Cancer
The Great Daffodil Appeal
The Great Daffodil Appeal, supported by Yellow Pages, takes place throughout the month of March. In this month Marie Curie Cancer Care aim to get everyone across UK to give donations for daffodil badges and wear them with dignity.
Hugh Grant is supporting this year’s Great Daffodil Appeal. He said: "When my mother was dying of cancer I saw at first hand what a fantastic thing the Marie Curie Nurses do for people who want to die at home.
"I am now their biggest fan and proud to be backing their Great Daffodil Appeal in March."
For more information go to The Marie Curie Cancer Care websiteWhat is cancer?
We are made from millions of tiny cells. As we grow, cells keep on dividing and increasing in number. Most of our cells stop dividing when we stop growing. Some cells keep on dividing for the whole of our lives, so that things get replaced when they are worn out.
Cancer is caused by cells in our bodies continuing to divide when they should have stopped. The dividing cells create a lump that is called a tumour. There are two types of tumours. A benign tumour is harmless and does not spread. A malignant tumour is cancerous and can grow into body parts nearby so that it can be difficult and sometimes impossible to remove. It can also spread because bits can break off and grow in different parts of the body. Sometimes a cancer is not a lump, but faulty cells in the bone marrow or lymph nodes.
