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Cancer Resources

Organizations and Agencies

American Association for Cancer Research

"AACR was founded to facilitate communication and dissemination of knowledge; to foster research, public education and science education in cancer and related biomedical sciences; and to advance the understanding of cancer etiology, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment throughout the world."

American Cancer Society

Cancer Statistics

Includes updated versions of Cancer Facts and Figures, Prevention and Early Detection Facts and Figures, and more.

Updated Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines Released (May, 2003)

American Society of Clinical Oncology

ASCO is an international organization representing physicians and other health care professionals who treat people with cancer. Their site includes abstracts of their annual meetings from 1995 to the present.

People Living with Cancer

This site has “oncologist approved cancer information” from the American Society of Clinical Oncologists for the patient with cancer. For each type of cancer has an overview, risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, after treatment, side effects of cancer and cancer treatment, questions to ask the doctor, and other organizations providing patient information on the specific cancer.

California Breast Cancer Research Program is responsible for administering funding for breast cancer research in the State of California.

California Cancer Registry

The CCR is California's statewide population-based cancer surveillance system. Many cancer surveillance publications are available on their site.

Directory of Regional Registries from the California Association of Regional Cancer Registries

International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)

"IARC's mission is to coordinate and conduct research on the causes of human cancer, the mechanisms of carcinogenesis, and to develop scientific strategies for cancer control."

IARC Monographs on Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, consisting of "authoritative independent assessments by international experts of the carcinogenic risks posed to humans by a variety of agents, mixtures and exposures." is one of the Cancer Databases available from IARC.

GLOBOCAN 2002: Cancer Incidence, Mortality and Prevalence Worldwide (Downloadable)

Cancer estimates of the incidence and prevalence of, and mortality from 27 cancers for all countries in the world in 2002, based on IARC data. Tables can be constructed by either cancer site or geographical population, male or female. This web page links to a compressed ZIP file which needs to be extracted and then the files installed.

Northern California Cancer Center

Includes a calendar of upcoming NCCC programs and events in Northern California.

National Cancer Institute

Cancer Mortality Maps and Graphs

"Provides interactive maps, graphs, text, tables and figures showing geographic patterns and time trends of cancer death rates for the time period 1950-1994 for more than 40 cancers." Includes Atlas of Cancer Mortality in the U.S., 1950-1994.

Cancer Topic Searches

Generated monthly from the PubMed bibliographic database, Topic Searches offer literature searches on over 100 cancer topics.

Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics

Includes datasets from completed occupational epidemiology studies, an interactive risk attributable program, and other tools. Also available are epidemiological software programs, information on fellowships and research activities, and the full-text of journal articles written by DCEG researchers.

SEER (Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results) Program

SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2002 (2005)

"The SEER Cancer Statistics Review, a report of the most recent cancer incidence, mortality, and survival statistics, is published annually by the Cancer Statistics Branch of the NCI." Other data, statistics, and statistical software are also available.

Women's Cancer Resource Center of Berkeley, California

The center runs a Information and Referral Hotline, maintains a Peer Referral Network, and provides a Resource Library for women. Links are provided to significant cancer sites as well as a variety of other sites (e.g. complementary medicine and environment).

Publications and Databases

To search for journal articles on this topic, use the Online Indexes and Databases. To locate journals, use the Melvyl catalog, or the UC-eLinks Electronic Journals Search.

About Breast Cancer (Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc.)

Information on risk factors, treatment, screening, diagnosis, and more. This organization also provides grants.

California Proposition 65 Documents (Cal/EPA Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment)

Cancer Control PLANET

Sponsored by tha National Cancer Institute, CDC, American Cancer Society, and others, Cancer Control PLANET (Plan, Link, Act, Network with Evidence-based Tools) is a portal that provides access to data and resources that can help planners, program staff, and researchers to design, implement and evaluate evidence-based cancer control programs. It offeres a step-by-step process, with links to appropriate resources and tools, to assist in:

• Assessing the cancer and/or risk factor burden within a given state,
• Identifying potential partner organizations that may already be working with high-risk populations,
• Understanding the current research findings and recommendations,
• Accessing and downloading evidence-based programs and products, and
• Finding guidelines for planning and evaluation.

