Cancer Resources and Information

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• ACCC Cancer Resource Line
• American Brain Tumor Association
• American Cancer Society
• American College of Radiation Oncology
• American Institute for Cancer Research
• American Lung Association
• American Society of Clinical Oncology
• American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
• Atlas of Cancer Mortality in the United States - The Atlas of cancer mortality in the United States, 1950-1994 is a book of maps, text, tables and figures showing the geographic patterns of cancer death rates throughout the United States from 1950 to 1994 for about 40 cancers.
• Body Surface Area Calculator & medication dose calculator - From Steven B. Halls, MD, FRCPC.
• Breast Cancer - Association of Online Cancer Resources
• Breast Cancer Awareness Crusade
• Cancer 411
• Cancer Care - A national non-profit organization whose mission is to provide free professional help to people with all cancers through counseling, education, information and referral and direct financial assistance.
• Cancer Conditions & Diseases: Articles & Information Online - Wide variety of articles and information about Cancer Conditions & Diseases.
• Cancer Guide
• Cancer Hope Network - One-on-one support to people undergoing treatment for cancer. Provides support by training individuals who have recovered from cancer and matching them with cancer patients currently undergoing a similar experience.
• Cancer Information Services (National Cancer Institute) - Answers questions related to cancer and cancer treatment. Provides referrals to hospice, home care and support groups.
• Cancer On Line - Excellent resources for patients and their loved one related to cancer and pain management.
• Cancer Related Information
• Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation - A cancer prevention health foundation whose mission is the prevention and early detection of cancer through scientific research and education. The Foundation focuses its energies and resources on those cancers including lung, breast, prostate, colorectal, cervical, skin and testicular, that can be prevented through lifestyle changes or detection and treatment in their early stages.
• Cancer Risk Assessment and Counseling Website
• CANCERLIT - A bibliographic database that contains more than 1.5 million citations and abstracts from over 4,000 different sources including biomedical journals, proceedings, books, reports, and doctoral theses. Produced by the National Cancer Institute's International Cancer Information Center, CANCERLIT has been in existence for more than twenty years and contains references to the vast realm of cancer literature published from the 1960's to the present. CANCERLIT is updated with more than 8,000 records every month.
• Cancerweb - National Cancer Institute
• CATCHUM Project - Cancer Teaching and Curriculum Enhancement in Undergraduate Medicine. The CATCHUM Project is a consortium of the eight Texas Medical Schools dedicated to the education of undergraduate medical students in prevention and screening of cancer.
• Coalition of National Cancer Cooperative Groups - Provides cancer clinical trials, patient advocate and cancer research information.
• Colon Cancer - Information from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health.
• Colon Cancer Alliance - Support and Information for People Affected by Colorectal Cancer
• Colon Cancer Center - Resources for patients and families coping with colon and rectal cancers. Information on symptoms and diagnosis, support organizations, books, online reference material, and blood test values.
• Colorectal Cancer Network - Colon Cancer Support Network
• Esophageal Carcinoma - A treatise that reviews the research to date on all aspects of esophageal carcinoma-etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment and results.
• Gynecologic Oncology Tutorials at the University of Washington
• Hematology Case Studies - From the University of Colorado, you can click on the Patient Case you want to view or enter your own case with MedRounds TM Copyright by Brian Levy MD.
• Hematology Image Atlas - From the Harvard Med Web, a variety of images is included here to help you remember what morphology is associated with certain diagnoses. There are also self-assessment cases designed to test our understanding of hematology pathophysiology.
• Hereditary Colon Cancer Association (HCCA) - HCCA promotes awareness, education and prevention of hereditary colon cancer and raise awareness for the need for more research to find better treatments for those who are at risk and currently have a hereditary colon cancer.
• International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
• International Union Against Cancer
• Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - World's largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research, education and patient services. The Society's mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and to improve the quality of life of patients and their families.
• Leukemia Research Fund Home Page
• Leukemia Society of America
• Liver Cancer Network - Presented by The Liver Program at Allegheny General Hospital, this web site has been designed to provide information about the liver and liver cancer.
• Lung Tumors: A Multidisciplinary Database - This textbook is a database designed to assist in the proper work-up of patients with undiagnosed chest masses. It is an outgrowth of the multidisciplinary approach to the care of lung cancer patients that is used at the University of Iowa College of Medicine. It provides case studies categorized by pathologic type, stages, and syndromes, as well as by the diagnostic and surgical procedures that were applied. Case studies provide history, lab results, and imaging used in the diagnosis
• Lymphoma Research Foundation Canada
• Melanoma Foundation
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center - Provides descriptions of programs, research, facilities, education opportunities, etc., in addition to helping patients and caregivers access care.
• Mesothelioma Web - This is a comprehensive consumer-oriented site is dedicated to the cancer mesothelioma.
• Myeloma Information - The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's web site for people affected by myeloma. One of the Internet's most up-to-date and comprehensive sources of information on myeloma. Extensive support services for patients and family members affected by this disease. The Society is the world's largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research, education and patient services.
• National Cancer Center Experimental Server
• National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• National Cancer Institute (NCI) PDQ Cancer Information Summary
• National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) - The oldest survivor led advocacy organization working exclusively on behalf of people with all types of cancer and their families, advocates for quality cancer care for all Americans.
• National Hospice Organization
• Neutropenia - A Randomized Trial Comparing Ceftazidime Alone with Combination Antibiotic Therapy in Cancer Patients with Fever and Neutropenia
• Neutropenia - Review Article: Management of Fever in Patients with Cancer and Treatment-Induced Neutropenia
• Neutropenia and Fever
• Olympus Colorectal Cancer Awareness - Olympus is a global leader in endoscopy, improving the lives of millions of people who have diagnostic or treatment procedures performed with the products and services they provide to healthcare professionals around the world.
• OncoLink - Information on cancers, including those of the gastrointestinal tract and liver, from the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania.
• Oncology Online
• Oncology Tools - Contains a variety of information related to cancer and approved cancer drug therapies including approved oncology drugs, disease summaries, and oncology reference tools [Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Food and Drug Administration (FDA)]
• PDQ - The National Cancer Institute
• SkinCell International Forum for Skin Disorders - Take part in an informative and friendly forum for sufferers of skin diseases and disorders, complaints and all forms of skin trauma.
• Talaria - Talaria, a resource for health care professionals, addresses the management of pain in patients with cancer. It provides a hypermedia implementation of the Clinical Practice Guideline on the Management of Cancer Pain, a publication of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research.
• The Cancer Zone - A cancer information directory containing hundreds of cancer related website links, cancer news and discussion boards.
• Top Ten Questions Asked About Lung Cancer. A lecture that encompasses both the clinical presentation of a typical "index" case of lung cancer and the social implications of this disease. Questions patients are most likely to ask about their disease include chance of survival and how the disease was diagnosed. Transcribed from audiotape, the lecture includes questions from the audience.