Important and interesting cancer related links
Cancer Research UK
The major national cancer research charity in the UK.
Tenovus
National Cancer Charity.
Macmillan Cancer Relief
National charity, devoted to ensuring the best possible quality of life for people with cancer and supporting over 1,400 Macmillan nurses.
Marie Curie - Cancer Care Charity
Marie Curie is one of the largest cancer charities in the UK. The charity provides services in nursing hospices research and education.
Cancer BACUP
A UK charity providing information and support for cancer patients.
National Cancer Research Network
Improves the integration, quality and speed of research in the UK.
Medical Research Council
Involved in medical research, including clinical trials and research into cancer.
The Cochrane Collaboration
International organisation that maintains evidence based systematic reviews on all areas of healthcare, in order to provide patients, clinicians and policy makers with the highest quality information on which to base treatment decisions.
Cancer Research Wales
Welsh charity that funds research into breast and prostate cancer.
Cancer Care Cymru
A new Welsh charity that provides trained oncology nurses in hospitals giving excellent advice and information to patients affected by cancer.
Wales Cancer Bank
Stores samples to enable research into cancer.
Lynn's Bowel Cancer Campaign
TV presenter married to John Stapleton of GMTV. Lynn campaigns all over Europe about bowel cancer after being diagnosed and surviving this terrible disease.
A November To Remember
A remarkable book wonderfully written by Taryn Mckeiver about her battle with bowel cancer.
Maxine Edgington
A lady that fought and bravely lost her fight against bowel cancer. Co-wrote the song "We Laughed" with Billy Bragg the famous south coast performer. Song tells story of her determination and love of life. Very poignant.
Helena singer of song "We laughed"
A song sung in Cornwall in an old fishermans inn by Helena to Marcia and I on our 25th wedding anniversary in July 2006. Played at Marcia's funeral at St Catherines church, Pontypridd and will always be close to my heart.
BBC NEWS
News and advice on Bowel and all other cancer related subject matter.
Point of Care Laboratories
A Scottish company that supplies home testing kits for Bowel Cancer. The tests are done over 3 days and if the results prove positive this does not necessarily mean you have the disease. However, further investigation to determine the cause of the irregularities is required.
European Cancer Patient Coalition
An organisation making cancer a priority for action on the European Health policy agenda.
Wales Gene Park
"Harnessing Genetics to advance Research, Healthcare, Education and Innovation".
DNA Inside Cancer
Very informative American scientific website with animation that shows the genetic causes of cancer.
Lifescan
UK's leading provider of private CT assessments. Can reveal the early signs of bowel cancer, lung cancer, aneurysms, heart disease, osteoporosis and other illnesses. Catch them early and they can be treated quickly and effectively.
Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Foundation
Sharon Osbourne's website with information on her fight and campaign against Colon Cancer in America.
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
NICE is an independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance on promoting good health and preventing and treating ill health.
Cancer Research and Genetics U.K.
A sister UK registered charity to Bowel Cancer Wales. Conceived and designed in conjunction with above as a natural progression and with aims to raise awareness into all types of Cancer, Research and its Familial Genetic links.
Updates on Cancer screening in Wales
Shows all current action plans on proposed cancer screening in Wales.
American Joint Commitee On Cancer
Website that explains TNM (Tumour Nodes Metastases ) staging which is used by doctors as a guide to determine the cancers size and amount of spread.
Dukes staging is another system used by physicians.
Colorectal Cancer Research Today
Online Research journal on Cancers and also covers 312 other health related problems.
Wellcome Trust/Sanger Genome Research Institute
Leading Genome research institute using sequencing, informatics and analysis of genetic variation based in Cambridge UK.
Bowel Screening Wales
The Bowel Screening Wales programme which was announced by the Welsh Assembly Government in February 2007, has launched a website with information about the programme.
