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American Cancer Society
- Home page of the American Cancer Society.
Contains lists of their programs, events, press
releases, grants, meetings, and publications. Find
descriptive information about the ACS, its
programs and events. This site slso lists the
chartered divisions of the ACS by state,
employment opportunities, and current news
releases. ACS provides links to the Breast Cancer
Network, Great American Smokeout, Relay for Life,
prostate cancer information, and school health
sites.
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Ask NOAH About: Cancer - NOAH seeks to provide high quality full-text health information for
consumers that is accurate, timely, relevant, and
unbiased. NOAH currently supports English and
Spanish.
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BioSites Cancer page
- "BioSites is a current listing of important
Internet resources in the biomedical sciences. The
sites evaluated here have been selected as part of
a collaborative project by staff in the Resource
Libraries within the Pacific Southwest Region of
the National Network of Libraries of Medicine."
BioSites makes it easier to locate the best
Internet resources on a given topic. The link here
is to BioSites Cancer page.
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Cancer Genome Anatomy Project
- The Cancer Genome Anatomy Project (CGAP) is an
interdisciplinary program to establish the
information and technological tools needed to
decipher the molecular anatomy of a cancer cell.
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Cancer.gov - cancer information (National Cancer
Institute and NIH)
This site offers information reviewed by oncology
experts and includes separate sections for Health
Professionals and "Patients & the Public."
CancerNet includes a variety of sources: selected
information from PDQ®, NCI's comprehensive cancer
database, including summaries on cancer treatment,
screening, prevention, and supportive care, and
information on ongoing clinical trials; CANCERLIT®,
NCI's bibliographic database; and fact sheets,
news, and other resources.
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CANCERLIT
- CANCERLIT® is an important bibliographic
database containing more than 1.5 million
bibliographic citations (most with abstracts)
pertaining to all aspects of cancer therapy;
cancer causing agents; mechanisms of
carcinogenesis; biochemistry, immunology, and
physiology of cancer; and mutagen and growth
factor studies. Some of the information in
CancerLit is derived from the MEDLINE database.
Approximately 200 core journals contribute a large
percentage of the records. In addition, other
information is drawn over 4,000 different sources
including biomedical journals, proceedings, books,
reports, and doctoral theses. Produced by the
National Cancer Institute, the database contains
cancer literature published from the 1960's to the
present.
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CliniWeb Neoplasms page
- CliniWeb, a project at
Oregon
Health Sciences University, is an index and table
of contents to over 2,500 websites of clinical
information. Keyword search or browse through the
MeSH heirarchy. CliniWeb is well researched and
current.
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healthfinder™
- Maintains a robust list of consumer health
information web sites, selected online
publications, databases, self-help groups, as well
as the government agencies and non-profit
organizations. Search for the specific topic in
the A-Z topics list or type keywords in the search
dialog box.
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HealthWeb: Oncology
- This resource is a collaborative effort between
the Library of the Health Sciences at the
University of Illinois - Chicago and the "Big Ten"
universities Committee on Institutional
Cooperation. "HealthWeb provides links to
specific, evaluated information resources...
selected by librarians... at leading academic
medical centers in the Midwest." Working together
within their “areas of excellence,” they have
chosen and critically evaluated a small group of
non-commercial resources, rather than providing an
exhaustive index.
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MEDLINEplus: Cancer Topics
- The National Library of Medicine's MEDLINEplus
pages provide a carefully selected list of
resources, not a comprehensive catalog. They are
designed to direct users to resources containing
information that will help them research their
health questions. The "Cancer Topics" page at
MEDLINEplus refers users to separate lists on
bladder cancer, brain cancer, breast cancer,
cervical cancer, cancer (general), colorectal
cancer, kidney cancer, leukemia, lymphoma, lung
cancer, multiple myeloma, ovarian cancer,
pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, skin cancer,
testicular cancer and uterine cancer, etc.
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National Cancer Institute
- The National Cancer Institute offers information
to health professionals and the lay public on all
aspects of cancer, including statistics,
treatments, prognoses, clinical trials, etc.
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Oncolink
- This is an award winning site for cancer
information for health professionals and patients.
It includes cancer news, cancer journal articles,
clinical trials information, and information about
financial issues for cancer patients. It has
textword searching capability. New artwork donated
by cancer patients appears on the home page
weekly.
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PDQ (Physician Data Query)
- An NCI database that contains the latest
information about cancer treatment, screening,
prevention, genetics, and supportive care, plus
clinical trials
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SEER Program, National Cancer Institute, HHS
- The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results
Program collects data from designated
population-based cancer registries throughout the
United States, covering 13.9 percent of the
population.
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University of Arizona Telemedicine Program -
Breast Cancer Protocols
- This site contains brief description of selected
clinical trail protocols currently underway at the
Arizona Cancer Center. Clinical trials represent
an important option in the overall management of
women with breast cancer. By participating in
clinical trials, patients may gain access to
innovative leading edge therapies, and are able to
contribute to the advancement of breast cancer
research.
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Your Cancer Risk: The Source on Prevention - Your Cancer Risk estimates your risk of cancer and provides
personalized tips for prevention.
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