Kim Kardashian recommends a full-body MRI scan – should I get one?

The tests are presented as a way to detect early cancers or ‘silent killers’ – but are they a good idea if I’m otherwise healthy?

For 61 years I’ve been too lazy to use sunscreen. How badly have I damaged my skin – and is it too late to change?

Too much sun can lead to everything from wrinkles to skin cancer. Time to get myself checked out – and turn over a new leaf

New screening trial could save thousands from prostate cancer

The £42m Transform project aims to find the best way to catch the disease in men in its early stages

If only other cancer patients could wish it all away, just like heroic Elle Macpherson

Like other celebrity wellness entrepreneurs, the former model seems to peddle nonsense

Elle Macpherson refused to have chemotherapy after breast cancer diagnosis

Supermodel says she is in remission after being diagnosed seven years ago and rejecting some aspects of conventional medicine

‘I try not to think about dying’: Sven-Göran Eriksson on his terminal illness, scandal, and why he feels sorry for the next England manager

The England men’s team’s first foreign manager was blamed for their failure and had his private life splashed across the tabloids. Now, with months to live, he’s got some scores to settle

Why AI mole mapping can be a lifesaver in detecting skin cancer

For those at higher risk, the tech can log, chart and document the changes of even a minuscule freckle

DIY smear tests are on their way? I’ll be first in the queue

I’m sure they’ll be tricky, given how much I struggled with lateral flow tests. But anything beats having to involve another human being, writes Emma Beddington

Sunbeds increase the risk of skin cancer, whatever TikTok tells you

There are no health benefits to tanning beds: they don’t help you produce vitamin D and are no substitute for proper medical treatments for skin conditions

The experts: oncologists on the simple, doable, everyday things they do to try to prevent cancer

Cancer doctors know better than anyone how you can give yourself the best possible chance of avoiding a disease that one in two of us will get. Here, they share the tips that they live by