Shared Experience Cancer Support
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Latest additions / amendments 27 March 2001
Note: These links lead to other WWW sites on the Internet. Shared Experience has not endorsed and makes no warranty as to the accuracy of the information contained within them and assumes no liability related to their use.
Please let us know if any of these links have changed
and if you know of any which should be added:
terry@SharedExperience.org
(Recently added at the top, alphabetical listing below.)
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Lifeforce
http://www.lifeforce.com.au/ |
Life Force Foundation support services, to meet the needs of people living with cancer, counselling, relaxation and meditation therapy, retreats and spiritual care. |
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Mayo Clinic
http://www.mayo.edu/ |
Information, resources, links
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MedExpert Net
http://medexpert.net/ |
Medical radiology information and many other useful medical links
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MedExplorer Health/Medical Information Center
http://www.medexplorer.com/ |
Hundreds of medical links
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Med Help International
http://www.medhelp.org/ |
General health information, news, ask the doctor, patient support, search facility
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(The) Median Isn't the Message by Stephen Jay Gould
http://cancerguide.org/median_not_msg.html |
The truth in statistics may not be as alarming as it first appears - An explanation of statistics, and how they might apply to you and your disease.
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Medical College of Wisconsin - General Internal Medicine
http://www.intmed.mcw.edu/ |
Information, resources
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Medical College of Wisconsin - International Travelers Clinic
http://www.intmed.mcw.edu/travel.html |
Preventive health care services for travelers, range of pre-travel vaccinations, preventive medications, and counseling
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Medical Excrow Society Inc
http://www.medicalescrow.com/ |
Free service enables individuals facing a serious illness to access money from their life insurance |
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Medical Resources on the Internet
http://planetree1.utmem.edu/NetResources/ |
Medical centers and organisations world wide
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Medicine Online
http://www.meds.com/ |
Offers medical information and education in oncology, searches, discussion groups, bookstore, links and reports
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Medline - How to Search
http://www.geocities.com/~mediguide/medline.html |
MEDLINE is the NLM's database of published medical citations and abstracts. Good explanation and Advanced Search form.
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MedLine at Infotrieve
http://www.infotrieve.com/freemedline/ |
Searchable database, also in various languages
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MedWeb (Emory University)
http://WWW.MedWeb.Emory.Edu/MedWeb/ |
A long list that includes Web Sites, newsgroups and mailing lists covering a wide range of medical areas.
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Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
http://www.mskcc.org/ |
Website of famous Cancer Center in New York
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Mike Hofschulte's Bone Marrow Transplant Story
http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/3485/ |
Donor's account of bone marrow transplant
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Miracle House
http://www.miraclehouse.org/ |
Housing and support (in New York City) to the visiting family and friends of people living with Cancer and AIDS
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Mount Sinai School of Medicine
http://www.mssm.edu/ |
Research, database, search, bookstore
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Mount Sinai School of Medicine - Division of Neoplastic Disease
http://info.neoplastics.mssm.edu/ |
Information, links for researchers and patients, survivors' pages, chat, discussion forum
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Mouse Genome Informatics
http://www.informatics.jax.org/ |
Integrated access to various sources for information on the genetics and biology of the laboratory mouse
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Multimedia Medical Reference Library
http://www.med-library.com/medlibrary/ |
Links, discussion, chat, information
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National Cancer Institute's CancerNet Cancer Information
http://cancernet.nci.nih.gov/ |
Information updated monthly, including clinical trials, links, search
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National Carcinoid Support Group
http://members.aol.com/thencsg/index.html |
Information, phone support, newsletter, treatment
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National Center for Biotechnology Information
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ |
Research, resources, links
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National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institutes
http://rex.nci.nih.gov/NCI_Pub_Interface/raterisk/ |
Cancer incidence and mortality rates in charts and graphs, information, risk factors
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National Library of Medicine (NLM) MedLine Plus http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
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Information, news, publications, database, research, links
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Neoplasms
http://www.ohsu.edu/cliniweb/C4/C4.html |
Information
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New Hampshire MedNet
http://www.nhmednet.org/default.htm |
Variety of resources for medical providers in New Hampshire
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OCLC Online Computer Library Center
http://homer.prod.oclc.org:3058/ |
Online information from academic journals, view articles online, search - need OCLC library that offers FirstSearch access by checking the OCLC Libraries Listing
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OncoLink - University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center Resource
http://cancer.med.upenn.edu/ |
One of the best, comprehensive and up-to-date information, search by cancer type, links, support, news, experiences, screening, prevention, treatments, trials, resources, etc.
