Three science bloggers have launched a website aimed at dispelling the myths about cancer.

The Science Update blog set up by Cancer Research UK will report on the latest cancer research while picking out other relevant material to help debunk myths and media scares about the disease.

The site will answer posts such as whether mobile phones are linked to cancer and if hypnosis can help improve the quality of life of patients.

Henry Scowcroft, the charity's health and science web manager and one of the bloggers, said: "There's a bewildering amount of media noise about cancer, some of it based on sound science, some of it widely misunderstood. By writing this blog and putting cancer stories in context, we hope to help people separate the good from the bad.

"Blogs are a comparatively new medium of communication, and we're really looking forward to taking part in the discussions and debates that the sometimes controversial subject of cancer will provoke."

For more information visit http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org.