Useful Websites

The following websites have been provided to route the reader to non commercial sites where they can access information about cancer prevention, diagnoses, symptoms or treatment options. All of these sites have been created by either government or non profit organizations.

General Medical Information

• National Library of Medicine
• National Cancer Institute
• PubMed

General Cancer Information

• American Cancer Society
• American Medical Association
• American Society of Clinical Oncology Medicine
• Bloch Cancer Foundation
• Cancer Care, Inc
• Cancer Conferences
• Cancerfacts
• Cancer Information Network
• CancerGuide
• Cancer Links
• Cancer Supportive Care
• Cancer Symptoms
• Clinical Care Options
• Curextra
• EurekAlert
• Health on the Net Foundation
• Healthfinder
• Livestrong
• Medicine Online
• MEDLINEplus
• Medscape
• Moss Reports
• National Coalition of Cancer Survivorship
• National Comprehensive Cancer Network
• National Library of Medicine
• New England Journal of Medicine
• Oncolink
• Patient Advocates for Advanced Cancer Treatments (PACTS)

Prescriptions/Drugs

• Partnership for Prescription Assistance
• Patient Advocate Foundation
• RxList

Information for Specific Types of Cancer

Advocacy

• Women's Cancer Resource Center
• Zero Breast Cancer

Breast Health

• Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Breast Cancer Website
• Carol Ann Read Breast Health Center
• Breast Cancer.Org
• National Cancer Institute - Breast Cancer
• National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations
• National Lymphedema Network
• National Women's Health Information Center
• North American Menopause Society
• Susan G Komen
• Women's Cancer Network
• Women's Cancer ResourceCenter

Clinical Trials

• Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Clinical Trials
• Center Watch: Clinical Trials
• Coalition of Cancer and Cooperative Groups
• International Frederation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associates
• National Cancer Institute Clinical Trials

Colorectal/GI Cancers

• Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Colorectal Cancer Website
• American College of Gastroenterology
• Colorectal NCI
• Colon Cancer Alliance

Complementary/Alternative Treatments/Integrative Medicine

• Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Integrative Medicine
• Alternative Medicine Foundation’s HerbMed
• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• National Institute of Health - Office of Dietary Supplements
• Charlotte Maxwell Center

Home Care

• Pathways Home Health and Hospice
• Sutter Care at Home
• Asian Network

Hospice

• Zen Hospice Project
• Pathways Home Health and Hospice
• Sutter Care at Home

Leukemia and Lymphoma

• Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

Lung

• Lung Cancer Alliance
• WebMD
• MedlinePlus

Nutrition

• American Institute for Cancer Research - The New American Plate
• Caring for Cancer
• Diana Dyer, MS, RD

Ovarian

• National Ovarian Cancer Coalition
• Ovarian Cancer National Alliance
• Society of Gynecologic Oncologists
• National Cancer Institute - Ovarian Cancer

Pancreatic

• Pancreatica: Confronting Pancreatic Cancer
• Pancreatic Cancer Ation Network
• Pancreatic Cancer NCI

Prostate Cancer General

• Prostate Cancer Research Institue
• Prostate Cance Research & Education Foundation
• Prostate Cancer Education Council
• Prostate Cancer NCI
• Prostate Cancer NIH
• Prostate Cancer NIH Medline Plus
• National Cancer Institute (NCI) (Spanish)
• American Cancer Society - Prostate Cancer
• Medline Plus NIH (Spanish)
• FamilyDoctor.org
• FamilyDoctor.org (Spanish)

Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Symptoms

• Prostate Cancer: PSA Test
• Prostate Cancer: PSA Test (Spanish)
• Ultrasound of the Prostate (American College of Radiology, Ragiological Society of North America)
• Ultrasound of the Prostate (American College of Radiology, Ragiological Society of North America) (Spanish)

Prostate Cancer Treatment

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• American Urological Association Patient Guide (PDF)
• National Cancer Institute - Prostate Cancer Treatment
• American Urological Association Aqua Foundation
• Siteman Cancer Center - Prostate Cancer Treatment

Prostate Cancer Support

• Cleveland Clinic Foundation - Erectile Dysfunction Treatments
• American Cancer Society - Support and Treatment
• Prostate Cancer Foundation
• US TOO
• Prostate Cancer Research Institute

Resources in Asian Languages

• AANCART

Thyroid

• Thyroid Cancer Survivors Association
• National Cancer Institute - Thyroid Cancer