Cancer of the Oesophagus

UK sources of information and / or support

 The leaflets section of Patient UK

Includes a leaflet called Cancer of the Oesophagus

 CancerHelp UK

CancerHelp UK is a free information service about cancer and cancer care for people with cancer and their families. It is brought to you by Cancer Research UK. They believe that information about cancer should be freely available to all and written in a way that people can easily understand.

 Royal Marsden

A leading UK cancer centre, recognised worldwide for the quality of its services. Site includes comprehensive, authoritative patient information. See their Patient Information section.

 Oesophageal Patients Association

Their objectives are to help new patients and their families to cope with any difficulties arising as a result of treatment, giving support and encouraging them to make a good recovery.

 Macmillan Cancer Support

Macmillan provide cancer information, practical advice and support for cancer patients, their families and carers.

 Cancer of the Oesophagus

Factsheet from Core - (the working name of the Digestive Disorders Foundation).

 Treating Oesophageal Tumours

Information from the North London Cancer Network.

 Medicine Guide for Oesophageal Cancer

Medicine Guides provide reliable information about medicines (drugs), conditions and the different treatment options available. They have been developed in the UK as part of the Medicines Information Project.

 Cancer of the Oesophagus

Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide a wide range of patient information leaflets including one in this area.

 Palliative photodynamic therapy for advanced oesophageal cancer

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Palliative photodynamic therapy for advanced oesophageal cancer.

 Photo-dynamic therapy for early oesophageal cancer

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Photo-dynamic therapy for early oesophageal cancer.

 Thoracoscopically assisted oesophagectomy

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Thoracoscopically assisted oesophagectomy.

 Humberside Oesophageal Support Group

Support and information for people with oesophageal problems, mainly cancer but alsoBarrett's Oesophagus and related problems. Contains links tovarious other relevant sites.

 Oesophageal cancer

Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.

 Oesophageal cancer

Information from BUPA.

See also the Patient UK cancer page for many other links.

Further sources / more detailed information

Some non-UK sites

The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.

• Non-UK disease / illness sites
• Non-UK self-help / support group sites

More detailed medical information

The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.

• PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
• Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
• Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, Clinical Knowledge Summaries, etc.
• Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
• Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
• Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.