Links
This is a list of web sites that may provide further useful information and support. It is in no way exhaustive but hopefully will provide some help and advice at a difficult time.
Local charity set up for those with cancer in the Peak
District to enable them to undertake an adventurous activitywww.cancerindex.org
Resources, information and advice for people with cancerwww.bmtsupport.ie/index.html
Bone marrow and stem cell transplant support for patients and familieswww.cancerbacup.org.uk
Help and information for those with cancerwww.braintumour.org
Brain tumour society resource for patients, relatives and health professionals.www.chionline.org
Network of support and care for children with life threatening conditions and their familieswww.myeloma.org.uk
Resource with information packs and telephone hotline for these with myelomawww.asbestos.com
Information on asbestos, mesothelioma and other cancers that are caused by asbestos exposurewww.roycastle.org
Advice and support for those with lung cancerwww.leukaemiacare.org
National charity funding research and support for those with leukaemia and other related cancerswww.jeansforgenes.com
Support page for people with neurofibromatosiswww.opa.org.uk
Organisation and charity for survivors of oesophageal cancerwww.ovacome.org.uk
National support group for those affected by ovarian cancerwww.prostate-cancer.org.uk
Support and research into prostate cancerwww.patient.co.uk
Index of links to self help and support groups for those with cancer and other illnesseswww.thyca.org
Programme to help health carers and survivors of thyroid cancerwww.cancerindex.org
List of support groupswww.canceradvice.co.uk
Self help and support groups for those with cancerwww.breastcancercare.org.uk
Self help, information and support for those with breast cancerwww.mndassociation.org
Information and support for those with motor neurone diseasewww.tcrc.acor.org
Information and support for those with testicular cancerwww.britishlungfoundation.org
Support and information for those with lung diseasewww.digestivedisorders.org.uk
Research and information on diseases of the digestive tractwww.bristolcancerhelp.org
U.K. leading holistic centre for those with cancerwww.cavcare.org
Cavendish Centre in Sheffield providing integrated care for those with cancerwww.nhsdirect.nhs.uk
Advice available 24 hours a daywww.stop-smoking-for-life.com
Advice and support to stop smokingwww.bhf.org.uk
British heart foundationwww.stroke.org.uk
The Stroke foundationwww.helptheaged.org.uk
Help the agedwww.alzheimers.org.uk
The Alzheimer’s societywww.kidney.org.uk
Kidney donor informationwww.patientopinion.org.uk
The aim of the organisation is to record the experiences of patients and carers