Cancer of the Cervix

UK sources of information and / or support

 The leaflets section of Patient UK

Includes a leaflet on Cancer of the Cervix

 Jo's Trust

A registered charity dedicated to women with cervical cancer. Its primary activity is an online cervical cancer information, confidential medical advice and counselling service.Its secondary aim is to raise the public profile and understanding of cervical cancer and how it can be beaten.

 Macmillan Cancer Support

Macmillan Cancer Support aims to help people live with cancer by providing information and emotional support for patients, their families and health professionals.

 Cervical Cancer

Women’s Health Concern provides an independent service to advise, reassure and educate women about their health concerns. They provide a range of factsheets including one in this area.

 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.

 Cervical Cancer and Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Immunisation Website

This site contains information about the HPV vaccine for girls which will help reduce their risk of cervical cancer.

 Vaccination for Cervical Cancer

From the 'Behind the Medical Headlines' website developed to provide authoritative and independent expert commentaries on topical medical matters reported in the international media. Produced by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

 Royal Marsden

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

 Cervical Cancer (recurrent) Topotecan

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Cervical Cancer (recurrent) Topotecan

 Medicine Guide for Cervical Cancers

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. Includes detailed information about medicines used to treat cervical cancer.

 Treating Cervical Cancer

Information from the North London Cancer Network

  Preventing Cancer of the Cervix

This site is edited by Derek McLintock, BSc MB BS FRCOG, a Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician based in Hertfordshire, UK.

 Human Papillom (HPV) Virus

The Welsh Assembly Government provide a wide range of information and factsheets including one in this area.

  Healthtalkonline - Cervical Cancer

Healthtalkonline, is an award-winning charity website, which lets you share in other people's experiences of health and illness. The information is based on qualitative research into patient experiences led by experts at the University of Oxford.

 Cervical cancer

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

 HPV vaccination

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

 Cervical screening test

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

 Cervical 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.