General Cancer Links

General Cancer Information and Support Sites

• University of Pennsylvania's Oncolink - Definitely Recommended!
• National Cancer Institute - Comprehensive cancer information and clinical trials
• MedlinePlus: Cancer - A portal to a wide range of cancer information
• American Cancer Society - Cancer information, statistics and support
• Gilles Frydman's acor.org - A wealth of cancer related email lists
• Cancer.Net - The patient information website of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
• National Comprehensive Cancer Network - Many clinical practice guidelines and patient treatment guides available.
• CancerHelp UK - Provides a free information service about cancer and cancer care for people with cancer and their families
• CancerBACKUP
• Cancer Research UK
• CANCERCARE

• Steve Dunn's CancerGuide
• Pros and Cons of Researching your Cancer
- One of the best articles available to help you understand and put into perspective all the cancer information you might find.
• How to Research the Medical Literature
• Michele's Cancer Info for Patients - Information relating to side effects that may occur during Radiation or Chemotherapy treatments.

These sites will all allow you to search for clinical trials relevant to your situation. For whatever reason, each site typically returns a different list of trials (with some overlap). If you are interested in finding a clinical trial, you should look at all of these sites.

• ClinicalTrials.gov - Regularly updated information about federally and privately supported clinical research in human volunteers.
• CenterWatch - Clinical trials listing service.
• NCI's Clinical Trials Home Page - Search for clinical trials. Includes better sorting ability than some of the other sites.
• EmergingMed - A free and confidential cancer clinical trial matching and referral service.

• Vital Options - Using communications technology to reach every person dealing with cancer.