ask a question ask for advice contact us about Third Party Links The information on some of these sites may be quite complicated as they are mainly created for adults. However, the sites contain more detailed information about cancer than our site does, so should you want more information, they may be able to help. There is a brief description about each site above the link. If you come across any sites that are not listed here that you think we should know about, please e-mail it to us. If there is something on any of these sites that you find unhelpful, or if any site locations change, please will you again let us know, thanks. http://www.cancernet.co.uk/ Cancernet has information on cancer, treatment and prevention, diet and sexuality. UK http://www.nbocc.org.au/ The National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre has information about cancer, details of support groups in Australia and a section on resources for parents on the needs of children when their mother has breast cancer. AUS http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/cancer/ BBC Health cancer guide looks at living with cancer, diagnosis, treatment and beyond. UK http://www.cancerresearchuk.org Cancer Research UK has information about cancer and about cancer research. UK http://www.abcn.ca/index.html The Atlantic Breast Cancer Net has online support for women with breast cancer. It is aimed at adults and has a section on telling children about breast cancer. USA http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk CancerHelp has information on cancer types, treatment and support. It has information for adults about talking to children. UK http://www.cancer.gov The National Cancer Institute website has information on cancer types, treatments, statistics and research. It has a section on coping within the family, and when someone in your family has cancer. USA http://www.cancersupportuk.nhs.uk/ CancerSupportUK has information and advice about cancer and cancer services. It has information in Gujerati, Punjabi and English. UK http://www.mariecurie.org.uk The Marie Curie Cancer Care website has information on the charity and cancer research. It has a section for people who care for cancer patients at home, but this section is perhaps aimed more at adult and not young carers. UK http://www.equip.nhs.uk/topics/cancer.html Equip is a gateway to quality health and social care information for UK patients, their families and carers. This West Midlands site has information on cancer services in the west midlands and support groups UK wide. It also has links to other cancer websites. UK http://www.icr.ac.uk/everyman/about/malecancer.html The Everyman campaign is an initiative to raise awareness of male cancer issues and to banish the taboos surrounding men and cancer. Everyman has fact sheets about male cancers such as prostate and testicular cancer in an attempt to raise awareness in men about these diseases. UK http://www.cancer.org The American Cancer Society has information on cancer, types and treatment. It has information about people who have survived cancer and information about cancer prevention. USA http://www.wcrf.org.uk The World Cancer Fund’s UK site looks at educating people about cancer and preventing cancer. UK http://www.cancerindex.org The Cancer Index has information on cancer types and lists cancer resources throughout the UK. UK http://www.cancercare.org/ Cancercare is a website containing advice and information about cancer. It has sections for patients, professionals and families. USA http://www.piesforcancer.info PIES - Personalised Information, Education and Support for cancer patients and carers - offers user friendly and quick access to a wealth of quality assured information, which is relevant to individual needs in living with cancer at any stage of illness. PIES is developed by the same organisation who developed the riprap website. UK http://www.lrf.org.uk Leukaemia Research Fund (LRF) is a national UK charity devoted exclusively to improving treatments, finding cures and investigating the causes and prevention of cancers of the blood and related conditions, in children and adults. Their website includes a wide range of information for patients and professionals, some produced by the Leukaemia Research Fund as well as information gathered from other resources. UK http://www.lymphoma.org.uk/ The Lymphoma Forum and Lymphoma Assocation website has three sections with information and content specific to cancer professionals, lymphoma patients, relatives and friends or young adults. UK http://www.gillettecancerconnect.org The Gillette Women’s Cancer Connection website is a supportive site for women. It is a place where women share their experiences and can gain advice. There is a section for teens & kids, and partners of cancer patients that has articles around how to talk to your mum and a fear of losing her. USA http://www.goingfora.com VIRTUAL TOUR: The Royal College of Radiologists is offering this website to address some of the fears that are associated with a visit to the hospital. The site aims to demystify the experience by taking visitors through a virtual tour of a typical cancer unit. There are simple drawings and information about equipment used for investigations and treatments, accounts of patients' experiences and explanation about the role and work of staff involved. The site also contains frequently asked questions and links to other sources of information. http://www.macmillan.org.uk/ This Macmillan Cancer Support site looks at emotional and practical issues and support. It has a section for families, looking at their emotions and how they can help. UK http://www.cancerbackup.org.uk/Home Cancerbackup has now merged with Macmillan. Together they provide loads of information on cancer, prevention, treatment and coping. It has cancer information and a question and answer section. It’s book series includes publications on how to talk to someone about cancer. UK http://www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk/ This Bowel Cancer UK website includes information, fact sheets, questions to ask health professionals and contact details. http://www.class-action.org.uk/index.html Cancer Talk is an innovative new community programme by Macmillan Cancer Relief. It aims to increase awareness about cancer and allow schools to talk openly about the issues surrounding cancer. UK http://www.whybother.org.uk/index.html 'Why bother' - a website from Macmillan Cancer Support with general information about cancer and prevention, information about the charity and how you can help plus stories and forum for user interaction. UK Types of Cancer Read about all of the various types of cancer>> Greg - 7 years old I still get upset incase the cancer is still there. I sit behind my bed and cry alot.>>