UK sources of information and / or support

 Patient UK

Has an information leaflet called Colonic (Bowel) Polyps.

 Polyps

Fact sheet available from CORE.

 Bowel Polyps

Information from Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

 Polyposis Registry

Information from The St Mark's Hospital Foundation about familial adenomatous polyposis - a condition where many bowel polyps develop.

 FAP Gene Support

The site provides information from UK sources which aims to be up-to-date and easily understood by patients.

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, 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.