Cancer (Print Version)

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Cancer

URL of this page: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cancer.html

Latest News

Study Links Childhood Cancer, Power Lines (10/29/2004, United Press International) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_20952.html (*this news item will not be available after 11/28/2004)
Mental Illness May Raise Cancer Risk (10/27/2004, Reuters Health) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_20886.html (*this news item will not be available after 11/26/2004)
Protein LRP6 Makes Cancer Cells Aggressive (10/25/2004, United Press International) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_20847.html (*this news item will not be available after 11/24/2004)
National Cancer Institute Announces Major Commitment to Nanotechnology for Cancer Research (09/13/2004, National Cancer Institute) - http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/sep2004/nci-13.htm
Scientists Establish Database of Genes Associated with Cancer Drug Resistance (08/22/2004, National Cancer Institute) - http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/aug2004/nci-21.htm
More News on Cancer - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/alphanews_c.html#Cancer

From the National Institutes of Health

Cancer Information (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/
Cancer Information Sources (National Cancer Institute) - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/2_1.htm
Cancer: Questions and Answers (National Cancer Institute) - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/6_7.htm
Also available in Spanish - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/6_7s.htm
Guide to National Cancer Institute Information Resources for Patients and the Public (National Cancer Institute) - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/2_9.htm

Overviews

Understanding Cancer (National Cancer Institute) - http://press2.nci.nih.gov/sciencebehind/cancer/cancer01.htm
Also available in Spanish - http://press2.nci.nih.gov/sciencebehind/cancersp/cancersp01.htm
Understanding Cancer: A Basic Overview (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=CA00003
What You Need to Know about Cancer: An Overview (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/wyntk/overview

Diagnosis/Symptoms

Cancer Imaging (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/learning/science-explained-imaging
Cancer: Early Detection (American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/725.xml
Also available in Spanish - http://familydoctor.org/e725.xml
Clear Cell, Large Cell, Small Cell: What Do These Cancer Classifications Mean? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00654
Computed Tomography (CT): Questions and Answers (National Cancer Institute) - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/5_2.htm
Diagnosing Cancer: What to Expect (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=CA00028
Fine Needle Aspiration (American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery) - http://www.entnet.org/healthinfo/thyroid/fine_needle_aspiration.cfm
Imaging (Radiology) Tests for Cancer (American Cancer Society) - http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ped/content/ped_2_3x_imaging_radiology_tests.asp?sitearea=ped
Interpreting Laboratory Test Results (National Cancer Institute) - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/5_27.htm
Preparing for a Needle Aspiration Biopsy (National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center) - http://www.cc.nih.gov/ccc/patient_education/pepubs/needle.html
SPECT Scan (Single-Photon Emission Computerized Tomography): Can It Detect Cancer? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00617
Staging: Questions and Answers (National Cancer Institute) - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/5_32.htm
Also available in Spanish - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/5_32s.htm
Testing Biopsy and Cytology Specimens for Cancer (American Cancer Society) - http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ped/content/ped_2_3x_testing_biopsy_and_cytology_specimens_for_cancer.asp?sitearea=ped
Tumor Grade: Questions and Answers (National Cancer Institute) - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/5_9.htm
Tumor Markers (National Cancer Institute) - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/5_18.htm
Also available in Spanish - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/5_18s.htm
Understanding Your Cancer Pathology Report (College of American Pathologists) - http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/fact_sheets/pathrep.htm

Treatment

Adjuvant Therapy: What Is It? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=CA00012
Angiogenesis Inhibitors in the Treatment of Cancer (National Cancer Institute) - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/7_42.htm
Biological Therapies: Using the Immune System to Treat Cancer (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/biologicaltherapy
Cancer: Choosing a Treatment Program (American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/721.xml
Also available in Spanish - http://familydoctor.org/e721.xml
Carcinoma of Unknown Primary (PDQ): Treatment (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/treatment/unknownprimary/patient/
Also available in Spanish - http://www.cancer.gov/espanol/pdq/tratamiento/primariodesconocido/patient/
Ending Your Cancer Treatment: How to Decide When the Time Is Right (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=CA00038
Gene Therapy for Cancer: Questions and Answers (National Cancer Institute) - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/7_18.htm
Hyperthermia in Cancer Treatment: Questions and Answers (National Cancer Institute) - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/7_3.htm
Lasers in Cancer Treatment (National Cancer Institute) - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/7_8.htm
Newly Approved Cancer Treatments (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/developments/newly-approved-treatments
Radiation Therapy - Introduction (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/radiationtherapyintroductionloader.html
Also available in Spanish - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/tutorials/radiationtherapyintroductionspanishloader.html
Radiation Therapy and You: A Guide to Self-Help during Cancer Treatment (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/radiation-therapy-and-you/
Radiation Therapy for Cancer: Questions and Answers (National Cancer Institute) - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/7_1.htm
Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation (RFA) (Society of Interventional Radiology) - http://www.sirweb.org/patPub/radiofrequencyAblation.shtml
Surgery: How and Why It's Used in Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=CA00033
What Drug Is Used to Treat a Disease? (Food and Drug Administration) - http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/onctools/treat.cfm

