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Links and Resources

What is Sarcoma? General Information & Resources

Amschwand Sarcoma Cancer Foundation Links and Resources
www.sarcomacancer.org/resources

ASCO Sarcoma Cancer Portal - Articles and Abstracts
http://sarcomaca.asco.org/

Association of Cancer Online Resources -- Cancer List
http://www.acor.org/types.html

Dr. Stephen Fadem's Sarcoma Page
http://nephron.com/sarcoma.html

Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative
www.sarcomahelp.org/

Sarcoma Alliance
www.sarcomaalliance.org/

Sarcoma Alliance for Research through Collaboration (SARC) Information on Sarcoma Clinical Trials
www.sarctrials.org

Sarcoma.net - Dr. Demitri's Site
www.sarcoma.net/

Texas Children's Cancer Center
www.txccc.org/

Washington Cancer Institute
www.sarcoma.org/

Online Sarcoma Support Groups

ACOR Mailing Lists - Cancer Support Groups & Info
www.acor.org

Chondrosarcoma Support Group http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chondrosarcoma_Support/?v=1&t=search&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=group&slk=2Mesenchymal

Chondrosarcoma Support Group http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/MesenchymalChondrosarcoma/

Ewings Sarcoma Support Group http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/ewingssarcoma/?v=1&t=search&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=group&slk=49

Epethelioid Sarcoma Support Group http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Epithelioid_Sarcoma/?v=1&t=search&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=group&slk=15

Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma Support Group http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Endometrialstromalsarcoma/?v=1&t=search&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=group&slk=3Sarcoma


Biographies/Survivorship Issues

Sarcoma Alliance
www.sarcomaalliance.org/Stories/stories.html

Beat Sarcoma
http://beatsarcoma.org/Credits.html

Ewings Sarcoma

Cure Our Children
www.cureourchildren.org

Soft Tissue Sarcoma

AMM Eggermont MD, Daniel Den Hoed & Soft Tissue Sarcoma People Org.
www.stsp.org/

LMS and Other Soft Tissue Sarcomas (helpful links) http://hometown.aol.com/ginjarv/LMSsts_html.htm

U of Pennsylvania OncoLink Sarcoma Page
www.oncolink.org/types/types.cfm?c=17

World Health Organization Histological Classification of Soft Tissue Tumours www.springer.com/medicine/pathology/book/978-3-540-56794-3

Sarcoma Centers

Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts
(617) 632-3000

Fox Chase Cancer Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(888) 369-2427

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, Florida
(888) 860-2778

Huntsman Cancer Institute
Salt Lake City, Utah
(801) 585-0303

James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute at The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
(614) 293-5066

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
(713) 792-6161

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York
(800) 525-2225

Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Buffalo, New York
(716) 845-3516

Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
Seattle, Washington
(206) 288-1024

University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan
(800) 865-1125

General Cancer Information & Resource Sites

Association of Cancer Online Resources, Inc. (ACOR)
www.acor.org

American Cancer Society
www.cancer.org/

American Society of Clinical Oncology
www.asco.org/

Cancer Information & Support Networks
http://www.texascancer.info/

CancerNet: PDQ - NCI's Comprehensive Cancer Database
www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/cancerdatabase

Cancer Source - Information for Patients, Doctors, & Nurses
www.yourcancersource.com/

Kids Need Information Too (KNIT) - Information for children whose loved ones are affected by cancer
www.mdanderson.org/featured_sites/knit/

Medscape Oncology Home Page
www.medscape.com/hematology-oncology

National Cancer Institute
www.cancer.gov/

National Comprehensive Cancer Network
www.nccn.org/

Oncolink - Cancer Info for Professionals and Lay Persons
www.oncolink.upenn.edu/

Steve Dunn's Cancer Guide
http://cancerguide.org/

Texas Children's Cancer Center
www.texaschildrenshospital.org/carecenters/cancer/

General Medical Online Research Sources

National Library of Medicine - Access to Medline and Life Science Journal Articles
Free Searches of US National Library of Medicine (NLM Gateway) www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi

Research - Anything!
www.refdesk.com

Virtual Hospital
www.vh.org/

Cancer Clinical Trial Information

CancerWeb
http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/

CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service
www.centerwatch.com/

National Cancer Institute Clinical Trial Information
www.cancer.gov/CLINICALTRIALS

