CancerHelp UK
Tel (freephone): 0800 800 4040
Web: www.cancerhelp.org.uk
CancerHelp UK is the patient information website of Cancer Research UK. They provide a free information service about cancer and cancer care for people with cancer and their families. They believe that information about cancer should be freely available to all and written in a way that people can easily understand. The website includes the following:
- About cancer
- Specific cancers
- Coping with cancer
- Worried about cancer?
- Your stories
- Books and links
- Cancer treatments
- Complementary and alternative therapies
- Cancer symptoms and side effects
- Questions and answers
- Cancer research
- Help and support
Do you have a question about cancer? Call their team of specialist nurses on the above number.
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