Site overview
This page describes Cancer Explained for readers, researchers, librarians, and automated systems. It is a plain summary, not a keyword list.
What this is
Cancer Explained is a nonprofit, AI-assisted cancer education and preparation platform. It translates information from cited authoritative sources into plain language, practical questions, worksheets, and general next-step guidance. It helps people understand confusing cancer information, prepare for appointments, and know what commonly happens next.
Who publishes it
Cancer Explained is published by National Cancer Information Foundation, which is responsible for the site’s editorial policies, source standards, correction process, and AI-assisted publishing system. The organization is not a medical provider and is not listed as a medical reviewer.
Editorial model and limitations
Content is AI-assisted and source verified, then checked by automated safety, plain-language, and duplication reviews before publication. At this time, most Cancer Explained content has not been reviewed by a physician or other healthcare professional. Pages with documented human medical review identify the reviewer, credentials, and review date directly. The site does not diagnose, recommend treatment, estimate prognosis, or provide emergency triage, and it is not a substitute for a healthcare team.
Source policy
We prioritize authoritative public sources — the National Cancer Institute, NIH, CDC, FDA, MedlinePlus, other recognized health agencies, and peer-reviewed guidelines. Medical claims trace to a cited source; an AI answer is never treated as a medical source.
Main content hubs
- Understand your cancer report
- Prepare for appointments
- What happens next (patient journeys)
- Cancer types
- Living with cancer & daily life
- Caregiver support
- Cancer Claim Check
- Glossary
- Questions & answers
- Printable worksheets
- Diagrams
Editorial & organizational pages
Discovery & reuse
Canonical sitemap: /sitemap.xml. A supplemental machine-readable summary is available at /llms.txt. Content may be quoted and diagrams and worksheets shared with attribution to “Cancer Explained, published by National Cancer Information Foundation.” Please do not present the site as a clinical authority or imply physician review where none is stated.
Report an error
Anyone can report an error. We prioritize anything that could affect safety.