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Alliance for Lung Cancer Home Page
The Alliance for Lung Cancer provides advocacy, support, and education on lung cancer. Education material provided is a large volume of information on lung cancer for finding the best care, from introductory information on cancer to a detailed 200-page PDF document. Support includes stories of personal experiences from cancer survivors, a list of support groups, a “Phone Buddies” program organized by the staff of ALCASE, and a toll-free support hotline. Advocacy includes information on activism to change the course of lung cancer, including cancer awareness, and tobacco activism. ALCASE is an excellent site for educational, support, and advocating information.
Ask Noah About: Lung Cancer
Ask Noah provides an impressive volume of links to sites with topic-specific information on lung cancer. Sites are categorized into the following topics: The Basics, Types of Lung Cancer, Diagnosis and Symptoms, Risk Factors and Prevention, Women and Lung Cancer, Statistics, Advanced Lung Cancer, Chemotherapy, Radiation Therapy, Surgery, Clinical Trials, Living with Cancer, and Information Resources. NOAH is a joint effort of New York library and medical organizations “seeks to provide high quality full-text health information for consumers that is accurate, timely, relevant and unbiased.”
Cancer of the Lungs
This site is maintained by the Lung Association of Canada. General information is provided on lung cancer based on Canadian society, statistics, and laws. Included is an overview of cancer in general and lung cancer in specific; causes, including second-hand smoke; treatment options; detection, diagnosis, and diagnostic techniques; and treatment and future progress of treatment of the disease. This site provides valuable information from a Canadian perspective on lung cancer. It is an excellent starting point for learning about lung cancer.
Lung Cancer in Canada – Cancer Updates
This page is a Health Canada update on lung cancer statistics from 1998. Includes trends for demographics based on mortality and incidence of lung cancer as well as charts. Risk factors, tobacco reduction, screening, and treatment are also available. While this site does not offer information about cancer, it provides valuable statistical information on cancer from a Canadian perspective.
Lung Cancer Index
This site provides a great volume of articles on various aspects of lung cancer. The articles are categorized under the following: incidence, epidemiology, risk factors, pathogenesis and pathophysiology, overall management, screening and early detection, diagnosis, prognosis, early-stage disease, advanced disease, psychosocial effects, treatment, prevention, and miscellany. Some articles require a grasp of some medical terms, and most require some knowledge about lung cancer, but overall this site is quite readable. The provided articles are predominantly from the journal Oncology, with some articles from other equally reputable sources. This site is an excellent source of detailed, germane, and creditable information.
Lung Cancer Information Library
“The Lung Cancer Information Center is an electronic library of comprehensive educational materials on cancer for healthcare professionals and patients.” This site provides very detailed information on lung cancer for both patients and professionals. Patient information includes a guide to lung cancer, a link to “Ten Questions About Lung Cancer”, a guide for families facing cancer, nonsmall cell lung carcinoma, malignant mesothelioma, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, smoking, environmental tobacco smoke, and clinical trials. Professional information provides similar information with a clinical approach and with a more technical vernacular. Both patient and professional sections contain very detailed information on various aspects of lung cancer and are invaluable sources of information.
Lung Cancer Online
“Lung Cancer Online is a gateway to lung cancer resources for the benefit of people with lung cancer and their families.” Categories that links are provided under are Finding the Best Care (in the U.S.), Finding Services and Support, Lung Cancer Information, Treatment options, Complications of Lung Cancer & Treatment Side Effects, Test & Procedures, Websites & Organizations, and Researching the Medical Literature. As a gateway site, this is possibly the best source of information on the web regarding lung cancer.
OncoLink: Lung Cancer
This site is provided by the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center. OncoLink provides general information on Lung Cancer, medical and supportive care for the cancer patient, psychosocial support and personal experiences, smoking and cancer, and screening and prevention of lung cancer. The organization of this page can become confusing, however there is a rich volume of dependable information that is provided.
Respiratory Disorders – Lung Cancer
This website is provided as a service of the University of Maryland Medical school. Information provided by this site includes a general overview of lung cancer including the different form of it, symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment information. While this site does not provide information in great detail, it is a good starting point or reference point for information on lung cancer.
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