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As we learn of additional sites, we will post them here.
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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
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