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Introduction
This website is for cancer patients, their families, friends and carers.
In it, you can…
- find out about cancers, tests and treatments, side effects and many other subjects
- get suggests on living and coping with cancer
- find out about cancer services for people on the Isle of Man
- look for sources of information, advice and support.
Information in this site is tailored to patients who live on the Isle of Man. If you live outside the area, you may still find this site to be a useful source of information. Please remember, though, that clinical practice may be different in your area. Please speak with your own health care team if you have a query about this.
Who is involved
This cancer information website for the Isle of Man, has been set up by the Isle of Man Macmillan Cancer Information Centre and the Council of Cancer Charities, with funding from Macmillan Cancer Support.
The aim of this site - and its limitations
We aim to provide basic and easy to understand information on subjects of interest to cancer patients, their families, friends and carers.
The information is general in nature. We do not try to cover every subject in full detail. Instead, we give you a basic, reliable introduction to each subject. You may then wish to look for more in-depth information elsewhere. We hope our site will help you to go back to your health care team better able to ask questions and to participate in your treatment and recovery.
Remember that every cancer patient is different, and we cannot give you advice about your particular condition or circumstances.
Our website is not a substitute for the professional medical advice and care you can expect from your doctors, nurses and others in your health care team.
Decisions about your care should be made only in consultation with your health care team.
If you are a diagnosed cancer patient, please consult your team in all matters relating to your diagnosis, treatment and care. Please don't be afraid to ask questions if there is anything you are concerned about, or don't understand.
If you have not been diagnosed with cancer but are worried about the symptoms you are having, please consult your GP as quickly as you can, so that s/he can arrange any tests that you may need.
Website
This website has been adapted from the Northern Cancer Network.
Our aim is to provide patients, their families, friends and carers with information that is as easy to understand as we can make it.
How this site is reviewed and updated
The information on this website is reviewed and updated by the staff and volunteers working in the Isle of Man Macmillan Cancer Information Centre. They liaise with health professionals and other agencies across the Isle of Man to ensure that the information is relevant and up to date. The individual web pages are checked on an annual basis for their content.
We are always interested to receive feedback from patients, carers, professionals and individuals who have suggestions about how the site might better meet their information needs.
All comments and concerns relating to the content and accuracy of the site will be discussed with the appropriate specialist health professionals and the staff of the Isle of Man Macmillan Cancer Information Centre.
The Isle of Man Macmillan Cancer Information Centre and the Council of Cancer Charities takes all reasonable care to ensure that this website is accurate and up-to-date, but shall not be held responsible for errors or omissions. Please consult your health care team or other professionals for specific information or advice regarding your medical condition or care.
Links to other sites and further reading
Throughout this site we have included links to other websites that we think may be of interest to you.
We have also included details of books, booklets, leaflets, DVDs, videos and CDs that you may wish to read, watch or listen to.
We cannot be held responsible for the information in these websites, or for other organisations' publications, videos and audio resources.
Whilst we take every care to refer you to reputable sources of information, if you access such information, you do so at your own risk.
We strongly advise you to talk with your own health care team before taking any action or decisions as a result of information you have read, seen or heard.
We regularly check the links to other sites, to make sure they are still working. If you can't access a site through the link, it may mean that there is a temporary problem. You may like to try again later.
Organisations and support groups
This website includes a database of Isle of Man and UK information organisations and support groups.
We try hard to keep the database accurate.
If you see anything that you think is inaccurate or out-of-date, please contact us.
We do not have any control over the organisations in our database, although we hope they are all reputable and responsible. We cannot accept any responsibility for the information or services the organisations provide.
However, if you have concerns about any of them, please tell us. We reserve the right to remove organisations from the database at any time, and for whatever reason.
If you are an information organisation or support group that would like to be included in the database, please contact our office. Inclusion is at the discretion of the Isle of Man Macmillan Cancer Information Centre and the Council of Cancer Charities members.
If you are already in our database and your details have changed, please send the correct details to our office.
We do not endorse any particular organisations or products, and the organisations listed have not paid for their details to be included.
This website does not accept advertising on this website.
Linking to our site
If you would like to link to our site, please link to http://www.cancer.org.im.
If you wish to provide a description with your link, we would prefer you to use the wording…
The 'Cancer Information Isle of Man Website' aims to provide simple, easy to understand information - at an introductory level - to cancer patients, their families, friends and carers. Subjects covered include cancers, tests and treatments, living with cancer, cancer services, and getting help and support.
We are keen to know which other websites are linking to ours. It would help us if you could tell us about your link - please contact our office. Thank you.
The Isle of Man Macmillan Cancer Information Centre and the Council of Cancer Charities respects your right to privacy.
The members of the Isle of Man Macmillan Cancer Information Centre and the Council of Cancer Charities will deal with your comments or queries. If we need to speak with colleagues as a result, we will do this in a way that protects your anonymity, unless you would like us to do otherwise.
We will not pass on any personal information about you to any other organisation or third party.
From time to time we will use information from user feedback to prepare statistics on site usage and to make recommendations about the future development of this website. Statistics and reports will protect the anonymity of site users.
If you have a comment or suggestion about this website, please contact us.
If you would prefer to write to us, our address is:
Macmillan Cancer Information Centre
Noble's Hospital
The Strang
Douglas
Isle of Man
IM4 4RJ
Telephone: 01624 650735
Fax: 01624 651219
We welcome your comments and suggestions. They will help us to improve our site.
If your comment requires a response, we promise to contact you as quickly as we can.
We're sorry, we cannot provide a personalised information service through this website. Your own doctor or treatment team are the only people who can answer questions about your cancer or treatment.
