AT Macmillan, we know that someone in the UK will hear the words 'you have cancer' every 90 seconds.

From that moment on, people’s lives can be turned upside down.

Whether it’s because we live in a digital age, or because people are not getting the information they need from their healthcare professionals, many people try to make sense of their cancer diagnosis by scouring the information available online.

The latest research from Macmillan suggests around 1700 people living with cancer in Wirral found that scouring the internet left them feeling anxious, depressed or confused.

It doesn't need to be this way.

Getting the right information, from the very earliest moments of diagnosis, can transform people’s experience of treatment and of living with the immediate and long-term impacts of cancer.

If you need to search the internet to make sense of a cancer diagnosis, search ‘macmillan diagnosis’.

Whether you sign up for support online at macmillan.org.uk/diagnosis, or call us free on 0808 808 00 00, we’ll be there from the very first moments to give you the information you need.

If you’d like to help us support even more people diagnosed with cancer, then you can also do something amazing today by visiting www.macmillan.org.uk/get-involved

Jane Melvin Head of partnerships, North and North West England Macmillan Cancer Support