Cancer Care
Cancer Information Resources

St. Luke's MSTI provides this listing of cancer-related resources as a service to our patients and their families. The information provided is intended for educational purposes only, and should not be construed as medical advice. Please contact your personal physician or other health care professional if you have questions regarding information retrieved from these or any other resources.

Cancer-Specific Topics

National Cancer Institute

cancer.gov
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is responsible for conducting and supporting research on cancer. There is extensive information on this website about the NCI and its programs, types of cancer, treatment options, detection, prevention, genetics, supportive care, and clinical trials. Information is available in English and Spanish.

American Cancer Society

cancer.org
The American Cancer Society (ACS) is a national organization supporting cancer patients. There is extensive information on this website about cancer, treatment options, and more.

CureSearch

curesearch.org
CureSearch unites the world's largest childhood cancer research organization, the Children's Oncology Group, and the National Childhood Cancer Foundation through their shared mission to cure childhood cancer.

National Cancer Institute Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial

prevention.cancer.gov/plco
The NCI's Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial (PLCO) is a national clinical trial that will determine if screening can reduce the number of deaths from these forms of cancer. Besides extensive information on the trial itself, this page also provides links to a large number of other resources. St. Luke's MSTI is participating in this NCI trial. For more information, call 1-800-716-0499.

The Journal of the National Cancer Institute

jnci.oxfordjournals.org
The Journal of the National Cancer Institute is geared toward professionals in the field of cancer research. However, informational pieces and articles are understandable to the lay person, especially if you are doing your own research on some specific form of cancer or treatment. Issues from the last four years are available online; for earlier issues, contact NCI through the numbers provided on their site.

ASCO Online

asco.org
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) is an organization that represents more than 10,000 cancer professionals worldwide, and offers scientific and educational programs and other initiatives to foster the exchange of information about cancer. ASCO Online offers services for both professionals and people with cancer, including extensive information on its Patient page. The ASCO site also has a search index that can help you easily locate topics such as clinical trials and local resources.

OncoLink

oncolink.org
OncoLink is a project of the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center, and is an excellent source of the latest and most newsworthy developments relating to cancer research and treatment. OncoLink provides extensive articles and references from all the major news organizations (including wire services), the major and specialized cancer-related journals, and cancer-related research. OncoLink has a search index at the bottom of the first page.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

cdc.gov
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services of the United States government. The CDC's mission is to promote health and quality of life by controlling disease. Its Cancer Prevention and Control program features articles and papers on the incidence of various types of cancers and prevention efforts, with primary focus on breast, cervical, prostate, skin, and colorectal cancers.

Medicine OnLine

meds.com
Medicine OnLine provides cancer-related educational content, discussion groups, and links to other related information services. This site contains an excellent glossary of cancer-related terms, and its general cancer information tends to focus on leukemia and lung cancer.

Nutrition Topics

Nutrition Navigator

navigator.tufts.edu
Nutrition Navigator is a rating guide to nutrition websites. Sites are ranked "among the best," "better than most," "average," and "not recommended." The summary on each site includes the type of organization running the site, the intended audience, the rankings, and commentary on what the site contains. The ratings are grouped according to the intended audience – health professionals, educators, kids, consumers, parents, people with special dietary needs, women, and journalists.

American Dietetic Association

eatright.org
This is the American Dietetic Association (ADA) home page. From this page, click on the "Hot Topics" icon for nutrition fact sheets, press releases, and position papers that explain the ADA's stance on issues that affect the nutritional status of the public. This is a good place to review current nutrition issues.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

healthfinder.gov
Health-finder is a gateway consumer health and human services information website from the U.S. government. Click on the search icon and choose nutrition from the list of topics. This will bring up a long list of other nutrition-related sites to choose from.

Meals For You

mealsforyou.com
The Meals For You site has thousands of recipes, complete with nutrition breakdowns. Here you can adjust a recipe's ingredient amounts to fit the number of servings you want to make and get a shopping list for all the ingredients you need. The search function at this site is helpful, too. You can find recipes by ingredient, category, nutrient content, or popularity. The recipes also provide you with preparation and cooking times – a great help for busy people.

Nutrition Café (Fun Nutrition for Kids)

pacificsciencecenter.org/nutrition
Listed as "better than most" by Nutrition Navigator, this site offers interactive nutrition adventures for children. Nutrition Café has three different activities to try: "Grab-A-Grape," a Jeopardy!-type nutrition quiz game; "Nutrition Sleuth," where seven nutrition mysteries are waiting to be solved; and "Have-A-Bite Café," a place to build a meal and see its nutrient breakdown. Nutrition Café does a wonderful job of making nutrition fun to learn.