About Cancer Research UK's patient and health information

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.

The Patient Information Web team and expert reviewers regularly check and revise all the patient information on the website.

Cancer Research UK's About cancer information is written for the general public and 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.

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

As a research charity, we do not have the resources to help the large number of students who contact us about their project work. But there is a lot of information on the Cancer Research UK website that you will find helpful.