About Cancer Research UK's patient and health information

The About Cancer pages began life as CancerHelp UK, one of the first comprehensive cancer websites based in the UK. 

This is the editorial policy for producing and reviewing health and patient information for Cancer Research UK's About Cancer web pages. 

This document sets out the editorial policy for the production of information on our clinical trials database.

This page tells you about the different sections on our clinical trials database, and the information included in each one.

Read the style guide for Cancer Research UK's pages on health information and patient information.

Who reviews our information and how often this is done.

Cancer Research UK's About cancer information is written for people with cancer and their family and friends. Find out how you can help us to develop and improve the information.  

Cancer Research UK’s health and patient information style guide is based on the principles of plain English. We use reputable sources to keep our information up to date. 

See our checklist for producing patient information pages for the Cancer Research UK website.