National cancer charities

The UK has many charities specialising in cancer. Some of these are the largest charities in the UK. Others are smaller specialist charities for specific types of cancer including children’s and rarer cancers. Whether it is for you or for a loved one there are many charities with people trained to help and give advice on cancer and the options available or to provide a shoulder to lean on.

Here are links to some of the major cancer charities. Your specialist or specialist nurse will also be able to give you information on the appropriate charity able to support you.

• Macmillan Cancer Support
• Cancer Research UK 
• Wessex Cancer Trust 
• Breakthrough Breast Cancer 
• Breast Cancer Care 
• Beating Bowel Cancer
• Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust 
• The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation 
• Marie Curie Cancer Care 
• CLIC Sargent 
• Teenage Cancer Trust
• Jo's friends - Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP) Foundation
• Citizens Advice  

The Dorset Cancer Network does not endorse the accuracy or reliability of any of the organisations featured on this website.