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Oncology Drug Reviews (MSB)
http://pharminfo.com/pubs/msb/msbonc.html |
Information on cancer drugs, reviews
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Oncology Nursing Society - Cancer Fatigue
http://www.cancerfatigue.org/ |
Information, support and treatment for cancer fatigue in particular
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OnHealth - Personal Guide to Health
http://onhealth.com/ch1/index.asp |
Information, search, discussion, resources, ask the experts, and much much more
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Online Cancer Resource Center
http://www.vitaloptions.org/ref/ref.html |
Resources, support, centers, search, bulletin board
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Preview the Heart
http://sln2.fi.edu/biosci/preview/heartpreview.html |
Interaction site all about the heart, information, links
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Pub-Med - National Library of Medicine
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/ |
National Library of Medicine's search service to access MEDLINE and Pre-MEDLINE (with links to participating on-line journals), and other related databases
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Quackwatch
http://www.quackwatch.com/ |
Your Guide to Health Fraud, Quackery, and Intelligent Decisions, by Dr. Stephen Barrett
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Radiological Society of North America
http://www.rsna.org/ |
Research, publications, resources, search facility, links - 'The purpose of RSN is to promote and develop the highest standards of radiology and related sciences through education and research.'
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Stanford University Medical Center
http://www-med.stanford.edu/ |
For people with health, personal and relationship issues to share their experiences, bulletin boards and online chat, links
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Survivor Stories
http://www.oncolink.org/psychosocial/personal/survivors/ |
Inspiring stories from patients
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Support Group Com
http://www.support-group.com/ |
Information, research
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Swedish Medical Center
http://www.swedish.com/guide/ |
Information, resources, general health and some cancers
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Telematics Services in Cancer
http://telescan.nki.nl/ |
European information resources, links, discussion forum
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Teton Data Systems
http://www.tetondata.com/ |
Medical reference / information software
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UIN University Hospital of Geneva, Digital Imaging Unit
http://expasy.hcuge.ch/www/UIN/UIN.html |
Digital medical images
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University of Illinois College of Medicine
http://www.med.uiuc.edu/ |
General info, resources, links
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University of Michigan Health System
http://www.med.umich.edu/ |
Clinical services, health topics, search, etc.
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University of Pittsburg Alternative Medicine Homepage
http://www.pitt.edu/~cbw/altm.html |
Links to alternative medicine sites, clinical studies and National Institute of Health research on alternative methods. Databases, Resources, Mailing Lists, Newsgroups, Practitioners' Directories
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University of San Francisco General Internal Medicine
http://medicine.ucsf.edu/divisions/dgim/ |
Resources, information, people, publications, links
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US Dept of Health and Human Services
http://www.os.dhhs.gov/ |
HHS has links to other health-related governemnt sites, in addition to much consumer and policy information. Technical terms are linked to definitions in the National Library of Medicine's Entrez glossary.
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Virtual Hospital (University of Iowa)
http://www.vh.org/ |
Vast information, for patients and providers, FAQs, search facility, video clips, etc.
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Virtual Medical Center - Martindale's Health Science Guide
http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/~martindale/Medical.html |
Vast information
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Web of Care
http://www.webofcare.com/ |
General health care including cancer, care, resources, shopping cart, searchable glossary of medical terms
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The Wellness Community
http://www.wellness-community.org/ |
Cancer Patients Fighting for Recovery, emotional support, education and hope, links, info
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World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/ |
Includes What's New, Health Topics, Information Sources, Reports, Statistics, Related Links
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World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Biosciences (Harvard)
http://golgi.harvard.edu/biopages/all.html |
Hundreds of links
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Yahoo - direct page to search Direct page for searching on cancer by type
http://dir.yahoo.com/health/diseases_and_conditions/cancer/ |
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Yale-New Haven Medical Center, New Haven, Connecticut
http://info.med.yale.edu/ |
Includes Yale University School of Medicine, Medical library, Yale-New Haven Hospital and Health System, search facilities, MedMenu (access to 500+ medical journals)
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Yale Cancer Center, Connecticut, USA
http://www.med.yale.edu/ycc/ |
Lists hospitals, clinical trials, research programs, has FAQs, news,
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