Other Website References...

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ALCASE (Alliance for Lung Cancer Advocacy, Support and Education) www.alcase.org
Nonprofit organization dedicated solely to helping those living with lung cancer improve the quality of their lives through advocacy, support and education.

Alpha Cancer Information Resource www.alphacancer.com
The Coalition of National Cancer Cooperative Groups is proud to offer a unique opportunity for individuals to access cancer-related health information on the internet. Our Focus Areas deal with a specific type of cancer and allow visitors to interact directly with leading specialists in the field.

American Cancer Society. http://www.cancer.org

Association of Cancer Online Resources www.acor.org
ACOR.org cancer information system currently offers access to 99 electronic mailing lists and a variety of unique websites. The mailing lists are specifically designed to be public online support groups providing information and community to 47,269 patients, caregivers or anyone looking for answers about cancer and related disorders. Last week ACOR delivered 1,847,431 individual emails across the globe, a 1.2% increase over the prior week.

About.com Cancer Webpage www.cancer.about.com

Cancer Care, Inc. www.cancercare.org
Cancer Care is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide free professional help to people with all cancers through counseling, education, information and referral, and direct financial assistance.

Cancer Education www.cancereducation.com
Improving cancer care through the dissemination of up-to-date and accurate educational programming and information for healthcare professionals, cancer patients and their family members.

Cancer Guide www.cancerguide.org
CancerGuide is dedicated to helping you find the answers to your questions about cancer, and especially to helping you find the questions you need to ask. You may want to read about the pros and cons of researching your cancer before going any further.

Cancer Information Network www.cancernetwork.com

Cancer Links www.cancerlinks.org
Designed to make searching the World Wide Web for information about cancer faster and easier. We have already conducted much of the search for you, so that your time can be more productively spent focusing on cancer subjects that interest you most.

Cancer Source www.cancersource.com
The mission of CancerSource.com is to be the most comprehensive, accurate, and personalized source of cancer information and services available.

Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center website provides programs and services for the prompt detection, diagnosis, treatment, support and follow-up care for people with cancer. It's website gives information regarding dealing with cancer advances, therapies, prevention and support concerns, as well as a glossary de-mystifying the language of cancer treatment. http://www.csccc.com

CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service http://www.centerwatch.com/patient/
A regularly updated list of Clinical Trials specifically for Mesothelioma.

Coalition of National Cancer Cooperative Groups http://www.cancertrialshelp.org
The Coalition of National Cancer Cooperative Groups is proud to offer cancer-treating health professionals the most unique CME experience on the Internet. Programs are organized into tumor-specific "Focus" areas and offer direct interaction with many of the leaders in our field. Selections will be added monthly to Focus areas and new areas will be created on an ongoing basis.

Lance Armstrong Foundation www.laf.org
Helping people manage and survive cancer.

Lean on Me: Cancer through a Carer's Eyes http://www.cancerthroughacarerseyes.jkwh.com
Story of a woman's care for her husband, who after a 2 year illness, passed away from pleural mesothelioma in 2001.

Mayo Clinic Cancer Resource Center. http://discoverysedge.mayo.edu/cancer.cfm
Contains up to date articles on lung cancer, conventional and cutting edge treatments, diet and nutrition, cancer prevention, cancer detection, cancer risk factors, glossary of terms, and feedback with archives library and doctors.

Medicine OnLine. http://www.meds.com/pdq/mesothelioma_pro.html
This information is produced and provided by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Specifically regarding malignant mesothelioma.

Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation, Inc. http://www.marf.org
A non profit charity whose mission is to eradicate mesothelioma as a life-ending disease.

Mesothelioma Research Online http://www.MesotheliomaResourceOnline.com.
Information on symptoms, diagnosis, effects & treatment of malignant mesothelioma cancer.

National Cancer Institute www.cancer.gov

National Comprehensive Cancer Network www.nccn.org
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) is a not for profit, tax-exempt corporation that is an alliance of the world's leading cancer centers.

National Family Caregivers Association www.nfcacares.org
Charitable organization dedicated to making life better for all of America's family caregivers.

National Library of Medicine http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query
Search MEDLINE: PubMed and Internet Grateful Med

National Organization of Rare Disorders (NORD) http://www.rarediseases.org/
A federation of voluntary health organizations dedicated to helping people with rare diseases and assisting the organizations that serve them. The site provides access to an electronic newsletter called Orphan Disease Update, a rare disease database, and related information.

Network for Oncology Communication and Research www.nocr.com
Assists the oncology professional in keeping up with advances in the field, while maintaining productivity in the clinical environment.

Office of Rare Diseases http://ord.aspensys.com/
Information on more than 6,000 rare diseases, including current research, publications from scientific and medical journals, completed research, ongoing studies, and patient support groups. Sponsored by the NIH

Rational Therapeutics. http://www.rational-t.com
Provides an in-depth analysis and evaluation of your cancer tissues allowing you and your doctor to make informed decisions about what will be the most effective treatment for you. A consumer's guide to cancer therapy.

Stephen Jay Gould arguably is the smartest man alive! A brilliant evolutionary biologist, he was diagnosed with abdominal mesothelioma in 1982. http://cancerguide.org/median_not_msg.html

Thoughts from a Mesothelioma Patient
Author: Bill Duckett
http://cancer.med.upenn.edu/types/article.cfm?c=9&s=32&ss=254&id=1744

*** UPDATED MAY 20, 2002 ***