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American Brain Tumor Association Literature
The American Brain Tumor Association provides educational materials and objective resource information to patients and their families. This web site contains various services for cancer patients including: pen-pal programs, support groups for patients, and even support groups for patients families. The American Brain Tumor Association provides many interesting publications about brain tumors including a dictionary for brain tumor patients, information about ependymoma, meningioma, mastic tumors to the brain and spine, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. In addition to the general information involving brain tumors, they also provide a neurosurgery home page that explains various surgeries for brain tumor patients.

American Cancer Society (Support Site
The American Cancer Society gives patients the power to find information at their fingertips, so that they can make the best, most informed decision. It contains information on specific cancers including breast, and prostate cancers. The American Cancer Society also contains patient and family information about dealing with cancer including prevention, detection guidelines and cancer therapies.

American Institute for Cancer Research
This web site contains cancer prevention reports, research programs, information about dietary guidelines, and a cancer newsletter.

Canadian Cancer Society
The Canadian Cancer Society offers a toll free service in which patients can call for a variety of information on cancer, including prevention, detection, treatments, side effects, and therapies, along with emotional and financial support. It contains specific information on breast health and cancer, including support groups, and breast self-examination instructions. This web site also provides specific information regarding prostate health and cancer, including a PSA test (Prostate Specific Antigen Test), treatment, symptoms and diagnosis.

Cancer BACUP – Cancer information and support including: treatment, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery, counseling, and resources
The BACUP web site contains information on specific types of cancer, and the types of treatment available for them. It includes detailed information on specific types of therapies and clinical trials. This web site also provides information on living with cancer and how to cope on a day to day basis. This includes a special section on counseling and support for people affected by cancer.

Cancer Care Inc.
The web site of Cancer Care Inc. contains a wide range of information on cancer, including a cancer library, short information sheets regarding treatment, and guidelines to cope with cancer. It provides a section that includes information on dealing with cancer patients, financial resources for patients, and information on support groups. This web site also provides specific information regarding fatigue, pain, brain tumors, and melanoma.

Cancer Care Ontario
This home page has links to provincial as well as national cancer agencies and hospitals providing information on prevention, treatment and support.

Cancer Research and Treatment Fund Inc.
The International Cancer Alliance provides high quality, user-friendly cancer information to each patient on a personal level. It contains a 12-part patient guide with information on cancer therapy reviews regarding several specific adult and pediatric cancers. This web site also includes patient experiences with various prostate cancer therapies, and it provides a cancer information bulletin board containing recent cancer news.

Cansearch – National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship Guide to Cancer Resources
Cansearch was started by a patient who survived colon cancer. It contains specific links dealing with cancer including clinical trials, support, pain, grieving processes, numerous cancer types, bone marrow transplants, and cancer guides.

CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service
This web site contains a list of more than 5200 clinical trials by disease categories along with information on newly approved drug therapies. It also includes detailed background information on clinical research.

City of Hope National Medical Center
The City of Hope National Medical Center contains specific information on prostate cancer, gynaecologic cancer, breast cancer, kidney cancer, colorectal cancer, and genitourinary cancer. It includes various prevention studies, diagnosis, treatments, therapeutics, and support services. This web site features detailed information on bone marrow transplantation, stem cell procedures, and treatments available for hematologic cancers and solid tumors. It contains additional information on radio immunotherapy and gene therapies including exclusive research and images. This medical center also provides a wide array of information on pediatric and adolescent services, research, bone marrow transplantation, specific cancers, treatments, and education.

Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
This site contains general definitions and information on specific types of cancers and cancer prevention strategies. It lists the general causes of cancers, including genetics, and exposure that can cause cancer. It provides information on treatments of cancers, including side effects of treatments, dealing with complications of cancer, and cancer symptoms. Additional information on living with cancer and a list of various support groups is also available.

Dr. Koop’s Community – Global Health Portal
At Dr. Koop.com, you’ll find top medical stories from around the world as well as featured selections such as skin care, alternative medicine, and weight loss, and a number of monitored chat rooms. With specific chat topics being addressed at specific times throughout the day, you can’t go wrong with this site if you’re looking for easy conversation to help you through tough times, or just looking to put your mind at ease.

Fox Chase Cancer Center
The Fox Chase Cancer Clinic contains a list of prevention and risk assessment programs including clinical chemoprevention and prevention programs for colon cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, and oral cancer. It provides a family risk assessment program that is designed especially for people with a family history of cancer. It also includes a list of cancer treatment programs that are available for various types of cancer.

