Cancer.Net is honored to have received numerous awards for our website, printed patient education materials, mobile application, podcasts, and blog. 

Cancer.Net

Cancer.Net has received multiple awards from The Communicator Awards, most recently the Award of Distinction in the Health and Wellness category in 2023 and the Award of Excellence for Mobile Apps/Sites in 2021. Cancer.Net has also received multiple Interactive Media Awards, most recently the Best in Class award in the Association and Medical Categories in 2021. Additionally, Cancer.Net was a winner of the Best Health Care Mobile Website award from the 2020 Mobile WebAwards (Web Marketing Association). 

Additional Awards

• Cancer.Net received 2 awards from the eHealthcare Leadership Awards in 2019, a Platinum Award for Best Healthcare Content, and a Gold Award for Best Site Design. 

• Cancer.Net received an Outstanding Website Award from the Web Marketing Association's 2019 WebAward Competition.

• Cancer.Net was named a 2018 Silver Winner of the Davey Awards, which honors the best web, design, video, advertising, and mobile from small firms worldwide. The Davey Awards are administered by the Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts.  

• Fall 2017 Merit Award from the Digital Health Awards, which recognizes high-quality digital health resources for consumers and health professionals.

• 2017 eHealthcare Leadership Gold Award for Best Healthcare Content in the Consumer Disease Focused Website category from Strategic Health Care Communications.

• 2015 Outstanding Achievement in Web Development from the Web Marketing Association WebAwards.

• 2014 Gold Web Health Award (PDF), which recognizes high-quality digital health resources for consumers and health professionals. The awards are organized by the Health Information Resource Center.

• 2014 Silver Winner of the W3 Awards, which honors creative excellence on the web, administered by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts. 

ASCO Answers Patient Education Materials

The ASCO Answers Guide to Cancer Survivorship (PDF) won an award for a One-of-a-Kind Publication from the 2020 APEX Awards for Publication Excellence. Previously, the the booklet, Managing the Cost of Cancer Care (PDF), won the Silver Award from the Digital Health Awards competition, which honors the best digital health resources, in the “Digital Health Media/Publications – Miscellaneous” category. Previously, the printed fact sheet, When the Doctor Says “Cancer" (PDF) received a bronze award from Digital Health Awards. Additionally, the ASCO Answers printed patient education booklet, Managing Cancer-Related Pain (PDF) received an Award of Distinction from the 24th Annual Communicator Awards in the Brochures - General Non-Profit category.  

Additional Awards

• Award of Excellence from the 2018 Apex Awards for Publication Excellence in the Health and Medical Publications category for the  Managing Cancer-Related Pain (PDF) booklet.

• 2 honors from the 2017 National Health Information Awards: a Bronze Award for the Guide to Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (PDF), and a Merit Award for the Stopping Tobacco Use After a Cancer Diagnosis booklet (now discontinued). 

• Awards of Distinction from the Communicator Awards for the ASCO Answers Guide to Caregiving (PDF) and the ASCO Answers Guide to Cancer Survivorship (PDF).

• Award of Excellence from the 2015 Apex Awards for Publication Excellence in the Writing – Best Rewrites category for the Guide to Cancer Survivorship (PDF) 

• A silver National Health Information Award (PDF) for the Guide to Cancer Survivorship (PDF).

Cancer.Net Mobile

Cancer.Net Mobile was awarded two Awards of Distinction in 2023 by The Communicator Awards, in the Education and Best User Interface categories. Additionally, Cancer.Net Mobile was honored to be named the 2020 w3 Silver Award Winner in the Health & Wellness Mobile Sites & Apps category. Cancer.Net was also recognized by the ORCHA Trusted Health App review process in 2020.

Additional Awards

• Shortlisted in the 2020 Memcom (UK) Membership Excellence Awards for “Best Use of an App.

• Received a gold award from the Fall 2019 Digital Health Awards in the Mobile Digital Health Resources - Mobile Application category. 

• Silver Winner in the 15th Annual Davey Awards in the Mobile Apps/Sites - Education category. 

• Award of Excellence for the Best Mobile User Interface from the 25th Annual Communicator Awards. 

• Platinum Award from the 2018 eHealthcare Leadership Awards in the Best Native Mobile App category.

• Voted one of the Best Medical Apps in the Mobile Star Awards' Best of 2017 program.

• A winner of the 2017 Appy Awards in the Medical Category.

• Named one of the top patient-focused health apps in 2017 by Fundacíon iSYS, a Barcelona-based organization that recognizes high-quality digital health resources. 

• 2 awards from the Web Marketing Association, most recently the 2014 MobileWebAward for Best Health Care Mobile Application.

• 2 awards in Best Mobile Communications from Strategic Health Care Communications, most recently the 2014 eHealthcare Leadership Platinum Award.

Cancer.Net Podcasts

The Cancer.Net podcast, Living with Lymphedema, received an Award of Distinction in the 22nd Annual Communicator Awards competition, which recognizes excellence in marketing and communications. Previously, the podcast Coping with Scanxiety received an Award of Distinction in the 21st Annual Communicator Awards competition. Additionally, the Cancer.Net Podcasts program as a whole has received 2 Merit Awards from the Digital Health Awards competition, most recently in Spring 2016. 

Cancer.Net Blog

In 2021, the Cancer.Net Blog post Coronavirus and COVID-19: What People With Cancer Need to Know received the Award of Distinction from the eHealthcare Awards in the Best COVID-19 Pandemic Related Communications category. In 2020 and 2019, the Cancer.Net Blog was named one of Healthline's Best Cancer Blogs of the Year. In 2017, the Cancer.Net Blog series Voices on Cancer was a winner of the APEX Award for Publication Excellence in the Social Media-Best Series of Blog Posts category. Addditionally, in 2016, the Cancer.Net Blog received a Bronze Award in the Spring 2016 Digital Health Awards competition, which recognizes high-quality digital health resources for consumers and health professionals, and it was named third on a list of the Top 100 Cancer Blogs on the web by Feedspot.