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General Cancer Information

(Jump to: Cancer in Animals | Cancer in Older Adults | Cancer in Women | Organizations | Overviews | Paraneoplastic Syndromes | Prevention | Risk Factors | Screening & Testing | Other General Information )

	Organizations
	National Cancer Institute (NCI)
	American Cancer Society (ACS)
	Oncolink:University of Pennsylvania
	American Society of Clinical Oncology, Cancer.Net (ASCO)
	National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)
	Stanford Comprehensive Cancer Center
	Cancer Backup, UK

	Overviews
	What You Need To Know About™ Cancer - An Overview:NCI (Order printed copy)
	Cancer Overview:Stanford Cancer Center
	Cancer (General Information):ACS
	Cancer: Questions and Answers:NCI
	Cancer as a Disease:NCI Training Module
	Understanding Cancer (series of tutorials):NCI
	Cancer Topics:NCI
	Oncology Articles (Index):eMedicine

	Cancer Prevention
	General Information
	Preventing Cancer: 7 Steps to Reduce Your Risk:Mayo Clinic
	Prevention:ASCO
	Cancer Prevention:ACS
	Cancer Prevention Overview (PDQ®):NCI
	Treating and Preventing Cancer with Vaccines:NCI
	Cancer Vaccine Fact Sheet:NCI
	Chemoprevention: Using Drugs to Reduce the Risk of Cancer:ASCO
	Nutrition and Cancer:Oral Cancer Foundation
	Nutrition to Reduce Cancer Risk:Stanford Cancer Center
	Watch Your Waistline to Ward Off Cancer:ACS
	Garlic and Cancer Prevention:NCI
	Red Wine and Cancer Prevention:NCI
	Statins and Cancer Prevention:NCI
	Tea and Cancer Prevention:NCI
	Routine Vitamin Supplementation to Prevent Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease:AHRQ

	Index to Prevention of Specific Cancers
	Breast Cancer		Lung Cancer
	Cervical Cancer		Ovarian Cancer
	Colorectal Cancer		Pancreatic Cancer
	Endometrial Cancer		Prostate Cancer
	Esophageal Cancer		Skin Cancer
	Head and Neck Cancer		Stomach Cancer

	Cancer Risk Factors
	General Information
	Cancer Causes and Risk Factors:NCI
	Nine Risk Factors Account for One-Third of World's Cancer Deaths:ACS
	Your Disease Risk:Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention
	Carcinogens in the Environment: A Major Cause of Cancer?:Mayo Clinic
	Cancer and the Environment: What You Need to Know, What You Can Do:NCI & NIEHS
	Report on Carcinogens:Department of Health and Human Services

	Index to Risk Factors for Specific Cancers
	Brain Tumor		Ovarian Cancer
	Breast Cancer		Thyroid Cancer
	Oral Cancer

	Cancer Screening and Testing
	General Information
	Guidelines for the Early Detection of Cancer:ACS
	Cancer Screening Overview (PDQ®):NCI
	Types of Tests to Detect Cancer:NCI
	Cancer Diagnosis:Stanford Cancer Center
	Tumor Markers: Q & A:NCI
	Patient Guide: Tumor Markers for Breast Cancer:ASCO
	Patient Guide: Tumor Markers for Gastrointestinal Cancers:ASCO
	Serum Tumor Markers:American Academy of Family Physicians

	Index to Screening and Testing for Specific Cancers
	Bladder Cancer		Neuroblastoma
	Breast Cancer		Oral Cancer
	Cervical Cancer		Ovarian Cancer
	Colorectal Cancer		Prostate Cancer
	Endometrial Cancer		Skin Cancer
	Esophageal Cancer		Stomach Cancer
	Liver Cancer		Testicular Cancer
	Lung Cancer

	Cancer in Women, General
	Women's Cancers:NCI
	Women's Cancer Network
	2007 State of the State of Gynecologic Cancers:Gynelogic Cancer Foundation [PDF]
	Women and Lung Cancer:ASCO
	Neuro-oncologic Diseases of Women:Massachusetts General Hospital

	Cancer in Older Adults, General
	Cancer in Older Adults:ASCO [PDF]
	Cancer:American Geriatrics Society
	Cancer:Merck Manual of Geriatrics
	Pain -- Treating Older Patients:NCI
	Older Patients Need More Information About Chemotherapy Options:ACS

	Cancer in Animals
	What You Should Know About Cancer in Animals:American Veterinary Medical Association
	Veterinary Oncology:Oncolink

	Paraneoplastic Syndromes
	Paraneoplastic Syndromes of the Nervous System:Mayo Clinic
	Introduction to Paraneoplastic Neurological Disorders:International Paraneoplastic Association
	Treatment Options for Paraneoplastic Neurological Disorders:International Paraneoplastic Association
	Paraneoplastic Pemphigus:New Zealand Dermatological Society

	Other General Cancer Information
	The National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service: Q & A:NCI
	Cancer Library:NCI
	Cancer Clusters:NCI
	Cancer Clusters:CDC
	Cancer Myths:ASCO
	Cancer Survival Rate: A Tool to Understand Your Prognosis:Mayo Clinic
	100 Years of Advances Against Cancer:NCI
	Statistics for 2007:ACS
	Cancer Facts & Figures, 2008:ACS [PDF]
	Cancer Statistics:NCI

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