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It's Time to Focus on Lung Cancer

This site provides background for patients, caregivers, and health professionals on lung cancer topics such as symptoms, stages, risks, treatment, clinical trials, and lung cancer and women. The site also provides access to free professional counseli ...

http://www.lungcancer.org

Frequently Asked Questions About Colonoscopy and Sigmoidoscopy

This fact sheet answer questions about colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy, which "are excellent screening exams for colorectal cancer (commonly referred to as 'colon cancer')." Includes details about the exam setting and procedures, recovery, an ...

http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_6x_Frequent_Questions_About_Colonoscopy_and_Sigmoidoscopy.asp?sitearea=

MedlinePlus: Colorectal Cancer

Compilation of links to information about "[c]ancer of the colon or rectum [which] is also called colorectal cancer. In the United States, it is the fourth most common cancer in men and women." Some of the topics covered here include preven ...

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/colorectalcancer.html

MedlinePlus: Pancreatic Cancer

Overview and compilation of links to websites about pancreatic cancer, which is "the fourth-leading cause of cancer death in the U.S." Covers risk factors, symptoms, treatment, prevention, clinical trials, research, statistics, and related ...

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/pancreaticcancer.html

National Cancer Institute: Cervical Cancer

Compilation of fact sheets and other documents about cervical cancer (cancer of the cervix). Topics include treatment options, causes and prevention, screening and testing, clinical trials, research, and statistics. Includes material about human papi ...

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/cervical

International Early Lung Cancer Action Program (I-ELCAP)

This program's mission is to achieve the "early diagnosis, treatment, and cure of lung cancer." Provides fact sheets about lung cancer and computed tomography (CT) scans for lung cancer, a list of lung cancer screening sites (in the U.S. an ...

http://www.ielcap.org

MedlinePlus: Cervical Cancer

Compilation of links to information about cancer of the cervix, covering diagnosis, treatment, prevention and screening, and topics related to cervical cancer (such as human papilloma virus and cervical dysplasia). Some material available in Spanish. ...

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cervicalcancer.html

Second Opinion: Cervical Cancer

2004 episode of the medical program Second Opinion (produced by WXXI Public Broadcasting) focusing on "the causes of cervical cancer, how to reduce your risk of getting it and, if you are diagnosed, how to survive it." Includes show transcr ...

http://www.pbs.org/secondopinion/episodes/cervicalcancerandhpv/

UT Researchers Decoding Saliva's Secrets, "Spit Test" to Detect Breast Cancer Underway

This January 2008 article summarizes a study announcing that "[r]esearchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston can identify and quantify specific protein markers in human saliva to provide an early, non-invasive diagnosi ...

http://publicaffairs.uth.tmc.edu/media/newsreleases/nr2008/bc-saliva.htm

Young People With Cancer: A Handbook for Parents

This handbook provides information on the different types and treatment of cancer, talking to your child about cancer, and more. From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Opens directly into a PDF file.

http://www.cancer.gov/PDF/81b46bc0-403d-4e46-8636-032d765eba4a/young_people(9-01).pdf

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