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For more information about the topics in this issue of CR, please refer to the following journal articles, organizations, websites, books and other resources.
Information and webcasts from the 2006 AACR Annual Meeting
Colorectal cancer resources on the AACR's Survivors and Advocates website
NCI's colon and rectal cancer webpage
Colon Cancer Alliance
C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition
Colorectal Cancer Network
"Statins and Cancer Risk: A Meta-Analysis," Journal of the American Medical Association; Vol. 205, No. 1; Jan. 4, 2006. Available at jama.ama-assn.org or www.pubmed.gov
"Statin Use and Breast Cancer: Prospective Results from the Women's Health Initiative," Journal of the National Cancer Institute; Vol. 98, No. 10; May 17, 2006. Available at www.jncicancerspectrum.oxfordjournals.org or www.pubmed.gov
Women's Health Initiative (WHI)
WHI participant website
"Ethnic and Racial Differences in the Smoking-Related Risk of Lung Cancer," New England Journal of Medicine ; Vol. 354, No. 4; Jan. 26, 2006. Available at www.nejm.org or www.pubmed.gov
American Cancer Society (ACS) guide to quitting smoking
World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Contro
WHO Tobacco Free Initiative or www.who.int/tobacco/en
The Cancer Burden from Chernobyl in Europe," International Agency for Research on Cancer
The Chernobyl Forum
"Radiation Exposure and Cancer" on the ACS website
Lotsa Helping Hands
National Family Caregivers Association
CareGivers-USA
International Myeloma Foundation
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
Multiple Myeloma Survivors' Stories
Myeloma cancer resources on the AACR's Survivors and Advocates website
NCI's multiple myeloma webpage
"Cancer Stem Cells: An Old Idea-A Paradigm Shift" and "Identifying Cancer Stem Cells in Solid Tumors: Case Not Proven," Cancer Research ; Vol. 66, No. 4; Feb. 15, 2006. Available at www.aacrjournals.org or www.pubmed.gov
"Human Acute Myeloid Leukemia is Organized as a Hierarchy that Originates from a Primitive Hematopoietic Cell," Nature Medicine; Vol. 3, No. 7; July 1997. Available at www.nature.com/nm or www.pubmed.gov
"Identification of Human Brain Tumor Initiating Cells," Nature; Vol. 432, No. 7015; Nov. 18, 2004. Available at www.nature.com/nature or www.pubmed.gov
"Prospective Identification of Tumori-genic Breast Cancer Cells," PNAS ; Vol. 100, No. 7; April 1, 2003. Available at www.pnas.org or www.pubmed.gov
PMP Awareness Organization
The PMP Belly Button Club
"How to Find a Clinical Trial" on the AACR's Survivors and Advocates website
NCI's clinical trials database: 1-800-4CANCER (1-800-422-6237)
Coalition of Cancer Cooperative Groups' TrialCheck service
ACS clinical trials webpage
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
Healing Essence: A Cancer Doctor's Practical Program for Hope and Recovery, by Mitchell L. Gaynor
Lymphoma Information Network
Lymphoma resources on the AACR's Survivors and Advocates website
NCI's non-Hodgkin's lymphoma webpage
It's Time to Focus on Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer Alliance
Lung Cancer Online
American Lung Association
NCI's cigarette smoking and cancer fact sheet
ACS‘s guide to quitting smoking
Lung cancer resources on the AACR's Survivors and Advocates website
NCI's lung cancer webpage
World News Tonight's biography of Peter Jennings
The Museum of Broadcast Communications‘ biography of Edward R. Murrow
"The Hallmarks of Cancer,"
Cell ;Vol. 100, No. 1; Jan. 7, 2000. Available at
www.cell.com or
www.pubmed.gov
The HistoryMakers' biography of Barbara Boyd
Little Red Door Cancer Agency
ACS
Breast cancer resources on the AACR's Survivors and Advocates website
NCI's breast cancer webpage
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Head and neck cancer resources on the AACR's Survivors and Advocates website
NCI's head and neck cancer webpage
"Calcium Plus Vitamin D Supplementation and the Risk of Colorectal Cancer" and "Calcium Plus Vitamin D Supplementation and the Risk of Fractures," New England Journal of Medicine ; Vol. 354, No. 7; Feb. 16, 2006. Available at www.nejm.org or www.pubmed.gov
"Low-Fat Dietary Pattern and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease," "Low-Fat Dietary Pattern and Risk of Colorectal Cancer" and "Low-Fat Dietary Pattern and Risk of Invasive Breast Cancer," Journal of the American Medical Association; Vol. 295, No. 6; Feb. 8, 2006. Available at www.jama.asm-assn.org or www.pubmed.gov
WHI
WHI participant website
Office of Medical Applications of Research
From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition, Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies; Nov. 7, 2005. Available at www.iom.edu
The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
Cancer Legal Resource Center
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
CancerCare
"How to Find a Support Group" on the AACR's Survivors and Advocates website
Support information and resources from the NCI
The Creative Center