CancerHelp is one of the (if not the) most important websites for patient information about cancer.  The site contains many thousands of pages about all aspects of all types of cancer.

It also comes with the backing of the UK's biggest cancer charity - Cancer Research UK.  It is not surprising, therefore, that the site receives many millions of hits every month.

One of the things we always liked about this site was its simple, plain format.  There is very little extraneous information on the page, and users are not impeded by unnecessary graphics or promotional material.

Therefore, when we heard the site had been redesigned to bring it into line with the CRUK brand identity, we wondered whether some of this simplicity would be lost.

We needn't have worried:  the new site succeeds in style. 

• Visit the new CancerHelp UK website
• View CancerHelp UK information on UK Prostate Link
  

How does this affect our ratings of CancerHelp?

As the old site was already high quality, there is limited scope for improvement.  However, the we noted the following points:

• The Home page gives you all you need to know about cancer on one page without having to scroll.  This is quite an achievement! 
  
• The site editorial policy is now fully explicit about the stages the provider goes through before content gets published.  This is rigorous and evidence-based, as well as being checked by a team of qualified experts.  This increased the site's Reliability score.