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
Cancer Research UK Cancer Statistics
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