Help and support
This section will help you to find organisations providing help, support and information for anyone affected by lung cancer.
Link:Information prescription service
Produced by:NHS Choices
The information prescriptions service (IPS) brings together information from NHS choices and their charity partners, enabling you to create an information prescription, either yourself or with a healthcare professional. You can register so the information you have on your prescription can be saved for you to return to whenever you need it. This page of the NHS choices website is where you can start an information prescription, find out more about the service, or log in to retrieve a prescription you already have.
Link:Lung cancer
Produced by:Macmillan Cancer Support
This information tells you about primary lung cancer (cancer that starts in the lungs), its causes and symptoms and what is likely to happen if you are diagnosed with this type of cancer.
Link:Lung cancer
Produced by:NHS Choices
This is the lung cancer section of the NHS Choices website.
Link:Lung cancer
Produced by:CancerHelp UK
This section of CancerHelp UK is about lung cancer. It includes symptoms and causes, tests for lung cancer, treatment, living with lung cancer and current research.
Link:Lung cancer experiences
Produced by:Healthtalkonline
Healthtalk online have interviewed 45 people about their experiences of lung cancer.
Link:Lung cancer section
Produced by:The British Lung Foundation
The aim of this page is to explain what lung cancer is how it is diagnosed and how it is treated.
Link:Maggie's centres: where to find us
Produced by:Maggie's
Maggie’s Centres offer free, comprehensive support for people with cancer, their families and friends
Find out more about where our centres are located and what they offer.
Link:National Lung Cancer Forum homepage
Produced by:The National Lung Cancer Forum For Nurses
Information for patients, carers and health professionals whose work involves those with lung cancer.
Link:Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation
Produced by:The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation
A comprehensive information support and advocacy service for people affected by lung cancer throughout the UK Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation.
Link:Roy Castle: now and then - an autobiography
Produced by:The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation
This autobiography of Roy Castle provides a frank, vivid and often funny account of Castle's life both before and after he was diagnosed with lung cancer.
Link:The diagnosis and treatment of Lung cancer
Produced by:National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
Information for people with lung cancer, their families and carers and the public. (published in April 2011)
Link:Lung cancer
Produced by:Lungcancer.org
Homepage of the American lung cancer website.
Link:Lung cancer section
Produced by:Medline Plus
This is the lung cancer section. It gives news of latest developments and a useful list of contacts for each stage of the disease and its treatment.
Link:Lung cancer section
Produced by:National Cancer Institute
Detailed information about lung cancer some of which is available in a shorter format for the general public.
Link:Lung cancer section
Produced by:Cancer.Net
Comprehensive information about all aspects of lung cancer.
Page last edited: 29 July 2011
