Where this information about cancer comes from

On this page are the major sources of information that we use to put together this section of the website.

About this page

All our information is checked by cancer specialists and surgeons who specialise in treating cancer. The names of our specialist reviewers are at the end of this list.

We also try to find patients to review all our sections. If you have had cancer, live in the UK, and would like to become a patient reviewer, you can write to us by clicking on contact us.

Websites

National Cancer Institute (USA) – Information about cancer

Link to NCI website

Cancer Research UK Cancer Statistics

Link to Cancer Stats

Electronic Medicines Compendium

Link to Electronic Medicines Compendium website

Books

The Textbook of Uncommon Cancers (5th edition)
Raghavan and others
Wiley Blackwell, 2017

Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology (12th edition)
VT DeVita, TS Lawrence, SA Rosenberg
Wolters Kluwer, 2023

Cancer and its Management (7th edition)
J Tobias and D Hochhauser
Wiley-Blackwell, 2015

AJCC Cancer Staging Manual (8th edition)
American Joint Committee on Cancer
Springer, 2017

Ross and Wilson Anatomy and Physiology in Health and Illness (14th edition)
A Waugh and A Grant
Elsevier Ltd, 2023

TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours (8th edition) 
International Union Against Cancer
James D. Brierley (Editor), Mary K. Gospodarowicz (Editor), Christian Wittekind (Editor)
Wiley-Blackwell, 2016

Specialist reviewers

Dr David Gilligan, Consultant Oncologist.

Dr Nazia Mohammed, Consultant Oncologist.

Jackie – Patient reviewer

Diagrams and videos

Dee McLean – MeDee Art, Medical Illustration (Original illustrations) 

Next review due: 6 November 2026