Resources & Links

Local Cancer Resource Centers

Baptist Hospital East Cancer Resource Center http://www.baptisteast.com/040400.htm
4007 Kresge Way, Louisville, KY 40207; (502) 896-3009

Mint Jubilee Resource Center http://www.uoflhealthcare.org/hs_cc_mintjubilee.html
529 S. Jackson St., Louisville, KY 40202; (502) 562-4158

Norton Cancer Resource Center http://www.nortonhealthcare.com/cancer.cfm?id=171
234 E. Gray St., Suite 164, Louisville, KY 40202; (502) 629-5500 / (800) 555-6772

Clark Memorial Hospital Cancer Care Place http://www.clarkmemorial.org/cancercenter.asp
1220 Missouri Ave, Jeffersonville, Indiana 47130; 812-282-6631

Floyd Memorial Cancer Services http://www.floydmemorial.org/
1850 State Street, New Albany, IN 47150; (812) 944-7701

Kentucky Cancer Program http://www.louisville.edu/org/kycancerprogram/
529 S. Jackson St., Louisville, KY 40202; (502) 852-6318

For a current listing of cancer support groups and services, please contact the Kentucky Cancer Program or any of the Cancer Resource Centers.


Web Resources

General
MEDLINEplus.gov http://medlineplus.gov/ Hosted by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health

Clinical Trials.gov http://clinicaltrials.gov/ Information on clinical trials hosted by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health

CancerSource http://cancersource.com/ National source of cancer information and services

People Living with Cancer http://www.plwc.org/ A website of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

ACS http://www.cancer.org/ American Cancer Society

ACOR http://www.acor.org/ Association of Cancer Online Resources
Provides information and support to cancer patients and those who care for them through the creation and maintenance of cancer-related Internet mailing lists and Web-based resources

Cancer.com http://www.cancer.com/ Provides treatment and clinical information, as well as online support for patients, caregivers, family members, and physicians.

NCI http://www.nci.nih.gov/ National Cancer Institute

CancerCare http://www.cancercare.org/ A national non-profit organization whose mission is to provide free professional help to people with all cancers through counseling, education, information and referral and direct financial assistance.

OncoLink http://www.oncolink.com or http://www.oncolink.org. Website of the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania OncoLink provides comprehensive information about specific types of cancer, updates on cancer treatments and news about research advances.

NCCN http://www.nccn.org The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) is an alliance of the world's leading cancer centers.

NICCAM http://nccam.nih.gov Part of the NIH, the National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) disseminates information to the public and professionals on which complimentary and alternative modalities work, which do not, and why.

CancerSource.com http://cit.cancersource.com/ Offers current information on complementary therapies with a non-biased, evidence-based approach.

Breast Cancer
NABCO http://www.nabco.org/ The National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations (NABCO) provides information and education on breast cancer.

Susan G. Komen Foundation http://www.komen.org/ Provides information and links related to breast cancer research, support and advocacy.

Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research http://www.ibcresearch.org/ The Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC) Research Foundation specifically targets IBC and the research to find its cause.

Inflammatory Breast Cancer Support http://www.ibcsupport.org/ On-line support resource for women and men diagnosed with IBC.
Breast Cancer Support http://bcsupport.org/ Online support group for women and men diagnosed with breast cancer and for their loved ones.

MABC http://www.menagainstbreastcancer.org/ Men Against Breast Cancer (MABC) is designed to target and mobilize men to be active participants in the fight to eradicate breast cancer as a life threatening disease.

Leukemia and Lymphoma
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/ National organization for the advancement of research in the treatment of leukemias and lymphomas. Provides information and resources.

Multiple Myeloma
The International Myeloma Foundation http://www.myeloma.org/ National organization for the advancement of research in the treatment of myeloma.

Lung Cancer
ALCASE http://www.alcase.org/ Dedicated to helping people with lung cancer, and those who are at risk for the disease, improve the quality of their lives through advocacy, support, and education.

Lung Cancer Online http://www.lungcanceronline.org Provides lung cancer resources for the benefit of people with lung cancer and their families.

Ovarian Cancer
NOCC http://www.ovarian.org National Ovarian Cancer Coalition Our mission is to raise awareness about ovarian cancer and to promote education about this disease.
OCNA http://www.ovariancancer.org Ovarian Cancer National Alliance
OAK http://www.ovarian.homestead.com Ovarian Awareness in Kentucky offers support
and advocacy.
Ovar'coming Together http://www.ovarian-cancer.org
"Conversations!" http://www.ovarian-news.org

Prostate Cancer
NPCC http://www.4npcc.org National Prostate Cancer Coalition (NPCC) promotes awareness, outreach and advocacy.

Prostate Cancer Resource Guide http://www.afud.org/pca/pcaindex.html Produced by the American Foundation for Urologic Disease

PCRI http://www.prostate-cancer.org PCRI is dedicated to educating the public about prostate cancer, pursuing research into the prevention and treatment of prostate cancer, and improving the present level of care for men with the disease.

 

 

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