'57-PC Home Sign-up/Update FAQs Support Groups Literature VA Claims Links Links to Prostate Cancer Information American Cancer Society. Included in the comprehensive American Cancer Society site is a wealth of information on prostate cancer. The Society has teamed with The National Comprehensive Cancer Network to provide patients and the general public the most current information about treatment options. The guidelines include information on early detection and evaluation of cancer, staging, and side effects of various treatments. http://www.cancer.org/docroot/lrn/lrn_0.asp American Foundation for Urologic Disease. This site describes the anatomy of the prostate gland, discusses the symptoms, detection and treatment of prostate conditions ; and offers news and other topics. http://www.prostatehealth.com/ American Urological Association. This association hosts UrologyHealth.org, which provides information on urologic diseases and/or conditions which generally apply to both male and female adult patients. To use, you choose a general category; then choose the specific condition of interest. A search option is also available. http://www.urologyhealth.org/adult/index.cfm?cat=04&topic=39 CancerLinks. This website is specially designed to make searching the World Wide Web for information about prostate cancer faster and easier and includes a Cancer Links Web Tutorial aimed to make using the Internet easier. http://www.cancerlinks.org/prostate.html Center for Disease Control. This site includes numerous fact sheets on such topics as Prostate Cancer Screening, CDC activities targeting Prostate Cancer research, educational materials, CDC Partnerships with States and Tribal Organizations, and the role of the Public Health Community in Prostate Cancer control. http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/prostate/prostate.htm National Library of Medicine. Includes in this large site are latest information from NIH/NLM, alternate therapies, physiology of prostate cancer, clinical trials, coping strategies, genetic studies, directories, organizations, and statistics. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/prostatecancer.html National Cancer Institute. This site includes information about detection, symptoms, diagnosis, choices, and treatment of prostate cancer. It also provides access to NCI’s Comprehensive Cancer Database. National Comprehensive Cancer Network. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network is an alliance of the world's leading cancer centers. This site provides information on cancer care, prevention, screening, diagnosis and treatment through excellence in basic and clinical research; and the ongoing collection, synthesis and analysis of outcomes data. http://www.nccn.org/ National Prostate Cancer Coalition. The National Prostate Cancer Coalition (NPCC), founded in 1996, is the largest advocacy organization dedicated to ending the devastating impact of prostate cancer on men, families and society. Its goals are to increase awareness by educating the public about the disease, outreach to at-risk communities by conducting free screenings for prostate cancer, and engage citizens and associations in an effort to build an advocacy network to encourage increases in federal funding of prostate cancer research. http://www.pcacoalition.org/home.htm Radiotherapy Clinics of Georgia. This web site is written to educate men and their families about prostate cancer, how it "works", and evaluate the various methods of treatment. It includes information on I-125 seed implant followed by external beam radiotherapy. http://www.rcog.com Sloan - Kettering Cancer Center. Researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering have pioneered the use of computerized tools called nomograms to help patients and their physicians decide among the major treatment choices for prostate cancer. A combination of disease factors including stage of the cancer, prostate specific antigen (PSA) level, biopsy pathology, use of hormone therapy, and radiation dosage have been incorporated into the nomograms. http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/5794.cfm US TOO International, Inc. Prostate Cancer Support Groups. This site is maintained by prostate cancer survivors, offers a newsletter, a glossary, information about treatments and clinical trials, on-line support, and related resources. http://www.ustoo.com/ Veterans Administration. This site provides numerous fact sheets on prostate cancer and VA programs for veterans who have contracted this cancer. http://www1.va.gov/psprostate_c/page.cfm?pg=11, http://www.va.gov/PIVOT/page2.html, http://www.houston.med.va.gov/pressreleases/news_20020729b.html, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. This site is a resource for prostate cancer related information pertaining to diagnosis, staging, treatment options, specialists, investigational studies and current research. It is intended for patients and health professionals, alike.
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