Links to Other Resources

• Other Government Programs That Involve Consumer Advocates

• NCI Web Sites

• Other Government Web Sites

• Cancer Dictionaries

Other Government Programs That Involve Consumer Advocates

NIH Public Liaison Offices
http://getinvolved.nih.gov/OPL_sort_sub.asp

Public Liaison Offices are set up in each NIH Institute and Center and in the Office of NIH Director that

• Conduct outreach to constituency groups

• Serve as a contact point for the public, especially with regard to policy matters

• Provide a place for members of Congress to refer constituents

NIH Director's Council of Public Representatives (COPR)
http://copr.nih.gov/

A public forum for discussing such key NIH issues as

• Priority setting

• Clinical trials and managed care

• Privacy and genetics

• Health disparities among various populations

COPR members review and advise on NIH priorities and mechanisms for public input to NIH decisions.

Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP)
http://cdmrp.army.mil/default.htm

Originating from a unique partnership among the public, Congress, and the Department of Defense, the CDMRP now manages research programs in

• Women's health

• Osteoporosis

• Neurofibromatosis

• Prostate cancer

• Ovarian cancer

• Other specified areas

Consumer Involvement in the CDMRP
http://cdmrp.army.mil/CWG/default.htm

This Web page details consumer involvement in the CDMRP, a partnership among the public, Congress and the Department of Defense to fund cancer research.

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
http://www.fda.gov

The FDA's mission is to

• Promote and protect the public's health by helping safe and effective products reach the market in a timely way

• Monitor products for continued safety after they are in use

FDA Advisory Committees
http://www.fda.gov/oc/advisory/default.htm

FDA Advisory Committees assist the FDA in making sound decisions based on good science in its review of regulated products.

FDA Consumer Representatives
http://www.fda.gov/oc/advisory/consumer.html

FDA Consumer representatives work with FDA Advisory Committees.

NCI Web Sites

National Cancer Institute
http://www.cancer.gov/

NCI provides information on cancer and science through its Web site.

CancerNet
http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/

CancerNet contains information on over 100 types of cancer, including treatment options, screening and detection tests, prevention, coping with cancer, complementary and alternative medicine, and cancer genetics.

Cancer Information Service (CIS)
http://cis.nci.nih.gov

The Cancer Information Service (CIS) is NCI's link to the public; CIS interprets and explains research findings in a clear and understandable manner via fact sheets, publications, etc. CIS also offers a variety of ways to receive up-to-date cancer information.

cancerTrials
http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/

cancerTrials provides Information and news about cancer research studies/clinical trials.

Links to Other Web sites
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/othersites#0_sites_that_address_many_cancer_topics

Links are provided to other related Web sites that address many cancer topics and specific cancer types.

Other Government Web Sites

Healthfinder®
http://www.healthfinder.gov/

Healthfinder® is a free gateway to reliable consumer health and human services information developed by the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Healthfinder® can lead you to

• Online publications

• Clearinghouses

• Databases

• Web sites

• Support and self-help groups

• Government agencies and not-for-profit organizations that produce reliable information for the public

National Library of Medicine (NLM) Gateway
http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/gw/Cmd

The NLM Gateway is a web-based system that lets users search simultaneously in multiple retrieval systems at the United States NLM. The gateway provides "one-stop searching" for many of NLM's information resources and databases.

Cancer Dictionaries

NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary/

This Web site contains a searchable NCI database that includes an extensive listing of terms that are

• Basic science, biological, and chemical

• Applied clinical and medical

Life Science Dictionary
http://www.life.nthu.edu.tw/~g864204/dict-search.html

This Web site contains a database searchable by term or definition at the University of Texas; the database contains more than 8300 terms in

• Biochemistry

• Biotechnology

• Cell biology and genetics

• Related information

Glossary of Terms and Symbols Used in Pharmacology
http://www.bumc.bu.edu/www/busm/pharmacology/Programmed/framedGlossary.html

This Web site lists pharmacology terms and symbols from A-Z.

Medical Dictionary
http://www.medicinenet.com/Script/Main/hp.asp

A medical dictionary is provided on the MedicineNet site. To access the dictionary, click Dictionary from the menu.

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