Health Check Tools

What's Your Cancer Risk? (Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention) - http://www.yourdiseaserisk.harvard.edu/hccpquiz.pl?func=show&page;=cancer_index

Clinical Trials

ClinicalTrials.gov: Carcinoma (National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D002277&recruiting;=true
ClinicalTrials.gov: Neoplasms (National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D009369&recruiting;=true
Cancer Studies at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center: Questions and Answers (National Cancer Institute) - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/1_22.htm
Cancer Trials (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/clinical_trials/
Clinical Trials and Insurance Coverage - A Resource Guide (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/understanding/insurance-coverage
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Cancer Clinical Trials (Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine) - http://www3.cancer.gov/occam/trials.html
FAQ for Patients (Clinical Trials) (Radiation Therapy Oncology Group) - http://www.rtog.org/faqpatient.html
If You Want to Find Ways to Prevent Cancer...Learn about Prevention Clinical Trials (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/learning/about-prevention-trials
Also available in Spanish - http://www.cancer.gov/espanol/estudios-de-prevencion
JAMA Patient Page: Cancer Clinical Trials (American Medical Association) - http://www.medem.com/search/article_display.cfm?path=\\TANQUERAY\M_ContentItem&mstr;=/M_ContentItem/ZZZ24N2RJVD.html&soc;=JAMA/Archives&srch;_typ=NAV_SERCH
More Choices in Cancer Care: Information for Beneficiaries on Medicare Coverage of Cancer Clinical Trials (National Cancer Institute) - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/8_14.htm
NCI's Clinical Trials Cooperative Group Program (National Cancer Institute) - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/1_4.htm
Proteomics in Clinical Trials (National Cancer Institute) - http://newscenter.cancer.gov/newscenter/benchmarks-vol2-issue2/page2
Should I Take Part in a Cancer Prevention Trial? (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/understanding/should-I-take-part-prevention
Understanding Cancer Prevention Trials (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/clinical_trials/doc.aspx?viewid=39597F98-CFAE-473A-AB90-24E36CD16A89
What Is a Clinical Trial? (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/understanding/what-is-a-clinical-trial

Alternative Therapy

MedlinePlus: Cancer Alternative Therapy (National Library of Medicine) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/canceralternativetherapy.html
Also available in Spanish - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/canceralternativetherapy.html

Specific Conditions

Cancer of Unknown Primary Origin (National Cancer Institute) - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/6_19.htm
Cancer: Common Cancers in Adults (American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/727.xml
Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumors (PDQ): Treatment (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/treatment/extragonadal-germ-cell/patient/
Also available in Spanish - http://www.cancer.gov/espanol/pdq/tratamiento/extragonadal/patient/
Metastatic Cancer: Questions and Answers (National Cancer Institute) - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/6_20.htm
Also available in Spanish - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/6_20s.htm
Occupational Cancer (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) - http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/cancer/
Paraneoplastic Syndromes (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary - http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/disorders/paraneoplastic.htm
What Is Cancer of Unknown Primary? (American Cancer Society) - http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_1x_what_is_cancer_of_unknown_primary_58.asp?sitearea=cri

Prevention/Screening

Cancer Prevention and Control (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/
Cancer Prevention Overview (PDQ) (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/prevention/overview
Cancer Screening Overview (PDQ) (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/screening/overview
Cancer: Are You at Risk (American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/729.xml
Also available in Spanish - http://familydoctor.org/e729.xml
Eliminate Disparities in Cancer Screening & Management (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Minority Health) - http://www.cdc.gov/omh/AMH/factsheets/cancer.htm
Everything Doesn't Cause Cancer: Facts on Preventing Cancer (American Institute for Cancer Research) - http://www.aicr.org/publications/brochures/online/ed.htm
How to Prevent Cancer - Early Screening (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/howtopreventcancerearlyscreeningloader.html
Also available in Spanish - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/tutorials/howtopreventcancerearlyscreeningspanishloader.html
Preventing Cancer: 6 Steps (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=CA00024

Nutrition

Diet: Food Choice Recommendations for Reducing Cancer Risk (American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/301.xml
Nutrition in Cancer Care (PDQ) (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/supportivecare/nutrition
Also available in Spanish - http://www.cancer.gov/espanol/pdq/cuidados-medicos-apoyo/nutricion/patient/

Disease Management

Follow-up Care: Questions and Answers (National Cancer Institute) - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/7_48.htm

