Use of text from website
Small amounts of text (one screen) may be printed off without charge as single copies by statutory health organisations for use with individual patients.
Much of the information on the website is also available in hard copy, as booklets, audiotapes or factsheets, which UK patients, their relatives and friends can obtain free of charge from Cancerbackup (Tel: +44 (0) 20 7696 9003). Patients outside the UK are required to pay for booklets and audiotapes, and should do so via our online catalogue, we will then contact you with details of postage and packing costs.
Health professionals wishing to purchase publications from Cancerbackup can do so via our online catalogue; preferential discounts may be available for bulk purchases (over 1000 booklets).
Use of text from printed publications
Cancerbackup supports the provision of patient information outside the UK, on the terms described below. The terms of the agreement depend on the category of the country in which the partner organisation is located.
Category A: English - developed countries
Category B: Translation - developed countries
Category C: Developing countries
All
(a) Country/countries or regions in which the information will be distributed to be agreed with Cancerbackup.
(b) Full credit to Cancerbackup, including the address (3 Bath Place, Rivington Street, London EC2A 3JR). The Cancerbackup logo must be shown on the inside cover or title page. If colour is available, the correct Cancerbackup logo colour must be used (Pantone 201C). Please contact Anna Leibowitz, Information Development Manager, on 020 7920 7872 or by email aleibowitz@cancerbackup.org for an electronic copy of the logo and the Cancerbackup style guidelines.
(c) Title and date of the Cancerbackup publication from which the material is taken or adapted to be clearly shown on inside front cover or title page.
(d) Date of next scheduled review/revision of Cancerbackup publication from which material is taken or adapted to be clearly shown on inside front cover or title page.
(e) Cancerbackup to be sent six copies of the printed publication.
Category A: English - developed countries
(1) Credit to Cancerbackup and dating as above.
(2) Cancerbackup to be confident on points 35 below.
(3) The organisation that uses/distributes the publications (partner organisation) to be highly respected in its country, and the leading or among the top rank of organisations providing information for people affected by cancer. This will be assessed via the UICC (International Union Against Cancer).
(4) The partner organisation to be supported by leading cancer clinicians in its own country.
(5) Any modifications for local use to be made, or systematically checked, by people with specialist knowledge of cancer and its treatments and expertise in writing for a lay/patient audience.
(6) The partner organisation to pay a licensing fee to Cancerbackup for all costs incurred in enabling and supporting the use of Cancerbackup material:
- £300 sterling per year per booklet title
- £600 for the annually published Cancerbackup Factfile, which contains over 270 factsheets on cancers, treatments and aspects of living with cancer.
(7) Subject to this agreement, Cancerbackup to provide the partner organisation with one hard copy and an electronic file (via email) of the text of each publication, including revised editions as they are published.
Category B: Translation - developed countries
(1) Credit to Cancerbackup and dating as above.
(2) Cancerbackup to be confident on points 35 below.
(3) The organisation that uses/distributes the publications (partner organisation) to be highly respected in its country, and the leading or among the top rank of organisations providing information for people affected by cancer. This will be assessed via the UICC (International Union Against Cancer).
(4) The partner organisation to be supported by leading cancer clinicians in its own country.
(5) The translations to be made, or systematically checked, by people with expertise in cancer and its treatments (as appropriate), translation between English and their language, and writing for a lay/patient audience.
(6) The partner organisation to pay a licensing fee to Cancerbackup for all costs incurred in enabling and supporting the use of Cancerbackup material:
- £200 sterling per year per booklet title
- £300 for the annually published Cancerbackup Factfile, which contains over 270 factsheets on cancers, treatments and aspects of living with cancer.
(7) Subject to this agreement, Cancerbackup to provide the partner organisation with one hard copy and an electronic file (via email) of the text of each publication, including revised editions as they are published.
(8) All publications based on translations from Cancerbackup booklets to include on the inside front cover or title page the following statement:
'This publication is based on Cancerbackup's booklet, [insert title and year of publication], together with the address of Cancerbackup. The translation is the responsibility of [insert name of organisation].'
Note If the partner organisation is using Cancerbackup material in English and also translating it into another language or languages, only one fee per booklet (£300) is payable. If it is not using the material in English but is translating into more than one language for the same geographical region, only one fee per booklet (£200) is payable.
Category C: Developing countries
1) Credit and dating as above.
2) Cancerbackup provides reference copies of publications which it is jointly agreed are suitable for translation/use in partner organisation's country, at no cost to the partner organisation.
For more information, please contact Anna Leibowitz, Information Development Manager, on 020 7920 7872 or via email aleibowitz@cancerbackup.org.
Annex: Developing Countries
(N=163) Source: OECD
Afghanistan · Albania · Algeria · Angola · Anguilla · Antigua and Barbuda · Argentina · Armenia · Aruba · Azerbaijan · Bahrain · Bangladesh · Barbados · Belize · Benin · Bhutan · Bolivia · Bosnia & Herzegovina · Botswana · Brazil · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cambodia · Cameroon · Cape Verde · Central African Rep · Chad · Chile · China · Colombia · Comoros · Congo · Cook Islands · Costa Rica · Côte d'Ivoire · Croatia · Cuba · Djibouti · Dominica · Dominican Republic · East Timor · Ecuador · Egypt · El Salvador · Equatorial Guinea · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Fiji · French Polynesia · Gabon · Gambia · Georgia · Ghana · Gibraltar · Grenada · Guatemala · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Guyana · Haiti · Honduras · India · Indonesia · Iran · Iraq · Jamaica · Jordan · Kazakstan · Kenya · Kiribati · Korea, Dem. Republic of · Korea, Republic of · Kyrghyz Rep. · Laos · Lebanon · Lesotho · Liberia · Libya · Macao · Macedonia · Madagascar · Malawi · Malaysia · Maldives · Mali · Malta · Marshall Islands · Mauritania · Mauritius · Mayotte · Mexico · Micronesia, Federal States · Moldova · Mongolia · Montserrat · Morocco · Mozambique · Myanmar · Namibia · Nauru · Nepal · Netherlands Antilles · New Caledonia · Nicaragua · Niger · Nigeria · Niue · Northern Marianas · Oman · Pakistan · Palau Islands · Palestinian Admin. Areas · Panama · Papua New Guinea · Paraguay · Peru · Philippines · Rwanda · Saint Helena · Saint Kitts-Nevis · Saint Lucia · Saint Vincent and Grenadines · Samoa · Sao Tome and Principe · Saudi Arabia · Senegal · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Slovenia · Solomon Islands · Somalia · South Africa · Sri Lanka · Sudan · Suriname · Swaziland · Syria · Tajikistan · Tanzania · Thailand · Togo · Tokelau · Tonga · Trinidad & Tobago · Tunisia · Turkey · Turkmenistan · Turks & Caicos Islands · Tuvalu · Uganda · Uruguay · Uzbekistan · Vanuatu · Venezuela · Viet Nam · Virgin Islands (UK) · Wallis & Futuna · Yemen · Yugoslavia, Fed Repub · Zaire · Zambia · Zimbabwe