The following links can connect you with a variety of agencies offering information, referral, and health-related services. These links are provided for convenience only. PeaceHealth has no control over the content and does not endorse any products you find there.
| Internet Links for Cancer | |
| ACOR (Association of Cancer Online Resources) | |
| ACOR is a non-profit organization that maintains a Clearinghouse site for cancer patients and families. It offers access to mailing lists and support pages, Types of Cancer, Treatment information, Clinical Trials. | |
| ACS : Health Information Seekers | |
| American Cancer Society offers consumer information in English and Spanish, everything from risk factors and prevention to treatments for different cancers. Click on "Community" to find ACS events in your area. For phone access to 24 hour Cancer Information Specialist call 1-800-ACS-2345 (or 1-866-228-4327 for TTY). | |
| American Brain Tumor Association | |
| ABTA offers information on Symptoms, Tumors and Treatments. | |
| American Urological Association Foundation, Inc. | |
| The Foundation page provides information about urological problems for Adults, both male and female, and Pediatric Conditions. | |
| Asbestos.com | |
| The Mesothelioma Center is committed to providing the latest, up-to-date information about asbestos cancer. | |
| Cancer 411.org: For Cancer Information and Resources | |
| A Foundation-supported site that aims to "put cancer patients, their families and doctors in touch with the critical information they need as quickly as possible." Sections include worldwide clinical trials, Cancer resources, news and articles. | |
| Cancer Answerline: Univ. of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center | |
| "The nurses at Cancer AnswerLine have answers. Call 1-800-865-1125 or e-mail from anywhere in the country and you'll get a personal response from one of our registered nurses, who have years of experience in caring for people with cancer. Nurses are available 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., ET, Monday through Friday. Your call is always free and confidential." | |
| Cancer Net: American Society of Clinical Oncologists | |
| ASCO provides patient information on "more than 120 types of cancer and their treatments, clinical trials, coping, and side effects." | |
| Cancer Survivor's Network | |
| The American Cancer Society offers a page that lets cancer patients share experiences and survival tips. | |
| Cancer Suvival Toolbox | |
| The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship offers audio programs to help people deal with cancer. Transcripts are available for those who prefer to read articles, and the Toolbox is also available in Spanish and Chinese. | |
| Cancer-Pain.org | |
| Consumer information on pain management from ACOR (Association of Cancer Online Resources) | |
| Cancer: OncoLink™ | |
| Well-organized, award-winning site sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania. | |
| cancerfacts.com: NexCura, Inc | |
| This online resource for cancer patients, their families, and caregivers is dedicated to delivering accurate and personalized information at a time of need. The NexProfiler™ Tools for Cancer help people with cancer make informed treatment decisions for an optimal outcome. Registration is necessary to use the Profiler program. | |
| CancerLinks | |
| This Library of Cancer information offers two routes for finding your topic: the A-Z searchbox or the Site Map, which organizes the same material using Library of Congress Classification. Also offers CancerLynx: An Online Zine for Cancer Patients and Professionals. | |
| Clinical Trials: National Cancer Institute | |
| Search for Clinical Trials and who conducts them. Find out about results. | |
| CorporateAngelNetwork | |
| A program staffed by volunteers that arranges free transportation for cancer patients travelling for treatment, utilizing empty seats on corporate jets. | |
| EyeCancer Network | |
| This site is offered by Dr. Paul Finger, of the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. His "Conditions" page allows users to identify types of tumors, cancerous and benign, and get basic information about them. Included is a nice diagram of the eye. | |
| Guide to Internet Resources for Cancer | |
| The Guide is a gateway to cancer resources on the net, "over 100 pages and more than 4,000 links to cancer related information." There are separate tracks for consumers, for health professionals, and for researchers. | |
| Information Resource : About Herbs, Botanicals, and Other Products | |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's integrative medical page "provides objective information for oncologists and healthcare professionals, including a clinical summary for each agent and details about constituents, adverse effects, interactions, and potential benefits or problems. Evaluations of alternative or unproved cancer therapies also are given." | |
| Laboratory Tests that Detect Cancer | |
| The Cancer Cure Foundation lists "the tests that are considered alternative or less toxic than standard conventional tests." | |
| Lung Cancer Online | |
| A Foundation now maintains this extensive page of lung cancer resources, which helps in understanding the disease and treatments, finding medical care, living as a survivor, connecting with support groups. | |
| Melanoma.Resources: Links to Melanoma Resources on the Internet | |
| This guide to Melanoma resources is grouped in sixteen categories, anticipating the kinds of questions patients may have. The lists are not critiqued for accuracy and quality so individuals must use their own judgment. | |
| Mesothelioma & Asbestos Awareness Center | |
| The Center's goal is to provide mesothelioma victims and their families with the most up-to-date information on the subject. | |
| National Breast Cancer Coalition | |
| This site focuses on grassroots advocacy efforts in the fight against breast cancer. | |
| National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. | |
| Breast cancer information, facts, statistics, symptoms and treatments, early detection, mammography screenings, and breast cancer research are all addressed on this site. | |
| National Cancer Institute | |
| NCI provides a comprehensive page of cancer information -- grouped by cancer type, body location or by age. The site includes Cancer Topics and a link to Cancer Trials. | |
| nbmtLINK (National Bone Marrow Transplant Link) | |
| As a service for patients and families, "the mission of the National Bone Marrow Transplant Link is to help patients, caregivers, and families cope with the social and emotional challenges of bone marrow/stem cell transplant from diagnosis through survivorship by providing vital information and personalized support services". | |
| NCCN : National Comprehensive Cancer Network | |
| The Consumer's page of NCCN offers Treatment Summaries for people with cancer. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network is an alliance of the world’s leading cancer centers and has a whole range of information resources. | |
| NOAH : Cancer resources from the New York Online Access to Health | |
| This comprehensive page includes sections on Types of Cancer; What is Cancer; Living with Cancer; care and Treatment; prevention and Risk Factors. Also includes links to organizational resources and a link to a companion page in Spanish. | |
| Oncology Tools : FDA | |
| The FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research offers information on Oncology drugs and other resources. | |
| Outlook: Life Beyond Childhood Cancer | |
| All kinds of useful sections for survivors of childhood cancer. | |
| PERC Pathways : University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center | |
| PERC (Patient Education Resource Center) Pathways are Information Guides specifically for materials at Univ. of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, but they are useful guides for anyone starting to research a type of cancer. The Guide topics are divided into sections as Adult Cancers, Pediatric Cancers, and Cancer Topics. | |
| Screening & Testing to Detect Cancer: NCI | |
| National Cancer Institute offers information on screening for types of cancer, with different levels for consumers and health professionals. Links to Clinical Trials and Cancer Statistics give an easy access into the broad range of NCI cancer information. | |
| SkinCancerNet | |
| Provided by the AAD (American Association of Dermatologists), this page aims to provide "an online comprehensive skin cancer information resource" for the public. Visual guides are included in "What Skin Cancer Looks Like". | |
| The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | |
| A page that focuses on all kinds of blood-related cancers and provides disease information and services for patients. | |
| Thyroid-Cancer Net | |
| Provided by the Johns Hopkins Thyroid Tumor Center, this page has patient information about the thyroid and its diseases. | |
| TrialCheck: Coalition of Cancer Cooperative Groups | |
| Intended mostly for health professionals researching Clinical Trials for patients. A Site Tour is available before registration. |
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