Related Issues

Cancer Clusters (National Cancer Institute) - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/3_58.htm
Cancer: After Treatment (American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/723.xml
Fertility and Cancer: What to Know before You Begin Treatment (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=CA00045
Fever During Cancer Treatment: Don't Wait It Out (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=CA00043
How to Find a Doctor or Treatment Facility If You Have Cancer (National Cancer Institute) - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/7_47.htm
Also available in Spanish - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/7_47s.htm
Infections in Individuals with Cancer (American Cancer Society) - http://www.cancer.org/docroot/eto/content/eto_1_2x_infections_in_individuals_with_cancer.asp
Minority Cancer Awareness (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) - http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/minorityawareness.htm
Also available in Spanish - http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/cancer/minority-s.htm
Obesity and Cancer (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/obesity1
Psychological Stress and Cancer (National Cancer Institute) - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/3_17.htm
Questions and Answers: Physical Activity and Cancer (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/pressreleases/PhysicalActivity
Remission: What Does That Mean? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00784
Smoking Cessation and Continued Risk in Cancer Patients (PDQ) (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/supportivecare/smokingcessation/patient/
Also available in Spanish - http://www.cancer.gov/espanol/pdq/cuidados-medicos-apoyo/fumar-riesgo-de-cancer/patient/
Three Good Reasons to See a Dentist Before Cancer Treatment (National Oral Health Information Clearinghouse) - http://www.nohic.nidcr.nih.gov/campaign/tip_sht.htm
Also available in Spanish - http://www.nohic.nidcr.nih.gov/campaign/tresbuenas.htm
Understanding Angiogenesis (National Cancer Institute) - http://press2.nci.nih.gov/sciencebehind/angiogenesis/angio01.htm
Understanding Prognosis and Cancer Statistics (National Cancer Institute) - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/8_2.htm
When Cancer Recurs: Meeting the Challenge (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/when-cancer-recurs

Research

Agricultural Health Study (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/pressreleases/AHSfactsheet
Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene Cancer Prevention (ATBC) Trial (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/pressreleases/ATBCfollowup
Artificial Sweeteners (National Cancer Institute) - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/3_19.htm
Cancer Progress Report -- 2003 Update (National Cancer Institute) - http://progressreport.cancer.gov/
Cancer Vaccine (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/pressreleases/cancervaccines
Cancer Vaccines: Training the Immune System to Fight Cancer (Food and Drug Administration) - http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2004/504_cancer.html
Formaldehyde and Cancer: Questions and Answers (National Cancer Institute) - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/3_8.htm
Full-Body CT Scans: Too Much Radiation? (American Cancer Society) - http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_2_1x_Full-Body_CT_Scans_Too_Much_Radiation.asp
Gene Silencing Studies Yield Potential New Class of Anticancer Drug (National Institute of General Medical Sciences) - http://www.nigms.nih.gov/news/releases/brief_selker.html
Heterocyclic Amines in Cooked Meats (National Cancer Institute) - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/3_25.htm
How Vitamin C Is Administered Affects How Much Reaches the Bloodstream and May Affect the Results of Studies of Its Potential Effect on Cancer (American College of Physicians) - http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/140/7/I-61
Is Salmon Safe? Contaminants Found, Risks Unclear (American Cancer Society) - http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_2_1x_Is_Salmon_Safe.asp
National Cancer Institute Announces Major Commitment to Nanotechnology for Cancer Research (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/sep2004/nci-13.htm
New Finding Points to Method for Detecting Thousands of Cancer Biomarkers (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/pressreleases/ProteinBiomarkers
New Study Suggests that Death Rates for Some Cardiac and Cancer Surgeries May Be Linked to Surgeons' Experience (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) - http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2003/surgvolpr.htm
Newly Identified Tumor Suppressor Cooperates with p53 to Protect Mice against Tumors (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/aug2003/nci-07.htm
Questions and Answers: Proteomics and Cancer (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/pressreleases/proteomicsQandA
Scientists Establish Database of Genes Associated with Cancer Drug Resistance (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/aug2004/nci-21.htm
Simian Virus 40 and Human Cancer (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/sv40
Studies Find No Evidence That SV40 is Related to Human Cancer (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/pressreleases/SV40
Understanding Nanodevices (National Cancer Institute) - http://press2.nci.nih.gov/sciencebehind/nanotech/nano01.htm

Genetics

Genetics Home Reference: Cowden syndrome (National Library of Medicine) - http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=cowdensyndrome
Genetics Home Reference: Li-Fraumeni syndrome (National Library of Medicine) - http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=lifraumenisyndrome
Genetics Home Reference: Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (National Library of Medicine) - http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=peutzjegherssyndrome
Cancer Genetics Overview (PDQ) (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/genetics/overview

Dictionaries/Glossaries

Cancer.gov Dictionary (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary/
Cancer: Medical Vocabulary (American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/730.xml
Also available in Spanish - http://familydoctor.org/e730.xml

