American Cancer Society
The ACS site has information for both healthcare professionals and patients that includes disease overviews, treatment options, prevention and coping strategies, and news.
American Society of Clinical Oncology
ASCO membership is composed of clinical oncologists from all oncology disciplines and sub-specialties. The Web site has information for practice guidelines, policy statements, career development and news.
CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects)
This searchable database of federally funded biomedical research projects conducted at universities, hospitals, and other research institutions is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Most of the research falls within the broad category of extramural projects, grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements conducted primarily by universities, hospitals, and other research institutions; and funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other government agencies. A relatively small number of research grants are funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ). CRISP also contains information on the intramural programs of the NIH and the FDA. National Institutes of Health (NIH), Grants Policy Branch, Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration.
FDA Oncology Tools
This site contains a variety of information related to cancer and approved cancer drug therapies. Rather than grouping all drug product information together, this web page is a first effort at pulling together information by disease category, which will make this information easier to find and use.
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
The IARC is involved in both epidemiological and laboratory research and disseminates scientific information through publications, meetings, course, and fellowships.
International Union Against Cancer
The world's largest independent, non-profit, non-governmental association of cancer-fighting organizations, UICC brings together a wide range of organizations, including voluntary cancer societies, research and treatment centres, public health authorities, patient support networks and advocacy groups.
National Cancer Institute
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NCI coordinates the National Cancer Program, which conducts and supports research, training and health information dissemination.
NIH - Forms and Applications
Offices of Sponsored Research: Requests of various
forms, publications and materials.
Oncolink
OncoLink was founded in 1994 by University of Pennsylvania cancer specialists with a mission to help cancer patients, families, health care professionals and the general public get accurate cancer-related information at no charge. OncoLink contains comprehensive information about specific types of cancer, updates on cancer treatments and news about research advances.
Oncology Nursing Society
The Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) is a professional organization of more than 32,000 registered nurses and other healthcare providers dedicated to excellence in patient
care, education, research and administration in oncology nursing.
Statistics & Epidemiology
SEER
The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program, maintained at National Cancer Institute, is an authoritative source of information on cancer incidence and survival in the United States.
NCI Fact Book, 2005
This annual publication has incident and mortality rates, plus information about NCI funding and organizational structure.
National Cancer Data Base (NCDB)
NCDB is a nationwide, facility-based, oncology data set that captures 75% of all newly diagnosed cancer cases in the United States annually. Data collected include patient characteristics, tumor staging and histology characteristics, type of first course treatment administered, disease recurrence, and survival information. The site is the result of a partnership between American College of Surgeons and National Cancer Society.
CANCERMondial
This Web site provides access to information on the occurrence of cancer world-wide; compiled by the Descriptive Epidemiology Group(DEP) of International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).
National Center for Health Statistics: Cancer
This page, from a CDC agency, has links to a variety of government reports containing cancer information, usually within the context of a wider subject area. Note: When searching the full text of the reports, the term "neoplasms" often brings more results than using the term "cancer."
ClinicalTrials.gov
This National Library of Medicine site provides regularly updated information about federally and privately supported clinical research in human volunteers.
CenterWatch
This commercial site contains a listing of more than 41,000 industry and government-sponsored clinical trials (not all specific to oncology), as well as new drug therapies recently approved by the FDA.
Pancreatica.org
A large database of pancreatic cancer clinical trials, composed of almost 370 trials in more than 1,000 locations throughout the world. The site also has updated news and archives on this topic.
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