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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 and support groups for patients and their families. The American Brain Tumor Association provides many interesting publications about brain tumors, some of which include: 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
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.

Blood and Marrow Transplant Newsletter
This site provides various issues of their newsletter. It also contains several publications about bone marrow transplants, especially for patients and their families.

Bone Marrow Donors Worldwide
This contains information on standards for specialized units undertaking blood and marrow stem transplants. It provides additional information on match programs, phenotypes, and research about bone marrow donors worldwide. This web site also contains a genetic registry of numerous volunteer bone marrow donors.

Breast Cancer Society of Canada
The Breast Cancer Society of Canada provides a list of general facts about breast cancer, as well as a detailed history about breast cancer. It also contains a top-ten list dealing with the defeat breast cancer, and it includes a list of guidelines that the public should follow to try to prevent breast cancer.

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 Quest
Cancer Quest contains information on treatments for specific cancers and blood diseases, and it includes general information about chemotherapy. It also includes the risk factors for various types of cancer, how they are diagnosed and treated.

Cancer Research UK
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.

Cancer Web
Cancer Web contains assorted information on several specific cancers, including the causes and risk factors, screening for cancer, prevention of cancer, and detection and diagnosis of cancer. It provides information about treatment of cancer, including symptom management, emotional support, alternative treatments, clinical trials, and drug information. This web site also contains links to the cancer web library, cancer resource providers, and cancer institutions.

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.

Cleveland Clinic Foundation Welcome Page
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation contains detailed information on breast cancer, including guidelines for screening, breast self-examinations, breast biopsies, and breast reductions. It includes specific information on radiation oncology, radiation therapy, treatment programs, and patient services. This web site also contains information on a variety of experimental therapeutics provided for patients who have been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, lymphoma, breast cancer, lung cancer or gastrointestinal cancer.

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.

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.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
This site contains information on treatment processes including preparations, transplants, engraftment, early recovery, and long term recovery. It also contains information on clinical research and patient and family support services.

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.

Look Good…Feel Better Home Page
This program is designed to help women cope with the side effects of chemotherapy and radiation therapy. It provides free advice on how to deal with temporary hair loss, dry or sensitive skin, complexion changes and good nail care.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
This contains a cancer overview that includes information on a number of specific cancers. It provides the top ten tips for reducing cancer risks, four warning signs of myeloma, guidelines for skin self-exams, breast self-exams, and dietary guidelines. This web site also contains information on a variety of cancer prevention and wellness programs that are available for patients with cancer.

National Breast Cancer Centre (NHMRC) Home Page
The National Breast Cancer Centre contains several publications dealing with breast cancer. This includes articles from the spring issue of Breast News, covering information on the diet and guidelines to follow for patients with breast cancer, and risks of breast cancer following an abortion. It also offers a variety of articles from the autumn and winter issues of Breast News, including cultural attitudes towards breast cancer, hormone treatments, breast cancer management, chemotherapy, etc. Furthermore, this web site offers recent information on numerous aspects regarding breast cancer.

National Breast Cancer Coalition
This web site contains information on a photographic essay about breast cancer, so patients can grasp the epidemic proportions of breast cancers by focusing on the individual women behind the numbers. It also provides information on clinical trial projects including the four major components involved; a legislative strategy, an educational program, a training program, an industry partnership, and a clearinghouse for clinical trials.

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
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.

Roswell Park Cancer Institute
This site contains information on diagnosis and treatments of various cancer types. It provides information about The Breast Centre, Ovarian Centre, Mammography Centre, Head and Neck Centre, melanoma program, bone cancer program, drug studies, and investigational therapeutics.

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

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.

Welcome to Breast Cancer Lighthouse
The Breast Cancer Lighthouse allows newly diagnosed women to explore medical information and survivors personal stories about breast cancer and treatment options. It contains specific information on ductal cancer (cancer that is contained in the breast duct, and has not spread), including the diagnosis, treatment, and recovery from ductal breast cancer. It also provides specific information on invasive cancer (cancer that has spread to other parts of the breast, and perhaps other parts of the body as well), including the diagnosis, local and synthetic treatment options, and recovery from invasive breast cancer. This web site also includes various personal stories about patients and their survival against breast 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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