Directories

American College of Surgeons Approved Hospital Search (American College of Surgeons) - http://web.facs.org/cpm/default.htm
Cancer Genetics Services Directory (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/search/genetics_services/
Find a Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist (American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology) - http://www.aspho.org/custom/directory/?pageid=235
Find an Oncologist (American Society of Clinical Oncology) - http://www.peoplelivingwithcancer.org/plwc/MainConstructor/1,1744,_12-001075-00_14-00Find+an+Oncologist-00_17-001029-00_21-008,00.asp
Find Treatment Centers (American Cancer Society) - http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ftc/ftc_0.asp
National Cancer Institute Cancer Centers Program (National Cancer Institute) - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/1_2.htm
Also available in Spanish - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/1_2s.htm
National Organizations That Offer Services to People with Cancer and Their Families (National Cancer Institute) - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/8_1.htm
Also available in Spanish - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/8_1s.htm

Organizations

American Cancer Society - http://www.cancer.org/
Cancer Information Service: Questions and Answers (National Cancer Institute) - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/2_5.htm
National Cancer Institute - http://www.cancer.gov/
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion - http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/
Your Cancer Risk: The Source on Prevention (Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention) - http://www.yourdiseaserisk.harvard.edu/

Newsletters/Print Publications

National Cancer Institute News Center (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter
Ordering National Cancer Institute Publications: Questions and Answers (National Cancer Institute) - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/1_20.htm

Law and Policy

Advance Directives (National Cancer Institute) - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/8_12.htm
Cancer Legislative Information (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/legislat.htm
States That Require Health Plans to Cover Patient Care Costs in Clinical Trials (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/developments/laws-about-clinical-trial-costs
Understanding the Approval Process for New Cancer Drugs (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/understanding/approval-process-for-cancer-drugs

Statistics

Cancer Deaths to Decline in 2004 (American Cancer Society) - http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_1_1x_Cancer_Deaths_to_Decline_in_2004.asp
Cancer Health Disparities (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/healthdisparities
Cancer Incidence and Death Rates on the Decline: Survival Rates Show Significant Improvement (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jun2004/nci-03.htm
Cancer Statistics (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.nci.nih.gov/statistics/
Cancer Statistics for 2004 (American Cancer Society) - http://www.cancer.org/docroot/stt/stt_0.asp
Disparities in Cancer (American Public Health Association) - Links to PDF File - http://www.apha.org/NPHW/facts/Cancer-PHW04_Facts.pdf
Also available in Spanish - http://www.apha.org/NPHW/espanol/DisparidadesCancer-PHW04.pdf
FASTATS: Cancer (National Center for Health Statistics) - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/cancer.htm
How Changes in U.S. Census Counts Affect NCI Cancer Rates (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/pressreleases/Census2000
Number of Cancer Survivors Growing According to New Report (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/pressreleases/MMWRCancerSurvivorship
Questions and Answers: Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer 1975-2001, with a Special Feature on Survival (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/pressreleases/ReportNation2004QandA
Screening to Prevent Cancer Deaths (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) - http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/pe_factsheets/pe_cancer.htm
State/Territory Cancer Data (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) - http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/dbdata.htm

Men

What Do You Know about Men's Health? Cancer in Men (National Women's Health Information Center) - http://www.4woman.gov/mens/men.cfm?page=338&mtitle;=cancer

Children

Childhood Cancer (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/cancer/cancer.html
Childhood Extracranial Germ Cell Tumors (PDQ): Treatment (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/treatment/extracranial-germ-cell/patient/
Also available in Spanish - http://www.cancer.gov/espanol/pdq/tratamiento/extracranealinfantil/patient/
JAMA Patient Page: Cancer and Children (American Medical Association) - http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ3UBANOZC⊂_cat=260
Unusual Cancers of Childhood (PDQ): Treatment (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/treatment/unusual-cancers-childhood/patient/
Also available in Spanish - http://www.cancer.gov/espanol/pdq/tratamiento/canceres-infantiles-poco-frecuentes/patient/
What Is Cancer? (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/cancer/cancer.html

Seniors

Cancer Facts for People Over 50 (National Institute on Aging) - http://www.niapublications.org/engagepages/cancer.asp
Also available in Spanish - http://www.niapublications.org/spnagepages/cancer-sp.asp

You may also be interested in these MedlinePlus related pages:

Cancer Alternative Therapy - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/canceralternativetherapy.html
Cancer Chemotherapy - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cancerchemotherapy.html
Cancer--Living with Cancer - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cancerlivingwithcancer.html
Radiation Therapy - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/radiationtherapy.html
Cancers - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cancers.html

The primary NIH organization for research on Cancer is the National Cancer Institute - http://www.nci.nih.gov/

Page last updated: 31 October 2004
Topic last reviewed: 20 August 2004