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| Nome: | American Cancer Society |
| Descrição: | The American Cancer Society is a nationwide, community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer through prevention, research, education, advocacy, public policy, and patient services. Its Web site reflects that mission by offering links to these topics from its home page. Current News, Treatment Decision Tools, Donations and Volunteer Opportunities are located here, as is information for professionals. Users can access information on specific cancers via a drop-down bar on the left-hand navigation bar or click on the Cancer Resource Center at the top of the page. The Cancer Resource Center offers prevention and detection information, types of treatment, FAQs, news and additional resources for all types of cancer. This information also can be printed in printer-friendly format, which eliminates the frames and bars from a Web page in printing. |
| Endereço: | http://www.cancer.org/frames.html |
| Nome: | Cancer Research Foundation of America |
| Descrição: | A national non-profit organization, the Cancer Research Foundation of America's goal is to prevent cancer through research and education. Users can navigate this site using the left-hand navigation bar to read more on the Foundation's activities, such as grants, programs, advocacy, and events. The Foundation also provides educational materials for consumers through email or toll-free number ordering. On the top navigation bar, users can access specific information about cancer prevention by population--Men, Women, Children--and sub-categorized by age for men and women, and by topic for children. It also features excellent patient fact sheets on skin cancer and dietary guidelines. |
| Endereço: | http://www.preventcancer.org/ |
| Nome: | Cancer Support Care |
| Descrição: | This Web site is a comprehensive text-only based site that is based on the book, Cancer Supportive Care by Ernest H. Rosenbaum, MD and Isadora R. Rosenbaum, MA. As such, it features the table of contents, which then allows users to click on the topic or chapter of interest for additional reading. Many topics are covered including fatigue, pain control, sleep disorders and much more. A very useful Web site for patients, their families and caregivers. |
| Endereço: | http://www.cancersupportivecare.com |
| Nome: | CancerFatigue.org |
| Descrição: | From the Oncology Nursing Society, CancerFatigue.org is devoted solely to provide information on this most common and debilitating side effect of chemotherapy-related treatment. Provides more information and FAQs on cancer fatigue, an online access to ask a nurse a question about cancer fatigue, and tips on how to manage fatigue, a fatigue scale and information on how to speak to your nurse or employer about the fatigue. Information in this Web site is also available in Spanish. |
| Endereço: | http://www.cancerfatigue.org/ |
| Nome: | Discovery Health |
| Descrição: | This consumer-directed health Web site is tied to the Discovery Channel series of television programming. The Discovery Health Web site offers information on disease conditions and news on medical breakthroughs and can serve as a good site for patient education. The right-hand navigation bar offers users access to health tools such as cost of smoking calculators, target heart rate calculators, nutrition assessments, Flu Tracker and more. Diseases and Conditions offers an encyclopedia, medical references, and more. |
| Endereço: | http://www.discoveryhealth.com |
| Nome: | Family Care Research Program |
| Descrição: | The Family Care Research Program provides information for patients and caregivers, which can be accessed from the right-hand navigation bar and is very easy to use for patients. Topics include Symptom Management, Psychosocial and Emotional Issues, and more. Scroll down the home page to link to the Family Care Research Program's information for nurses and physicians. |
| Endereço: | http://www.healthteam.msu.edu/fcrp/ |
| Nome: | Healthology |
| Descrição: | Healthology produces and generates physician-written and reviewed information for this Web site and can serve as a good resource for patient education. It features Web casts, special presentations, and scheduled online programming. To access a health condition, click on the top navigation bar titled Areas of Interest to view topics, which include specific cancers. From there, users are directed to the topics in Web cast, feature or other form. Topics for cancer information include screening, dietary, chemotherapy and much more. Healthology features excellent information for breast cancer. |
| Endereço: | http://www.healthology.com |
| Nome: | Hospice Education Institute |
| Descrição: | The Hospice Education Institute is located in Essex, Connecticut and is a non-profit organization that provides information to patients and professionals about caring for the dying and bereaved. The Web site features more information about the history and organization of the Institute. It encourages people to call its toll-free number to receive information about palliative and hospice care. |
| Endereço: | http://www.hospiceworld.org |
| Nome: | Hospice Web |
| Descrição: | Hospice Web features many links of interest for people interested in hospice care. There is a searchable database to find a hospice by name or location provided by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. The Web site also features links to other hospice Web sites, as well as a message board and a frequently asked questions section. |
| Endereço: | http://www.hospiceweb.com |
| Nome: | Mayo Clinic |
| Descrição: | From the Mayo Clinic, this consumer-directed Web site provides material online that has been reviewed or developed by a Mayo Clinic physician or researcher. The home page offers access to News and Features and Health Lifestyle Planners for weight management, exercise, and smoking cessation. The left-hand navigation bar offers links to the following sections: Disease and Conditions, Healthy Living Centers, Drug Information, and First Aid and Self Care. Take Charge of Your Health offers access to the lifestyle planners, health decision guides, and more. The cancer section of this Web site can be accessed directly by clicking here www.mayoclinic.com/home?id=3.1.5 and offers news and features related to cancer and a scroll down bar to jump to more information on specific cancers and cancer-related topics. |
| Endereço: | http://www.mayoclinic.com |
| Nome: | Medicine OnLine |
| Descrição: | Geared toward both professionals and consumers, Medicine OnLine is navigated via home page menus. It offers information on HIV/AIDS, cancer and medical meeting reports. Also, an online Dose Calculator, Daily Medical News, Cancer Forums for consumer discussion groups and a bookstore for more cancer information is offered. The Cancer Information Libraries provide information on colon cancer, lung cancer, leukemia and AIDS/HIV. Click on the specific cancer to enter the library and read information from major cancer centers, the National Cancer Institute and CancerLit. |
| Endereço: | http://www.meds.com |
| Nome: | National Cancer Institute: Nutrition |
| Descrição: | For professionals, this link provides more information on the nutrition issues related to cancer. The site is very easy to navigate, providing links to an overview effects of cancer therapies and nutritional assessments. The General Management Guidelines provide more options for supportive nutritional care of cancer patients. |
| Endereço: | http://cancernet.nci.nih.gov |
| Nome: | Pain.com |
| Descrição: | Pain.com, a World of Information on Pain, offers a section for professionals and a section for consumers, with this page opening to more information for professionals. This includes CME offerings, links to lectures available on CD-ROM, JCAHO pain standards and more. Users can access Cancer Pain topics from the top navigation bar. The Cancer Pain section offers CME, expert interviews, an online pain forum, meetings on cancer pain, an online library, bookstore and more. |
| Endereço: | http://www.pain.com/index.cfm |
| Nome: | Partners Against Pain |
| Descrição: | The Partners Against Pain Web site offers information for patients and caregivers, assessments on pain and steps to control pain (for medical professional use) on all chronic pain issues. Link here to go directly to information for professionals on cancer pain www.partnersagainstpain.com/html/profed/pmc/pe_pmc2.htm , which includes pain management studies, clinical trial results and guidelines. |
| Endereço: | http://www.partnersagainstpain.com/ |
| Nome: | Patient Advocate Foundation |
| Descrição: | A national non-profit organization, the Patient Advocate Foundation acts as a liaison between patients, insurers, and employers to resolve insurance and other matters. As a reference, the Web site provides information on debt crisis intervention programs, job discrimination assistance and insurance issues and support. Users can access the Foundation's resources via left-hand navigation bar |
| Endereço: | http://www.patientadvocate.org/cancer.htm |
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