Australian websites
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www.cancervic.org.au
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Cancer Council Victoria (Australia)
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Cancer Council Victoria is a not-for-profit organisation that funds cancer research and provides the community with a wide range of cancer services. Its website has comprehensive information and access to publications on different cancer types, treatment and symptom management in several languages. The support services section includes links to information about financial assistance and cancer support groups.
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www.cancerconnections.com.au
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Cancer Connections (Australia)
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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 of information and support services. (This site comes under the responsibility of Cancer Council NSW).
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www.cancerdirectory.com.au
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Cancer Directory (Australia)
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This website is managed and maintained by NSW Cancer Council. It aims to make it easier to access credible cancer care resources from around Australia that have been published since 2000. The information covers a range of cancer-related subject areas and target audiences:
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- all common cancer types
- prevention, screening, early detection, treatment, advanced cancer, palliative care
- coping with cancer, including psychological needs such as emotional and practical support, grief loss, communication
- for women, men, children, adolescents, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from other culturally and linguistically diverse communities, people with disabilities and health professionals.
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www.cancerinstitute.org.au
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Cancer Institute NSW (Australia)
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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 contains information cancer, cancer treatments, support services and complementary therapies. It also lists Australian and international sites dedicated to cancer and related issues.
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www.canteen.org.au
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Canteen (Australia)
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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. They provide an Australia-wide peer support network of young people who are living with cancer.
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www.carersvic.org.au
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Carers Victoria (Australia)
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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.
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www.livewire.org.au
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Livewire (Australia)
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This Australian online community is a social networking site for young people affected by a serious illness, chronic health condition or disability, and their siblings and parents . The site is divided into three communities: Livewire Members, Livewire Siblings and Livewire Parents. You can join the community that best suits your situation. Livewire features safe and secure moderated communities tailored especially for each group where members can chat online, meet other people who understand what they are going through, create a blog about themselves, play games, listen to the latest music, read articles created just for them and post forums to have their say.
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www.pallcarevic.asn.au
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Palliative Care Victoria (Australia)
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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. 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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www.virtualcancercentre.com
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Virtual Cancer Centre (Australia)
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The virtual cancer centre delivers the latest information on cancer. It displays detailed health and medical information concerning cancer diseases, drugs, symptoms, investigations & treatments. Featured is current cancer news, a cancer library and glossary. Other features include new and emerging treatments, research and clinical trials, patient support and links to other organisations.
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American websites
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www.cancer.org
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American Cancer Society (US)
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This website contains comprehensive information on all cancer. It also contains both general and detailed information on related cancer treatments. When you enter the site, there is a box on in the middle of the page ‘Learn about Cancer’. Select ‘Choose Cancer Topic’. Then select the cancer type you are looking for and click on ‘Go’
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www.cancernetwork.com
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Cancer Information Network (US)
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This website aims to provide health professionals and those affected by cancer with access to up-to-date cancer information and results of current research from medical journals. The site is divided into patient and professional areas.
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www.mskcc.org
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Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre (US)
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Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center is one of the world's premier cancer centers, 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 detailed, evidence-based information about herbs, botanicals, supplements, and more. Information available includes a summary for each agent, details about what it contains, adverse effects, interactions, and potential benefits or problems. Evaluations of alternative or unproved cancer therapies are also available.
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www.cancer.gov
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National Cancer Institute (US)
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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.
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www.quackwatch.org
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Quackwatch (US)
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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.
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www.oncolink.upenn.edu
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University of Pennsylvania (US)
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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.
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UK websites
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www.royalmarsden.org/captchemo
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Adventures of Captain Chemo (UK)
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This is a Royal Marsden Hospital, UK website. It provides information on childhood cancers written for children and young adults with cancer. 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. There are links to the Royal Marsden cancer information pages.
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http://www.healthtalkonline.org/
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DIPEx: Patient Experiences of Health and Illness (UK)
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The DIPEx site shows a wide variety of personal experiences of health and illness, covering cancer and teenage cancer plus other health areas. On this site you can watch, listen to or read the interviews and find reliable information on treatment choices.
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www.nccam.nih.gov
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National Centre for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine (UK)
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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.
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www.macmillan.org.uk
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MacMillan Cancer Support (UK)
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Macmillan merged with Cancerbackup in 2008 to become MacMillan Cancer Support. Together they provide quality assured, up-to-date cancer information for patients, relatives and carers. The website provides over 6,000 pages of information about cancer and treatments, practical advice and support. All of the information is written and reviewed by specialists. There is an online cancer community that you can join to participate in online forums, to share information and provide peer support.
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