HospitalWeb
The Hospital Web site provides a directory of web links to various cancer databases, documents, patient guides, and treatment facilities. It also contains a special section that was produced by teens with serious illnesses, with numerous personal stories by some of the teens.

Icare
This site provides information on specific cancer types, including diagnosis, treatments, prevention, screening, hereditary cancers, research, news, and announcements. It also contains information on oncology divisions and programs, including several specific cancer services.

Imperial Cancer Research Fund Welcome Page
The Imperial Cancer Research fund contains the latest news about cancer, and provides cancer fact sheets on specific types of cancer. It includes information on prevention, detection, diagnosis, and treatments of cancer. This web site also features specific studies, trials, and reports dealing with cancer.

Johns Hopkins Oncology Center
This site provides information on specific cancer types, including diagnosis, treatments, prevention, screening, hereditary cancers, research, news, and announcements. It also contains information on oncology divisions and programs, including several specific cancer services.

Manitoba Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation
This web site contains links to additional resources regarding information on specific cancers, including brain tumors, breast cancer, general cancer, esophageal cancer, lymphoma, ovarian cancer, and prostate cancer.

National Cancer Center – Japan
This web site provides pathology images of various types of cancers, and includes patient information regarding the cancers. It also contains cancer screening and prevention summaries, treatment and drug information summaries, and fact sheets regarding cancer.

National Cancer Institute (NCI) CancerNet Cancer Information
The National Cancer Institute offers a broad range of information on various aspects of cancer. It offers specific information about breast cancer including treatment, detection, prevention, and risk factors. This web site also contains treatment information for other types of cancer: including various therapies, nutrition facts, and the side effects of cancer treatment. In addition to the general information, there is a unique area containing cancer information for different ethnic groups. The National Cancer Institute also takes into account children with cancer and therefore, it provides a special home page for children.

Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
The Cancer Center offers information on clinical research dealing with various cancers, and cancer prevention. It contains information about clinical trials, as well as a list of clinical trials currently being performed. It also includes information on radiation oncology, support groups, and education programs.

ONCOLINK – A University of Pennsylvania Cancer Canter Resource
ONCOLINK provides cancer patients with the most up to date and accurate information involving cancer. It offers menus dealing with disease that will allow patients to look up a variety of different cancers. It includes specific types of cancer such as breast cancer and lymphoma. This web site also contains information on cancer causes, screening, and prevention; this will inform patients of the environmental factors, smoking issues, diet, and genetic factors surrounding cancer. In addition to the general information about cancer, there is a section called clinical trials: this allows patients to read about new treatments, pain management, and newly designed studies involving other patients.

St. Jude Children’s Hospital
This web site includes definitions on several cancer types, the influencing factors, treatment, and survival of cancer. The site provides information on other diseases treated at the hospital such as leukemia, lymphomas, solid tumors, brain tumors, hematologic disorders, rare diseases, and infectious diseases. It also contains numerous research highlights regarding various medical departments including biochemistry, cell and gene therapy, neurobiology, genetics, hematology-oncology, immunology, and radiation oncology.

Stanford University Medical Center
The Medical Center contains a health library that provides a wide selection of health and medical information. It includes detailed information on numerous clinical trials dealing with a variety of specific cancers and radiation therapies. This web site also contains information about transplantation programs, including bone marrow transplantation and organ transplantation.

The Canadian Health Network
Available in both English and French, the Canadian Health Network offers a cornucopia of information provided by over 500 trusted organizations from across Canada. With a detailed explanation of different searches available for the user, finding information is quick and easy to follow. This site also contains over 200 Frequently Asked Questions (F.A.Q.’s) which are very helpful for day-to-day living.

The Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center
This web site contains information on specific cancers including treatment, medical services, support groups, and newsletters.

University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center – UMCCC
This web site contains a hematology-oncology home page that includes information on research programs for several cancers. It also offers a toll free information line specially designed for cancer patients and their families.

University of Texas – M.D. Anderson Cancer Clinic
The Anderson Cancer Clinic contains specific definitions and frequently asked questions dealing with cancer care and treatments. It includes a list of cancer treatment trials that may be viewed by cancer types. This web site contains information on cancer screening for various types of cancer and it provides a list of cancer prevention guidelines. It also includes information on outpatient cancer centers for specific types of cancer.

Windsor Regional Cancer Center
As the web site of the Windsor Regional Cancer Center, it provides information on breast cancer as well as several other forms of cancer. It also provides regional information and links regarding prevention, care and support services.



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