A Physician's Guide to Pain and Symptom Management in Cancer Patients
By Janet L. Abrahm, M.D. This clearly-written textbook for cancer care is suitable for both physicians and patients stresses the importance of reducing suffering at all stages of cancer care: at diagnosis, during curative therapy, and should curative efforts fail, at the end of life. Published 2000.

Charting Your Course
The Charting Your Course program is a series of four worshop seminars developed by Norris Cotton Cancer Center for people recently diagnosed with cancer, their family members, and friends. The seminars address such topics as symptom management, sense of personal control, support networks, financial issues, decision making, communication with health care providers, grief, and other issues for people dealing with cancer. The seminar can be taken as an online self-paced tutorial. An online Facilitator's Guide is available to help organizations implement these seminars locally. You can search the IICN Public Library from this site.

The Cancer Chemotherapy Handbook
Called the "Bible of Chemotherapy" by some, this new edition is concisely written yet comprehensive in scope. It's an authoritative practical guide to the more than 85 specific drugs currently used in cancer treatment. This edition includes new chapters on pediatric cancer therapy, high-dose chemotherapy with stem cell support, blood transfusion therapy, and pain management. The expanded index covers special toxicity criteria associated with transplantation. Published May, 1997.

Lippincott's Cancer Chemotherapy Handbook
By Delia C. Baquiran, Jean Gallagher. Published January 1998. 384 pages, spiral edition. This pocket-sized reference book is from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, NY. Covers current facts on chemotherapeutic drugs, including management of toxic side effects. A good quick reference for the student, oncology nurse, physician or pharmacist.

In The Country Of Illness
Robert Lipsyte's witty memoir of his struggle with testicular cancer is an unconventional mix of journalistic narrative and common sense advice on how he learned to live with serious illness. Lipsyte, a successful journalist and sportswriter, was diagnosed with this distinctive type of men's cancer at age 40. Overall, it's a strong account of how an active man faced serious illness, tacking the medical system with the same strength and energy that he brought to other areas of his life.

CancerCare.org
Cancer Care is a national non-profit organization in the United States whose mission is to provide free professional help to people with all cancers through counseling, education, information and referral and direct financial assistance. Extensive web site has patient education materials for many issues related to cancer care, as well as features for health care professionals and the media. Includes a helpful directory of drug assistance programs offered by states and by pharmaceutical manufactureres that provide medicines to people who can't afford them. Provides a general overview of hospice and palliative care for people with cancer, including a crosslink to Growth House.

OncoLink
A comprehensive guide to cancer information provided by The University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center.

CancerNet
A wide range of credible, peer-reviewed cancer information from the National Cancer Institute. Includes material for the general public, health professionals, and basic research use. There is a section on "unconventional methods" with fact sheets on the most popular alternative treatments.

Nursing Care of Children and Adolescents With Cancer
Third Edition, 2002. Written by the Association of Paediatric Oncology Nurses (APON), the newly organized and expanded third edition of Nursing Care of Children and Adolescents with Cancer stands alone as the definitive work examining the foundations, treatments, and supportive care of children and adolescents with cancer. Most importantly, content specific to cancer in adolescents has been interspersed into this edition, highlighting the differences in child and adolescent cancer and treatment. This edition includes revised chapters, with 33 chapters discussing the child's stressors, and the roles and responsibilities of the nurse.

Children's Oncology Group
The Children's Oncology Group is a National Cancer Institute-supported clinical trials cooperative group devoted exclusively to childhood and adolescent cancer research. COG develops and coordinates cancer clinical trials conducted at the 238 member institutions, which include cancer centers of all major universities and teaching hospitals throughout the U.S. and Canada, as well as sites in Europe and Australia. COG members include over 5000 cancer researchers dedicated to saving the lives of children with cancer.

CancerNet
A wide range of credible, peer-reviewed cancer information from the National Cancer Institute. Includes material for the general public, health professionals, and basic research use. There is a section on "unconventional methods" with fact sheets on the most popular alternative treatments.

AJCC Cancer Staging Handbook
Pocket-sized manual for staging cancer at various anatomical sites. Excerpted from the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, 5th edition. The gold standard for communicating staging information and completeness of pathology reports. Includes brief overviews of general topics in oncology such as epidemiology, pathology, surgery, radiation, and specific types of cancer. By Irvin D. Fleming. Published February, 1998.

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Outpatient oncology service affiliated with Harvard University. Located in Boston, Massachusetts.

The Geriatric Oncology Consortium
Promotes research and education regarding optimal management of cancer in persons aged 65 and older.

The Washington - Alaska Cancer Pain Initiative
A multidisciplinary movement directed towards improving the management of cancer pain throughout the states of Washington and Alaska.

OncoLink
A comprehensive guide to cancer information provided by The University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center.

CancerNet
A wide range of credible, peer-reviewed cancer information from the National Cancer Institute. Includes material for the general public, health professionals, and basic research use. There is a section on "unconventional methods" with fact sheets on the most popular alternative treatments.

The Management Of Terminal Malignant Disease
By Cicely Saunders and Nigel Sykes, Editors. The contributors (many from St. Christopher's Hospital, London) represent the various specialists in the interdisciplinary team providing palliative care for the terminally ill cancer patient. Published January, 1993.

