LUNG CANCER LINKS 

UNITED STATES ORGANIZATIONS  DEVOTED
TO LUNG CANCER 

• Alliance for Lung Cancer Advocacy, Support, and Education (ALCASE) - the leading lung cancer advocacy group, considerable information on line, including an excellent lung cancer manual.
  
  WORLD ORGANIZATIONS AND SITES DEVOTED TO LUNG CANCER                            
  
• IASLC    The Intenrnational Association for the 
  Study of Lung Cancer, publishers of the respected journal lung cancer, organizer of many conferences.
  
• Cuneo Lung Cancer Study Group (CuLCaSG) - contains presentations from the 1998 world lung cancer conference. 
  
• European Lung Cancer Working Party
  contains presentations from the September, 1999 conference, recent about recent developments in chemotherapy, and comparison of the effectiveness of different chemotherapy drugs.
  
  
          RESEARCH TOOLS
  
• Medline Medline is the world medical database containing over 500,000 articles from medical journals throughout the last 20 years.  
  
• Web Directory: OncoLink - Lung Cancer
  The excellent cancer database oncolink which contains over 100,000  pages, sources, and materials.   
  
• CancerLit: Thoracic Cancers (National Cancer Institute) On-line abstracts for health professionals. Sorted by month and year for Small Cell lung Cancer, Mesothelioma, 
  
  UNITED STATES HOSPITAL WEBPAGES 
  
• Lung Cancer Information from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Information about different types of cancers from one of the United States' leading cancer centers
  
• Roswell Park Cancer Institute - cancer, breast, ovarian, bone, prostate, lung, lymphoma, pediatric cancer, skin cancer, colon/rectal, cancer treatment and diagnosis, research, education.
  
  • GENERAL SITES, BOOKS, ETC. 
    
• Lung Cancer Journal of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
  
• Lung Tumors: A Multidisciplinary Database - multimedia textbook illustrating the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer.
  
• National Familial Lung Tumor Registry - describes the NFLTR and provides for on-line registering of families with lung cancer.
  
• Lung Cancer Online - information and resources for  patients and families.
  
• Lung Cancer Page
  
• Lung Cancer Information Center - contains information for health professionals and patients on diagnosis, staging and treatment of various forms of lung cancer.
  
• Lung Cancer Awareness Campaign - get the facts on the leading cancer killer from four national cancer organizations united to promote lung cancer awareness.
  
  PATHOLOGY, TYPES OF CANCERS
  
• Lung Tumors: A Multidisciplinary Database Lung Tumors Database from  The Virtual Hospital, goo material on pathology. 
  
• Pulmonary Pathology Physician's info: Pathology Images - including some cancer related. 

LINKS TO THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO LUNG CANCER BOOK

Chapter 1-2  lungcanceroverview how cancer develops, staging, different types of lung cancer, difference between non-small cell and small cell lung cancer from A Complete Guide to Lung Cancer)

Chapter 4     nonsmallcelllungcancer.htm Non-Small Cell lung cancer, treatment categorized by stage, chemotherapy, radiation, prognosis categorized by stage, 

Chapter 5     smallcelllungcancer.htm (Small Cell lung cancer, preventing metastasis, limited and extensive. 

Chapter 17               HMO.htm (HMO problems 
and medical insurance issues.

General Information  Lung cancer stages

Lung Cancer Newsletter Newsletter.htm   a detailed quarterly newsletter devoted to recent developments in lung cancer treatment and diagnosis, learn about the latest medical research on treatments for lung cancer, clinical trials, chemotherapy, incidence of lung cancer.  The cost of the newsletter is $90.00 and excerpts from a sample issue are on the webpage.

SITES OF CANCER AND LUNG ORGANIZATIONS 

• American Lung Association
• Cuneo Lung Cancer Study Group - Studio e la Ricerca Clinica contro il Cancro del Polmone (Italy) organisation based at the "A.Carle" Hospital devoted to the study of lung cancer. 
• Lung Cancer Awareness Campaign (USA) a campaign co-sponsored by 4 large cancer organizations to promote lung cancer awareness. The site has patient information, facts about tobacco use and cancer, an awareness survey and women's lung cancer issues.
• National Familial Lung Tumor Registry (Johns Hopkins Hospital, USA) The NFLTR was established in 1993 and registers families with lung cancer (where two or more people in a family have been diagnosed with lung cancer).
• National Lung Transplant Patient Association
• Roy Castle Cause for Hope Foundation (UK) funds lung cancer research and health promotion and has built the world's first center in Liverpool
• American Lung Association / American Thoracic Society American group dealing with various types of lung disorders. 
• International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer IASLC publishers of lung cancer and an excelent organization devoted to lung cancer. 
• Physician's information - NCI CancerLit Database on Lung Cancer (WebDoctor) Abstracts and citations from the National Cancer Institute.
• V-MYC Avian myelocytomatosis viral oncogene HOMOLOG 1, Lung carcinoma deri. Physician's info. (OMIM, National Center for Biotechnology Information, USA)

SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER

Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC) accounts for one quarter of all lung cancers. SCLC is also known as "oat cell" carcinoma because of the shape of the cancer cells.

• Patient's information for Small Cell Lung Cancer (CancerNet) Information about the disease, staging, and treatment overviews.
• Alliance for Lung Cancer Advocacy, Support, and Education (USA) a non-profit organization aiming to help people with lung cancer through advocacy, psychosocial support programs, and education about the disease and treatment. The site includes sections about lung cancer, symptom management etc.
• Lung Cancer and the SCLC1 gene (National Center for Biotechnology Information) an overview of lung cancer and the SCLC1 gene with links to other gene databases.
• Small Cell lung cancer, treatment, staging, metastasis, from A Complete guide to Lung Cancer
• PDQ Clinical Trials List: Small cell lung cancer (CancerNet, USA) Information for Health Professionals
• Physician's PDQ statement for Small Cell Lung Cancer (CancerNet) A referenced overview of the disease, cellular classification, staging, and current treatment overviews. It is reviewed each month by experts at the NCI.
• Physician's information on Small Cell Lung Cancer (START, European School of Oncology) Referenced statement including sections on epidemiology, pathology, diagnosis, staging, treatment and follow-up produced by an editorial board of top European oncologists. [Go to Chapters]
• SCCL - Small-Cell Cancer of the Lung (SCLC1) Physician's info (OMIM, National Center for Biotechnology Information, USA) alternative name SCCL
• SCLC1 gene (3p23-p21) (information about a specific gene associated with lung cancer) 

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) 

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for about three quarters of all lung cancers and includes, 
a) Squamous cell, or epidermoid, cancer which arises from cells that line the airways -  b) Adenocarcinoma which arises in the mucus-producing cells that line the upper airways; and c) Large cell carcinoma.

• Patient's information for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (CancerNet) Information about the disease, staging, and treatment overviews.
  
  CLINICAL TRIALS, NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
  
• DPDQ Clinical Trials List: Non-small cell lung cancer (CancerNet, USA) Information for Health Professionals
  
  SCREENING AND EARLY   DETECTION PROGRAMS
• Physician's PDQ Statement - Screening for Lung Cancer  We know who is at risk (cigarette smokers) and we know that long-term survival is related to stage.  The more extensive the spread of cancer, the less likely we will be able to combat it.  Common sense would tell you that if we have capable tools of detecting lung cancer at an early stage, we should do it and save many lives in the process.  Wonder, why we don't.  Read this.  In the meantime, if you know people who are or were heavy smokers, recommend chest x-rays, sputum cytology, and Ct Scan as means of early detection and cure.  
  
• Lung Check Inc. A commercial laboratory specializing in early lung cancer detection and prevention. The site contains excellent information about lung cancer screening and early detection programs.   Lungcheck provides an inexpensive but effective way for smokers and others at risk to detect lung cancer in its early and treatable stages.  
  
  SMOKING PREVENTION ISSUES
• Cigarette Advertising and Children - Information sheet (Cancer Society of New Zealand)  . Summary of how children are affected by cigarette adverising.
  
• Early Age at Smoking Initiation and Tobacco Carcinogen DNA Damage in the Lung (Wiencke JK, Thurston SW, Kelsey KT, et al. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 91, 614-619, 1999)
  
• Great American Smoke Out (American Cancer Society)
  
• Lung Cancer and Cigarette Smoking Web Page by Frederic W. Grannis Jr. M.D. - Thoracic surgeon at leading California hospital discusses f diagnosing and treating lung cancer. 
  
• Office on Smoking and Health - Tobacco Information and Prevention Sourcepage (Center for Disease Control, USA)  Extensive cigaretts links. 
  
• Parenting Smokefree Children (Cancer Society) 
  
  METASTASIS ISSUES

• Lung Cancer Metastases to Bone (bonetumor.org) a summary with radiology images and pathology slides.

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