# Cancer Research UK: About Cancer

Source: https://onco.cc/collections/src-cruk-about-cancer/  
OnCo record `src-cruk-about-cancer` (Collection). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)"; commercial use needs a licence.

## TL;DR

Cancer Research UK's About Cancer pages give clear UK patient information, including NHS treatment pathways.

## Summary

Cancer Research UK's About Cancer pages hold patient information from symptoms to life after treatment in a UK context, including NHS treatment pathways. The pages are continuously updated, backed by a nurse helpline, and free to read; they are maintained by Cancer Research UK. They give clear UK patient information, including how treatment is organised in the NHS, where most patient sites are written for a US audience. On OnCo the source is listed with the tags source and patient, as the UK patient information counterpart to the US sites.

## Fields

- Kind: Collection
- Last checked: 2026-09-08
- Tags: source; patient
- URL: https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer
- Holds: Patient information from symptoms to life after treatment, UK context.
- Licence: Free

## Sources

- Cancer Research UK: About Cancer: https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer

## Connected records

- institutions: [Cancer Research UK](https://onco.cc/institutions/cruk/)
- collections: [Cancer Research UK nurse helpline](https://onco.cc/collections/cruk-nurse-helpline/), [Macmillan Cancer Support](https://onco.cc/collections/src-macmillan/)

---
JSON: https://onco.cc/api/v1/entities/src-cruk-about-cancer.json