Where this surgery information comes from

This page tells you about the major sources of information that we use to put together this section of CancerHelp UK.

All our information is checked by cancer specialists. 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 surgery for cancer, are a resident of the UK and would like to become a patient reviewer, you can write to us by clicking on 'contact us' at the right of this page.

Textbooks

Principles and practice of oncology (8th edition)
De Vita, V.T., Hellman, S. and Rosenberg S.A.
Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2008.

Oncology Nursing (5th Edition)
Langhorne M, Fulton J and Otto S.
Mosby, 2007

UK guidance

Informed consent in health and social care research: RCN guidance for nurses. The Royal College of Nursing, 2005 (publication code 002 267).

Websites

National Institute of Clinical Excellence Guidelines.
www.nice.org.uk

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
www.sign.ac.uk/

National Cancer Institute - USA
www.cancer.gov/

The Cochrane Library
www.cochrane.org/reviews/

PubMed Central
National Institute of Health Medical Archive of Science Literature
www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/