![]() ![]() Risk factors for Cancer (National Cancer Institute) Age, alcohol, cancer-causing substances, chronic inflammation, diet, hormones, immunosuppression, infectious agents, obesity, radiation, sunlight, tobacco.Ovarian, cervical, and other gynecological cancers Leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, and other blood cancers Specific types of cancer (some generalizations)īone cancer, sites listing and describingĬarcinoma, melanoma and other skin cancers Cancer support groups (groups/sites to help organize friends who provide food, rides, etc.).Helping, advocating for, or comforting a person with cancer.What to say or not say to people with cancer.Cancer blogs and personal stories about cancer.Make-a-Wish and other wish fulfillment organizations.The cost of cancer - and finding financial support.Complementary & alternative cancer therapyĬosts, financial and travel support, wish fulfillment.Stem cell therapy (including unapproved and quack therapies).Immunotherapy (including CAR T-cell therapy).Avoiding overtreatment or possibly dangerous and unnecessary treatment.General information and approaches to treatment.Understanding the debate on health care reform and health policy.Cancer by the numbers: cancer statistics (e.g., survival rates, incidence).Cancer research, advocacy, and educational organizations. ![]() What causes cancer? (including genetic factors).Research, Types of Treatment, The Cost of Cancer, Tools for Coping, Being Helpful to a Cancer Patient, Types of Cancer ![]() Let me know of links to useful resources that are not yet listed here. ![]() Prevention is the best approach to fighting cancer, but when the disease strikes it helps to find knowledgeable support and to know the facts about how to fight and cope with it. Increasingly, as medical scientists find new ways to combat it (or them-there are many types of cancer), it is becoming a chronic (and a sneaky) disease. ![]()
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