Sarcoma Alliance for Research through Collaboration (SARC) -- Information on Sarcoma Clinical Trials
www.sarctrials.org

Interpreting Pathology Reports

The Doctors Doctor - Interpret Pathology Reports
www.thedoctorsdoctor.com/f_home.html28

Complimentary/Alternative Medicine

Amschwand Sarcoma Cancer Foundation - Adjunctive Treatment
http://www.sarcomacancer.org/adjunctive-treatment

MD Anderson Complementary/Integrative Medicine Education Resources (CIMER)
www.mdanderson.org/departments/CIMER/

National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
http://nccam.nih.gov/

Cancer Advocacy

National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship http://www.canceradvocacy.org/

Stand Up To Cancer www.standup2cancer.org/

Drug Info


Rx List - The Internet Drug Index www.rxlist.com/

Rx.com www.rx.com/

Angiogenesis


The Angiogenesis Foundation
www.angio.org/

Angiogenesis Inhibitors for Cancer Treatment: The Basics http://pharmacology.about.com/health/pharmacology/library/weekly/aa980518.htm

Angiogenesis Information http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/05/29/280604/index.htm

Travel Assistance

Sarcoma Alliance
www.sarcomaalliance.org/assistance.html

Corporate Angel Network
www.corpangelnetwork.org

AirLifeLine
www.airlifeline.org/

Housing Assistance - Houston, Texas


Amschwand Sarcoma Cancer Foundation's Corporate Housing Program http://www.sarcomacancer.org/news/Short-Term_Housing
ASCF's Corporate Housing Program lessens both the financial and emotional toll for out of town sarcomapatients seeking treatment, follow-up and care from Houston specialists by offering free housing in theMedical Center.

Reading List

Dietary

- The Cancer Recovery Eating Plan; Daniel W. Nixon, MD.
- What to Eat If You Have Cancer: A Guide to Adding Nutritional Therapy to Your Treatment Plan; Maureen Keane, MS & Daniella Chace, MS.

Informational

- Cancer: 50 Essential Things To Do; Greg Anderson
- A Cancer Battle Plan: Six Strategies for Beating Cancer From a Recovered "Hopeless Case"; Anne Frahm
- The Cancer Breakthrough You've Never Heard Of; Richard A. Evans M.D.
- Cancer: Increasing Your Odds for Survival - A Resource Guide for Integrating Mainstream, Alternative, and Complementary Therapies; David Bognar.
- Finding the Money: A Guide to Paying Your Medical Bills; Diane Tolley.
- Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster: A Guide to Mind_Body Techniques; Peggy Huddleston
- The Support Group Sourcebook : What They Are, How You Can Find One, and How They CanHelp You; Linda L. Klein

Complimentary Mind/Body

- Give the Gift of Healing: A Concise Guide to Spiritual Healing; Rosemary Altea.
- Health & Healing; Andrew Weil, M.D.
- Shaolin: Nei Jin Qi Gong; Peter Fenton, PhD.
- Spontaneous Healing; Andrew Weil, M.D.


Personal Stories

- It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life; Lance Armstrong.
- Autobiography of a Face; Lucy Grealy
- At Face Value; Terry Healey


Spiritual

- The Seat of the Soul; Gary Zukav.
- When Bad Thinks Happen to Good People; Harold S. Kushner


Inspirational

- Cancer as Initiation: Surviving the Fire: A Guide for Living with Cancer for Patient, Provider, Family, or Friend; Barbara Stone.
- Love, Medicine, & Miracles: Lessons Learned About Self-Healing from a Surgeon's Experience with Exceptional Patients; Bernie Siegel, MD.
- You Gotta Keep Dancin': In the Midst of Life's Hurts, You Can Choose Joy!; Tim Hansel.


For Caregivers

- Caregiver's Reprieve: A Guide to Emotional Survival When You're Caring for Someone You Love; Avrene Brandt, PhD.


On Death and Dying

- On Death and Dying: What the Dying have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy, and Their Own Families; Elisabeth Kubler-Ross.
- Reaching to Heaven: A Spiritual Journey Through Life and Death; James Van Praagh.
- The Tunnel and the Light: Essential Insights on Living and Dying; Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, MD.
- When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death; (For Children) Laurie Brown & Marc Brown.


Humor

- Not Now I'm Having a No Hair Day: Humor and Healing for People with Cancer;Christine Clifford



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