Where this information about biological therapy comes from
This page tells you about the major sources of information that we use to put together this section of CancerHelp UK.
All our information is checked by cancer specialists. The names of our specialist reviewers are at the end of this list. We also try to find patients to review all our sections. If you have had biological therapy, live in the UK and would like to become a patient reviewer, you can write to us by clicking on contact us.
Electronic Medicines Compendium
www.medicines.org.uk
British National Formulary
www.bnf.org
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Guidelines
www.nice.org.uk
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
www.sign.ac.uk/
National Cancer Institute – USA
www.cancer.gov/
The Cochrane Library
www.cochrane.org/reviews/
PubMed Central – National Institute of Health Medical Archive of Science Literature
www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/
The Cancer Chemotherapy Handbook (6th edition)
Fischer, DS and others
Mosby 2003
Principles and practice of oncology (8th edition)
De Vita, VT Hellman, S and Rosenberg SA
Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2008
Dr Prem Mahendra
Mr Nick Duncan
Ms Debbie Wright
Mr Dermot Ball
Ms Netty Wood
Dee McLean, McDee Art, Medical Illustration
We would like to thank the many pharmaceutical manufacturers who have answered our questions while compiling this information.






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