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CancerNet– Kidney Cancer
CancerNet is "a wide range of accurate, credible cancer information brought to you by the National Cancer Institute (NCI)." This page about Kidney Cancer is essentially an extensive online pamphlet of useful information. This pamphlet deals with symptoms, diagnosis and treatment; preparing for treatment, methods of treatment, clinical trials, and side effects of treatment; surgery and therapy (hormone, radiation, and biological therapy, and chemotherapy); nutrition, follow-up care, support for patients, and possible causes and prevention. There is also a glossary of terms, and links to other resources.
General Health Encyclopedia: Renal Cell Carcinoma (Kidney Cancer)
This page, from Health Central, provides some basic, general information on renal cell carcinoma (that is, kidney cancer), including definition, alternative names, causes, incidence, risk factors, prevention, symptoms, signs, tests, treatment, prognosis and complications. There are helpful links throughout the page to relevant terms and information.
HEALTHTOUCH – Kidney Cancer
This site has links to articles and documents on the following topics: symptoms and diagnosis of kidney cancer, treatment of kidney cancer, side effects treatment, follow-up care and living with kidney cancer, possible causes and prevention of kidney cancer, and additional resources and information about kidney cancer.
Kidney Cancer Association
"The Kidney Cancer Association is a membership organization made up of patients, family members, physicians, researchers, and other health professionals." A non-profit, membership-based organization, the Kidney Cancer Association offers free publications, patient meetings, online services, and clinical trial information. The site also has information on research performed by the KCA, and public policy and advocacy. Two specific features regarding patients are the survivor gallery, and a section on dealing with the disease.
MEDLINEplus – Kidney Cancer
This MEDLINEplus Health Topics page deals with Kidney Cancer, listing various online resources available to the Kidney Cancer patient. This page is divided into the following sections: NLM/NIH resources, other federal government resources, and resources by category, which provide information on general overviews, diagnosis, treatment, clinical trials, prevention / screening, and organizations.
Steve Dunn’s Kidney Cancer Page
This page provides some specific information about the types of kidney cancer, and very informative material about various treatments. This site also features a mailing list with hundreds of participating kidney cancer patients.
Urology Channel – Kidney Cancer
This site, which is monitored and developed by leading urology physicians, explains about various kidney cancers, such as renal cell carcinoma, describing risk factors, discovery and prognosis, signs and symptoms, benign kidney tumors, various stages of the disease, treatment, and follow-up care. The information is presented in a straightforward, easily understandable format.
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