Reliable General Cancer Website Information
Reliable General Cancer Website Information - Peter Mac Cancer Centre
| American Cancer Society (US) |
| This website contains comprehensive information on all cancer, including both general and detailed information on the related treatments |
| Cancer Council Victoria |
| This website has comprehensive information and publications on different cancer types, treatment and symptom management in several languages. Victorian support services are also listed, including ways to access relevant cancer support groups and financial assistance. |
Cancer Connections |
| Cancer Connections is a Cancer Council online forum that provides information and support for people affected by cancer. the purpose is to provide a reliable, secure and useful meeting place for cancer patients, carers, survivors, friends and relatives to help them support each other. The home page links to the Cancer Council NSW website, which connects to a wide range if information and support services. (This site comes under the responsibility of Cancer Council NSW). |
| Virtual Cancer Centre |
| The virtual cancer centre delivers the latest information on cancer. The information is updated every 12 hours. It displays detailed health and medical information concerning cancer diseases, drugs, symptoms, investigations & treatments. |
| University of Pennsylvania (US) |
| University of Pennsylvania This website was set up by cancer specialists at the University of Pennsylvania to provide access to comprehensive information about specific cancer types, treatments and research. It is easy to access. |
| Quackwatch (US) |
| Quackwatch is a non-profit corporation whose purpose is to combat health-related frauds, myths, fads, fallacies, and misconduct. Its primary focus is on quackery-related information that is difficult or impossible to get elsewhere. Founded by Dr. Stephen Barrett in 1969 as the Lehigh Valley Committee Against Health Fraud, it was incorporated in 1970. In 1997, it assumed its current name and began developing a worldwide network of volunteers and expert advisors. There is a comprehensive section on questionable cancer therapies. |
| National Centre for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine (UK) |
| NCCAM is dedicated to exploring complementary and alternative healing practices in the context of rigorous science therapies and disseminating authoritative information to professionals and the public. The National Institute of Health conducts research into complimentary and alternative therapies and available research findings are on their website. |
| Adventures of Captain Chemo (UK) |
| This website is from the Royal Marsden Hospital, UK. It provides information on childhood cancers written for children and young adults with cancer. There are two versions of information, one for younger children and one for teenagers. The character, Captain Chemo, is a much loved superhero and his adventures are an interactive and educational computer game. Participants follow Captain Chemo and his crew, who are named after cancer treatments, on a journey through the body to seek out and destroy cancer cells. Progress through the game is made by answering questions about cancer and playing a number of shooting games that aim to destroy the tumour. There are links to the Royal Marsden information pages to find answers to questions. |
| Cancer BACKUP (UK) |
| Cancerbackup has merged with Macmillan Cancer Support. Together they provide a wealth of high quality information about cancer. Macmillan Cancer Support improves the lives of people affected by cancer. On their Cancerbackup website, you can find over 6,000 pages of up-to-date information about cancer and treatments, practical advice and support for cancer patients, their families and carers. |
| Cancer Information Network (US) |
| This website aims to provide health professionals and patients with access to up-to-date cancer information and the results of current research in full text articles from medical journals. The site is divided into patient and professional areas. The patient has a newsletter and reports on recent studies in medical journals |
| Cancer Institute NSW |
| The Cancer Institute of NSW is a statutory body funded by the NSW State Government. The Institute's objectives include improving the quality of life for cancer patients and their carers, and to provide expert advice to patients, the public, health care professionals, and the government. The site's information for patients, families and carers includes support services, accommodation and transport, and complementary therapies. It also lists Australian and international sites dedicated to cancer and related issues. |
| Canteen |
| Canteen is the Australian Organisation for Young People Living with Cancer. Membership is free; however you need to be aged between 12 and 24. There are three categories of membership, patient members: have or have had cancer; sibling members: brothers or sisters of a person who has or has had cancer; offspring members: young people with a parent or primary carer who has or has had cancer. Canteen’s mission is to support, develop and empower young people living with cancer. This is done by providing an Australia-wide peer support network of young people who are living with cancer. For more information about Canteen and its programmes visit the website. |
| Carers Victoria |
| Carers Victoria is a state-wide organisation. They offer direct services to support carers in their caring role, as well as education and training and advocacy programmes to increase the awareness of carers and carers’ issues. |
| DIPEx: Patient Experiences of Health and Illness (UK) |
| DIPEx shows a wide variety of personal experiences of health and illness. “Being told you have an illness can be confusing and frightening and finding reliable information can be frustrating.” On this site you can watch, listen to or read their interviews and find reliable information on treatment choices. The site covers cancer and teenage cancer plus other health areas. |
| Health Translations Directory Australia |
| The Health Translations Online Directory is a database of links to health information that has been translated into languages other than English. Visitors to the site are able to search for health information by topic and by language. Search results will include a listing of resources in the relevant languages as well as a summary of each resource, the format, details of the target audience, date of production and review. |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre (US) |
| As one of the world's premier cancer centers, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center is committed to exceptional patient care, leading-edge research, and superb educational programs. ABOUT HERBS, BOTANICALS & OTHER PRODUCTS section on the website is an information resource, presented by their Integrative Medicine Service. It provides evidence-based information about herbs, botanicals, supplements, and more. To access the information from the home page, click on Cancer Information in the top left hand corner. Under Cancer Information in the list of subjects, click on Integrative Medicine. Under Integrative Medicine you will fine About Herbs, Botanicals and Other products. Click on this. There is a search section on this page which allows you to search for information about herbs, botanicals and other products. Information available includes a clinical summary for each agent and details about constituents, adverse effects, interactions, and potential benefits or problems. Evaluations of alternative or unproved cancer therapies are also available. |
| National Cancer Institute |
| The NCI’s comprehensive cancer website contains information for patients and health professionals on the different types of cancer, staging and treatments. A wide range of issues including relationships, sexuality and coping with life after treatment are addressed under ‘Coping with cancer’ which can be found under the heading ‘Cancer Topics’. The site also contains information on clinical trials. |
| Palliative Care Victoria |
| Palliative Care Victoria develops and provides information to help people living with life-threatening illnesses and their families, and for health care professionals. All the information is designed to assist any reader to understand some of the challenges faced by those with a life limiting illness. You may find answers to many of your questions about palliative care using this site. To the left of the home page is a navigation tree. There is access to all of the Palliative Care Victoria publications. |
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