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Cancer treatment

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British Lung Foundation: Because Breathing is Life: When diagnosed with lung cancer, it can be difficult to take in information about the condition and how it can be treated. This page aims to fill in some of the gaps and help you understand the nature of lung cancer.
Author: British Lung Foundation
Subjects: cancer research, cancer treatment, lung cancer
DeweyClass: 616.9
Resource type: document
Cancer Care: Medical information about cancer for patients, survivors, and their families. Includes advice, information sheets, articles and professional papers on diagnosis, causes, treatment and its side-effects, prevention and pain management of cancer.
Author: Cancer Care
Subjects: cancer treatment
DeweyClass: 616.9
Resource type: documents
Cancer News on the Net: Aiming to keep cancer sufferers and their families up to date with news on cancer diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
Author: Brown, Richard K. J.
Subjects: cancer treatment
DeweyClass: 616.994
Resource type: index
Cancer Research UK: Organisation aiming to conquer cancer through world-class research. Offers information about the disease and highlights fundraising activities taking place around the country.
Author: Cancer Research UK
Subjects: cancer research, cancer treatment
DeweyClass: 613
Resource type: directory
CancerBACUP: Skin Cancer Information Centre: CancerBACUP's mission is to give cancer patients and their families the up-to-date information, practical advice and support they need to reduce the fear and uncertainty of cancer.
Author: CancerBACUP
Subjects: cancer research, cancer treatment, skin cancer
DeweyClass: 616.9
Resource type: service
CancerHelp UK: Includes information about cancer for the general public and health care professionals, including information about treatments, living with cancer, and cancer research.
Author: Birmingham University CRC Institute for Cancer Studies
Subjects: cancer treatment
DeweyClass: 616.9
Resource type: documents
Cyberbotanica: Covers plant compounds and chemotherapy, and includes information about the botanical compounds used in cancer treatment, and the plants that produce them, plants used in bioremediation, fungi which produce antibiotics, and genetically engineered fruits and vegetables.
Author: Snyder, Lucy
Subjects: cancer treatment, fungi, plant biology
DeweyClass: 580
Resource type: documents
Eye Cancer Network: Offers information on the diagnosis and treatment of ocular oncology, with details of specific ailments such as choroidal melanoma, retinoblastoma, orbital tumours, and lymphoma. Also provides an eye care glossary and a selection of FAQs. Available in English, Spanish, and German.
Author: Finger, Paul
Subjects: cancer treatment, eyes
DeweyClass: 617.74
Resource type: documents, index
International Myeloma Foundation: Non-profit organisation dedicated to improving the quality of life for multiple myeloma patients while working towards prevention and a cure.
Author: International Myeloma Foundation
Subjects: cancer treatment, health charities
DeweyClass: 616.9
Resource type: documents
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society: Information geared towards patients and family, donors and sponsors, public and press, professionals, and those involved in science. Includes details of research conducted by the society, its mission, annual report, and history.
Author: Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Subjects: cancer research, cancer treatment
DeweyClass: 616.99419
Resource type: documents
Lung Cancer Factsheet: This section of CancerHelp UK, originally developed from the CancerBACUP booklet series, focuses on cancer of the lung, also referred to as cancer of the bronchus or bronchial cancer.
Author: Cancer Research UK
Subjects: cancer research, cancer treatment, lung cancer
DeweyClass: 616.9
Resource type: document
Malignant Melanoma: This leaflet on malignant melanoma covers early detection, causes, clinical signs and symptoms, and provides advice on how to take effective action to reduce your risk. Aimed at patients and produced by the UK charity, Cancer Research UK, this leaflet is available in PDF, which requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. Images are provided.
Author: Cancer Research UK
Subjects: cancer research, cancer treatment, skin cancer
DeweyClass: 616.9
Resource type: document
Mesothelioma Information: HON-code certified resource, covering the main aspects of asbestos exposure: diagnosis, diseases caused by asbestos, treatment options, prevention and legal options. Diagrams are included in articles, and links are provided to the references used. Also contains a listing of specialist mesothelioma doctors in the US.
Author: Mesothelioma Cancer Center
Subjects: cancer treatment, lung cancer
DeweyClass: 616.9
Resource type: documents, images
On Top of Cancer: Collection of links to resources relating to cancer treatment, assistance, and support.
Author: On Top of Cancer, Inc
Subjects: cancer research, cancer treatment
DeweyClass: 616.9
Resource type: index
Oncology Tools: Details information relating to cancer and approved cancer drug therapies. Content is suitable for patients and medical professionals. Also contains links to outside groups pertaining to specific cancers.
Author: US Food and Drug Administration Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
Subjects: cancer research, cancer treatment
DeweyClass: 616.9
Resource type: documents
Prostate Cancer Foundation: News of clinical trials, publications, and CaP Cure's progress in finding a cure for prostate cancer. Provides factual information about the illness such as its prevalence in America, discusses funding opportunities for prostate cancer research, and gives detailed information about specific projects undertaken by the group.
Author: Prostate Cancer Foundation
Subjects: cancer research, cancer treatment
DeweyClass: 616.9
Resource type: documents
Skin Cancer (Not Melanoma): Information on basal cell and squamous cell skin cancers.
Author: Cancer Reearch UK
Subjects: cancer research, cancer treatment, skin cancer
DeweyClass: 616.9
Resource type: document
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada: Canadian federal funding agency for university-based research and graduate training in the social sciences and humanities. Incorporates news of council activities, guides to SSHRC grants and fellowships, Web-based and PDF application forms, and details of application-related policies.
Author: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Subjects: canada, cancer research, cancer treatment, humanities research, social science research
DeweyClass: 001.3
Resource type: directory, documents
Talaria: The Hypermedia Assistant for Cancer Pain Management: Talaria is a resource for health care professionals which addresses the management of pain in patients with cancer. It provides a hypermedia implementation of the Clinical Practice Guideline on the Management of Cancer Pain, a publication of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. There are also supplementary tools and information. For example, the opioid calculator will assist physicians in converting dosages across drugs and routes of administration.
Author: Bradshaw, David
Subjects: cancer treatment, health care, pain
DeweyClass: 616.9
Resource type: articles, moving images, reference data