The Cancer Information Network

Clinical Trials - A guide to information about clinical trials for cancer treatment and how to search for a trial.

Surgical Resection - American College of Surgeons site offers comprehensive info on cancer and its surgical treatments.

Radiation Therapy - Local cancer treatment with X Ray or other radiation beams.

Chemotherapy - Treating cancer with medicine. Chemotherapy generally treat cancer in a systemic fashion.

Different Options for Chemotherapy - Chemotherapy doesn't always have to be an I.V.; Learn more about your choices.

Bone Marrow Transplant - When bone marrow is compromised by conditions, such as cancer, physicians may choose to conduct a BMT and transferring healthy marrow after destructing diseased bone marrow by chemotherapy or radiation.

National Guideline Clearinghouse - More than 500 practice guidelines are currently online. Patients should use their searchable database for evidence-based practice guidelines.

Biological Therapy - Using the Immune System to Treat Cancer.

Photodynamic Therapy - Destroys cancer cells through the use of a fixed-frequency laser light in combination with a photosensitizing agent.

Alternative Cancer Therapy - Treatment by utilizing herb, acupuncture, nutrition supplement, or other nontraditional methods.

Surgery	Chemotherapy	Radiotherapy
Alternative	Biological	Transplant

Symptoms

Marijuana Use in Supportive Care for Cancer Patients - Marijuana cigarettes have been used to treat chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, and research has shown that THC is more quickly absorbed from marijuana smoke than from an oral preparation.

Cancer Fatigue - Cancer-related fatigue is the most common and debilitating side effect of cancer and its treatment. The Oncology Nursing Society has developed this web site to provide you with this symptom.

Cancer Pain - Our cancer pain web page provides numerous links to web sites deal with cancer pain.

Paraneoplastic Syndrome - A large group of complications and medical problems in patients who suffer from cancer. Paraneoplastic syndromes are not due to the direct impact of cancers, yet rather due to the production of chemical substances from the cancer cells.

Anemia in Cancer Patients - Cancer-related anemia may occur as a direct effect of the disease, due to products of the cancer, or it may develop as a result of the cancer treatment itself.

Other

About Follow-up Care: Questions and Answers -- Understanding what to expect after cancer treatment can help patients and their loved ones plan for follow-up care, make lifestyle changes, and make decisions about quality of life and finances.

Your Cancer Treatment Team -- No one doctor is able to provide all the care and services you may need, and you will quickly learn about new people who will be on your treatment team.

American Family Physician: Cancer Screening Guidelines - Review article provides cancer screening guidelines developed by numerous medical organizations. Although the article was published in a professional medical journal, it was written in laymen language.

Cancer Life Center - Provides secure online access to Board Certified
Oncologists to answer your questions about cancer and a free subscription to Oncology Care Today, a printed newsletter written by Dr. Douglas R. Jones, Board Certified Oncologist/Hematologist.

Cancer Detection and Prevention Online - A service of the journal of the International Society for Preventive Oncology.

Home Care for Cancer Patients -- Many patients want to stay at home so that they will not be separated from family, friends, and familiar surroundings. Home care can help patients achieve this desire.