Mesothelioma - Articles and Resources

The following are more links to other informative web sites, as well as resource information that may be useful to those seeking to learn more about mesothelioma, lung cancer, asbestosis and other asbestos-related diseases.

ONLINE resources:

Association of Community Cancer Centers http://www.accc-cancer.org/ This web site features in-depth profiles of ACCC member hospital cancer programs, legislative updates, reimbursement information, standards for cancer programs and patient management guidelines.

Clinical Care Options for Oncology

http://www.healthcg.com/oncology

Oncology resources including continuing education for health care professionals sponsored by Healthcare Communications Group.

Electronic Journal of Oncology

http://ejo.univ-lyon1.fr

This exclusively on-line journal contains peer-reviewed original publications in the fields of oncology and hematology.

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

http://www.fda.gov/fdahomepage.html

Information about the FDA, including information on medical devices, biologics, drugs, and drug regulation.

The Genetics of Cancer

http://www.cancergenetics.org

This site provides both clinical and basic information through a series of case studies, with links to an extensive web of basic genetic information.

Internet Grateful Med

http://igm.nlm.nih.gov/

Provides free access to MEDLINE, AIDSLINE, Bioethicsline, ChemID, Toxline and other National Library of Medicine databases. It also provides links to PubMed (MEDLINE and Pre-MEDLINE) and MEDLINEplus for consumer health information.

Intercultural Cancer Council

http://icc.bcm.tmc.edu

This website is designed to serve the minority and medically underserved communities with cancer-related information and programs.

Kansas City Clinical Oncology Program http://www.www.kccop.org/ The mission of the Kansas City Clinical Oncology Program is to provide clinical trial information to patients and physicians, and to recruit patients in the Kansas City area to these trials. This site provides treatment summaries, eligibility criteria, and risk assessments for each treatment/prevention trial offered.

http://www.mpip.org/

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) http://nccam.nih.gov/ NCCAM facilitates and supports basic and applied research of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) modalities. It sponsors training for researchers and disseminates information on CAM therapies to practitioners and the public.

National Guideline Clearinghouse http://www.guideline.gov/FRAMESETS/search_fs.asp?view=disease This website contains evidence-based clinical practice guidelines developed by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) in partnership with the American Medical Association.

Office of Protocol Research

http://clinicaltrials.org/

The Office of Protocol Research site provides information about clinical trials and studies of new and experimental treatments, therapy, drugs, research, education, prevention, and medicine for cancer at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.

Society of Surgical Oncology

http://www.surgonc.org

Contains information on practice guidelines, training programs, meetings, abstracts, and publications to promote optimal standards for the multimodal care of surgical patients with cancer.

Washington-Alaska Cancer Pain Initiative http://www.fhcrc.org/cipr/wacpi/ The WACPI is the local arm of a national nonprofit coalition of volunteer health care providers dedicated to the effective treatment of cancer pain through drug and non-drug methods.

Department of Health and Human Services

http://www.os.dhhs.gov/

The Department of Health and Human Services Web site links to other pertinent government Web sites.

http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/faclist.html

HospitalWeb http://neuro-www.mgh.harvard.edu/hospitalweb.shtml A growing collection of links to hospital servers on the Web.

Cancer Imaging Research http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/research/imaging/ This site contains current research in early cancer detection for breast cancer, lung cancer, cervical cancer and skin cancer.

Radiation and Health Physics-University of Michigan

http://www.umich.edu/~radinfo

Tobacco Related Disease Research Program http://www.ucop.edu/srphome/trdrp/welcome.html This program supports innovative and creative research that will reduce the human and economic cost of tobacco-related diseases.

Cancer News on the Net

http://www.cancernews.com/

This site features original articles on many types of cancer.� Cancer News also links to sites that contain patient information on cancer.

http://www.cancerguide.org/

Cansearch: A Guide to Cancer Resources on the Internet http://www.cansearch.org/canserch/canserch.htm Cansearch is produced by the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) to provide survivors and patients with a step-by-step guide to the many cancer resources found on the web.

Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/cancer/

This is an education site on general cancer prevention that includes a newsletter and recent articles and reports.

Intercultural Cancer Council

http://icc.bcm.tmc.edu/home.htm

This website is designed to serve the minority and medically underserved communities with cancer-related information and programs.

NOAH: New York Online Access to Health http://www.noah.cuny.edu/ Offers a wide selection of cancer information, much of it available in Spanish and English.

Office of Minority Health Resource Center http://www.omhrc.gov// A service of the Office of Minority Health, this site contains information on a variety of subjects that affect the health of minorities, including cancer.

OncoLink

http://oncolink.upenn.edu/

Sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania, OncoLink offers a comprehensive, well organized source of cancer information for patients and health professionals.

http://www.aerie.com/nohicweb/campaign

R.A. Bloch Cancer Foundation

http://www.blochcancer.org

This site is designed for newly diagnosed cancer patients. The focus of the Bloch Cancer Foundation is to help all cancer patients to successfully conquer their disease.

The White House

http://www.whitehouse.gov/

The White House Web site links to all other US government sites.

Department of Health and Human Services http://www.os.dhhs.gov/ The Department of Health and Human Services Web site links to other government Web sites.

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