoking, will cause the disease.

A fever during lung cancer is unsettling, and for good reason.

By Dr James Wilson, Consultant Clinical Oncologist. Last reviewed November 2026.

Skin cancer is not always obvious.

Skin cancer rarely develops according to a predictable timetable.

By Dr James Wilson, Consultant Clinical Oncologist. Last reviewed November 2026.

Immunotherapy can be an important treatment for some people with lung cancer, but its side effects are different from those typically associated with chemotherapy.

Blue light therapy sounds fairly straightforward. Put on some cream, apply light to the skin, and sort the problem out. That’s the general idea, but the treatment is a little more involved than that.

Can tattoos cause skin cancer? Dr James Wilson explains the evidence, warning signs and when a changing area needs checking.

Looking up lung cancer survival rates after a diagnosis is completely understandable.