Cancer

Breast cancer treatment options can be confusing and overwhelming. Takeyour partner, friend or relative with you to your oncology appointments.Prepare a list of question to take with you and ask your companion to jot down notes during the meeting.

Breast Cancer: An Overview : This page contains general information from OncoLink and the NCI as well as listings of other comprehensive sites about breast cancer.

Doctor's Guide to the Internet - Breast Cancer : - A guide to breast cancer-related information and resources for professionals and patients.The latest medical news and information for patientsor friends/parents of patients diagnosed with breast cancer.

SKIN CANCER

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An Introduction to Skin Cancer

http://dermoncology.med.nyu.edu/
Teaching center for medical professional and students.

Skin Cancer : Preventable and Curable

Explains what it is and what the symptoms are. Includes illustrations and advice about stages of the condition and drug and surgical treatments.

Explains about the Prostate Specific Antigen test which is used to diagnose prostate cancer. With
information about normal and abnormal levels.

KIDNEY CANCER

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Explains the anatomy of the kidney with a diagram. Includes a discussion on the causes, symptoms, tests and treatments for this form of cancer.

BLADDER CANCER

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Clearly explained fact sheet presented by the Malaysian Urological Association. Includes advice on chemotherapy and surgical treatments.

WEB DIRECTORY SITES

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Extensive network of information services and organizations fighting cancer by providing education and support.

http://www.cancerguide.org
Information about cancer, including cancer research and treatments, clinical trials and other related
topics.

Pediatrics Online

Developer : Medical College of Georgia

http://www.mcg.edu/PedsOnL/ForHealthProf/PedAllImm/NutImmAll.html

Nutrition, Immunity and AIDS : Overview of the physiological conditions
affected by HIV progression. Contains recommendations for the management of nutrition.

Pathology Manual

Developer : Gynecologic Oncology Group
http://www.vh.org/Providers/Textbooks/OBGYNOncology/PathologyManualHome.html

Part of the Virtual Hospital's many multimedia textbooks. Discusses various types of neoplasms and trophoblastic diseases.

Dermatopathology

Developer : Cornell University

http://edcenter.med.cornell.edu/CUMC_PathNotes/Dermpath/Dermpath_TOC.html
Weill Medical College profiles the skin, its structure, inflammatory diseases, neoplasms, pigmentation disorders, infections, and vasculitis.

WHO Neoplasm Classification
Developer : World Health Organization

http://neurosurgery.mgh.harvard.edu/newwhobt.htm

Guidlines to 1993 World Health Organization's comprehensive classification of neoplasms affecting the central nervous system hosted.

Pulmonary Pathology Index

Developer : Florida State University College of Medicine

http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/LUNGHTML/LUNGIDX.html
Examine images of pneumonias, granulomatous, obstructive, pleural, and interstitial diseases, and neoplasms.

Hepatic Pathology Index

Developer : Florida State University College of Medicine

http://medstat.med.utah.edu/WebPath/LIVEHTML/LIVERIDX.html
View images of steatoses, cirrhoses, neoplasms, viral hepatitis, and other liver pathologies.

Pituitary Tumors

Developer : American Family Physician

http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m3225/8_60/58267022/p1/article.html
Brief discussion of endocrine neoplasms offers details on their symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

National Cancer Institute

Developer : National Cancer Institute

http://cancernet.nci.nih.gov/
Provides in-depth information on mycosis fungoides and Sezary, which are neoplasms of malignant T-lymphycytes. Includes stage information.

HEALTH AND MEDICAL SEARCH ENGINE

Biomedical Information Resources & Services
Developer : Karolinska Institute
http://www.mic.ki.se/Other.html

The Combined Health Information Database
Developer : NIH, CDC and Health Resources and Services Adminstration
http://chid.nih.gov/

Health on the Net Foundation
Developer : Health on the Net Foundation
http://www.hon.ch/

Healthfinder
Developer : U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.healthfinder.gov/

HealthWeb
Developer : The Greater Midwest Region of the National Network Libraries of Medicine
http://healthweb.org/

Med411
Developer : med411, Inc.
http://www.med411.com/

Scirus : for scientific information only
Developer : Elsevier Science
http://www.scirus.com/

GENERAL SEARCH ENGINES AND METASEARCH

BUBL Link / 5:15
Developer : JISC Committee on Electronic Information
http://bubl.ac.uk/link/

Breast Cancer	General	Prostate Cancer
Skin Cancer		Web Directory Search
Bladder Cancer	Kidney Cancer	Search Engines