Cancer Genome Anatomy Project (National Center for Tiotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine)

Contains sequence data on the genes for many cancers.

CancerGuide: Steve Dunn's Cancer Information Page

Includes info on bone marrow transplantation, Taxol, and more.

Cancer in North America (CINA)

"Electronic versions of the monograph Cancer in North America (CINA), containing cancer incidence rates and supporting data from participating states and provinces are available," including Registry-Specific Mortality and Incidence by Sex and Race, which contains detailed cancer data by site. From the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries.

Carcinogenic Potency Database Project (UC Berkeley)

Resource on the results of chronic, long-term animal cancer tests. Information is provided by cancer site, chemical, year of publication, or general topic and the site is searchable.

CCRIS (Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System)

Developed and maintained by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), CCRIS contains carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, tumor promotion, and tumor inhibition test results over 8000 chemicals. Data is derived from studies cited in primary journals, current awareness tools, NCI reports, and other special sources.

International Cancer Research Portfolio

ICRP is a database of information on cancer research awards of the cancer funding organizations that comprise the Common Scientific Outline Partners, including the US National Cancer Institute, the US Congressionally-Directed Medical Research Program (DOD), and the UK National Cancer Research Institute. The database may be searched by type of cancer, area of research, funding organization, prinicpal investigator, and/or geographic regions, and the results include abstracts.

International Summit on Breast Cancer and the Environment: Research Needs (May, 2002)

The Summit was charged with "developing a broadly supported agenda for research into the relationship between breast cancer and the environment. This report outlines the collaborative process undertaken by the Summit planners and provides a brief summary of the plenary sessions and a synthesis of Summit participant generated recommendations. Recommendations were made in three categories: research, including approaches, methods and needs, community education and communication, and policy." The Summit was sponsored by CDC funding to the UCB Center for Family and Community Health.

Multicultural Aspects of Breast Cancer Etiology (1430 Citations)

National Library of Medicine Current Bibliographies in Medicine 99-1 (March 1999)

National Toxicology Program Annual Report on Carcinogens (US DHHS, Public Health Service)

This report lists and profiles substances known to be human carcinogens, and those reasonably anticipated to be human carcinogens. It also describes the nature of exposures to these substances and the estimated number of persons so exposed.

PDQ (Physician Data Query)

"PDQ (Physician Data Query) is NCI's comprehensive cancer database. It contains peer-reviewed summaries on cancer treatment, screening, prevention, genetics, and supportive care; a registry of approximately 1,800 open and 12,000 closed cancer clinical trials from around the world; and directories of physicians, professionals who provide genetics services, and organizations that provide cancer care."

United States Cancer Statistics

"Cancer incidence data from CDC’s National Program of Cancer Registries and NCI’s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program are reported for 66 selected primary cancer sites and subsites for males, 70 selected primary cancer sites and subsites for females, and for all cancer sites combined. These data have been assembled into tables and figures that provide specific information with regard to geographic area, race, sex, and age."

United States Predicted Cancer Incidence, 1999

This report presents complete county and state maps and tables of rates and case counts for 1999 estimated by new statistical models. From a national perspective, the maps included in the report allow examination of the geographic distribution of cancer incidence across the country and of the magnitude of differences among states. Estimates of the numbers of new cancer cases and rates expected in an area are useful for cancer surveillance, cancer control, health resource planning, and quality control activities.

WHO Cancer Mortality Database

Data can be analyzed by year, country, and cancer site. For some countries the data goes back to 1950. The database is updated twice a year. Click on "WHO" in the banner to access the database.

Guides

National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship Resource Guide

A guide to cancer resources online.

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