However, some organisations stand out above the crowd as providing high-quality, accurate and well-produced information. CancerHelpUK is a website created and run by the charity, Cancer Research UK. It provides a huge amount of detailed, practical advice and information for people diagnosed with a broad range of cancer types. The site is enriched by its substantial use of multimedia, including illustrations, photographs and video.

 

Media Studio has produced a number of video clips for the CancerHelpUK site, showing patients what happens when they have particular procedures, such as 'having a CAT scan', or 'having chemotherapy'. As well as being made available on the CancerHelpUK website they are available to view on YouTube, so we know that they are watched by a lot of people. For example, the clip - 'Having a PET scan' - has been viewed nearly 18,000 times since it was posted nine months ago.