Free for patients and doctors
Don’t understand? Ask them to show me where.
Show Me Where gives your doctor a clear 3D picture to point at, so you can see what they mean, not just hear it.
A better picture than a biro sketch
Big conversations happen in short appointments. A quick drawing on the back of a leaflet is kind, but it rarely shows where something really is, how close it sits to other parts, or what an operation would take away.
Ask
If you don’t follow, say so. Ask your doctor or nurse to open showmewhere.org.uk on any computer, tablet or phone.
They set it up
In about a minute, they match the model to your scan: where it is, how big, how deep. You look at it together.
Take it home
They can save a picture sheet with the views you looked at, in plain words, to read again later or share with family.
“I’m not sure I understand. Could you show me where, on showmewhere.org.uk?”
It’s always fine to ask. Good doctors want you to understand.What you can explore
We’re starting with rectal cancer and adding more areas of the body over time, wherever a picture makes the difference.
Rectal cancer
Where the tumour is, how deep it has grown, how close it is to the sphincter muscles, the lymph nodes, and what each type of operation removes, including stomas.
Open the explorer →Bowel (colon) cancer
The whole large bowel, which part is affected and which section an operation would remove.
Stomas
Ileostomy and colostomy: where they sit, how they work and what living with a bag looks like.
Liver
The segments of the liver and where a lesion is, for conversations about surgery or treatment.
Breast
Position, size and what different operations would remove.
Suggest an area
Doctors, nurses and patients: tell us where a picture would help most. Email hello@showmewhere.org.uk.
For patients
You don’t need to do anything before your appointment. Just remember the name.
- Free, with no account, app or sign-up
- Plain words alongside every picture
- A picture sheet to take home, if your doctor makes one
- Large, easy-to-read text, designed for people who are worried and tired
Rectal cancer help and support: questions to ask, stomas, trusted charities →
For clinicians
Open it on the clinic computer, set it up from the report, and talk it through.
- Set up from the MRI report in about a minute
- No patient data stored, sent or logged
- Shows the plan your team has chosen; it never recommends one
- Save a picture sheet as PDF or image, on your device only
Private by design
There is nothing to leak because nothing is kept. Everything happens in the browser on the screen in front of you. Close the page and it’s gone.
- No accounts and no cookies
- No analytics, tracking or adverts
- No patient details sent or saved
Show Me Where is a simplified picture to help people talk. It doesn’t diagnose, measure or recommend treatment, and it doesn’t replace your scans or your team’s advice. Shapes and sizes are approximate.