Guide to Internet Resources for Cancer
A comprehensive international guide to cancer information provided by The University of Newcastle Upon Tyne in the United Kingdom. This stunning resource includes over 2,400 cancer-related links cross-indexed by subject, medical specialty, country, and language, including sites in Spanish, French, German, Italian, and many other languages in addition to English. A detailed site index makes it easy to zero in on what you need. Includes a special guide to resources for children with cancer. You can search the Growth House database from this site.

Cachexia-Anorexia in Cancer Patients
Eduardo Bruera and Irene Higginson, Editors. An authoritative medical reference text covering nutritional aspects of cancer, with special focus on management of cachexia and anorexia. Published September, 1996.

OncoLink Automated E-mail Discussion Group Subscriber
A great service that lets you easily subscribe to a variety of email discussion lists on specialized cancer topics. There are special lists for various types of tumors.

She Came To Live Out Loud
By Myra MacPherson. a realistic and moving account of one woman's struggle with fatal breast cancer which includes many insights into how young families cope with progressive illness. Published February, 1999.

OncoChat IRC Channel
A global online peer support community for cancer survivors, family, and friends of people whose lives have been touched by cancer. Uses the Internet Relay Chat protocol (IRC) to enable online communication via the #oncochat channel on Undernet. Website provides links to cancer resources and connects to the IRC Cancer Chat Webring which links similar services.

Home Care Guide for Advanced Cancer
An authoritative online guide to home care for persons with terminal cancer provided by the American College of Physicians.

The Breast Cancer Resource Guide For Massachusetts
A project of the cancer center at the University Of Massachusetts Medical Center, in partnership with the Massachusetts Division Of The American Cancer Society and the Massachusetts Department Of Public Health. Has good links to general breast cancer resources. Site is bilingual in English and Spanish. You can search the Growth House database from this site.

HELP: Helpful Essential Links to Palliative Care
The University of Dundee provides this informative professional site with emphasis on management of advanced cancer.

Healing Lessons
By Sidney Winawer and Nick Taylor. The moving true story of how a cancer specialist was forced to see medicine in a new light when his own wife was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Gives a realistic look at how cancer patients are faced with difficult choices, including use of complementary and alternative treatments. Published May, 1998.

Talaria: Cancer Pain Management
The main feature of this site is a web-based version of the Clinical Practice Guideline on the Management of Cancer Pain. Additional multimedia instructional materials related to management of cancer pain provide helpful overviews of common issues. An interesting information retrieval methodology called "repertory hypergrids" provides an unusual technical methodology for tackling the challenges associated with large volumes of hypertext.

Easing Cancer Pain Web Site
Easing Cancer Pain is an interactive CD-ROM and web site providing information on cancer pain relief to people with cancer and their families. This interactive program was designed to empower people with cancer who suffer from pain. It provides resources to help people with cancer understand their pain and seek effective treatment. The software highlights the personal stories of people who are being treated for cancer pain, assessment of pain and barriers to pain relief. It also offers detailed information on approaches to pain treatment. Both the CD ROM and web site are at a reading level that should be understandable by those with high school education. The fireside retreat metaphor and personal stories put a human face on the information offered. Requires a frame enabled browser.

Eyes On The Prize
A web site supporting women affected by gynecological cancer. Has good links to gynecological oncology resources. Includes information on advocacy options to increase awareness of reproductive cancers in the media, in the general public, and among medical professionals. You can search the Growth House database from this site.

The American Cancer Society
An authoritative source for cancer information. Public education features include interactive treatment decision tools to help you understand alternatives for many specific cancer decisions.

The Mautner Project
The Mary-Helen Mautner Project for Lesbians with Cancer provides education, advocacy, and direct services related to the special concerns of lesbians with cancer. Site includes information in Spanish and English. Has links to other cancer sites, with particularly good coverage of breast cancer. You can search the Growth House database from this site.

Association Of Oncology Social Work
An international membership organization of social workers in the field of psychosocial oncology. Members work in hospitals, hospices, home care agencies, outpatient clinics, community wellness programs, and other settings. Web site includes links to related resources.

Cancer Control Journal: Palliative Care In Oncology Issue
Excellent set of professional articles on cancer palliative care.

Kansas Cancer Pain Initiative
A nonprofit organization working to improve the quality of life in persons from Kansas with cancer.

West Virginia Cancer Pain Initiative
An educational organization working to improve the recognition and management of cancer pain.

National Ovarian Cancer Coalition
A U.S. organization to raise awareness of ovarian cancer and promote education about the disease. Website includes related resources, a chat room, email discussion lists, and other features. Includes a searchable database of over 600 gynecologic oncologists and resources organized by state.

Leukemia Society Of America
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Of America is a national voluntary health agency dedicated to curing leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's Disease, and myeloma. The Society works to improve the quality of life for patients and their families. Their well-organized web site includes information on the latest research and clinical trials, educational materials and publications, and links to related sites.

International Myeloma Foundation
The Foundation has an extensive and well-organized web site with information on myleloma, bone marrow transplants, and all aspects of clinical care. Both professionals and the public will find useful information on the latest research and clinical trials, educational materials and publications, and links to related sites.

Corporate Angel Network
A not-for-profit organization that provides free airplane transportation for cancer patients going to or from recognized cancer hospitals by using empty seats aboard corporate aircraft operating on business flights.

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