Cancer-related Websites

Websites specific to cancer research:

American Cancer Society

APOS

American Psychosocial Oncology Society – website for patients and caregivers, offering counseling referrals all over US, and toll free helpline 1-866-276-7443

Cancare

Cancer 411 - Good general information on all cancers

Cancer Facts

Cancer Source

Chemotherapy Information from Chemocare

Manage Cancer, from Christina’s Garden

Treatment Guidelines - Standard care plans for all cancers

NCCN – National Comprehensive Cancer Network

NCI Pamphlets- All the pamphlets on every type of cancer diagnosis and treatment are available full-text online.

Websites that are good medical search engines for any disease, including cancer:

WebMD Good consumer-friendly medical search engine.

Infotrac You access this through Cleveland Public Library, using your own library card number. From the Cleveland Public Library homepage, choose “Do Research” from the left side menu. Then, in the blank search space, type Infotrac. When you click on the result, it will ask for your card number.

PubMed Academic level abstracts from the National Library of Medicine’s huge database of journal articles.

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