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The High Costs of Cancer Mortality
“Productivity Costs of Cancer Mortality in the United States: 2000–2020,” Journal of the National Cancer Institute; Vol. 100, No. 24; Dec. 17, 2008. Available at www.jnci.oxfordjournals.org or www.pubmed.gov
“How Should We Value Lives Lost to Cancer?” Journal of the National Cancer Institute; Vol. 100, No. 24; Dec. 17, 2008. Available at www.jnci.oxfordjournals.org or www.pubmed.gov
“Estimates and Projections of Value of Life Lost From Cancer Deaths in the United States,” Journal of the National Cancer Institute; Vol. 100, No. 24; Dec. 17, 2008. Available at www.jnci.oxfordjournals.org or www.pubmed.gov
American Cancer Society’s lung cancer statistics webpage: www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_1x_What_Are_the_Key_Statistics_About_Lung_Cancer_15.asp
NCI's annual plan and budget proposal: plan.cancer.gov
Survivorship Planning
OncoLink: www.oncolink.org
Lance Armstrong Foundation: www.livestrong.org
From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition:
www.iom.edu/?id=31512
Journey Forward: journeyforward.org
Half-Baked Tanning Laws
“Indoor Tanning Use Among Adolescents in the U.S., 1998 to 2004,” Cancer; Vol. 115, No. 1; Jan. 1, 2009. Available at www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/28741/home or www.pubmed.gov
Skin Cancer Foundation: www.skincancer.org
Go With Your Own Glow video: www.skincancer.org/gwyog-video.html
Skin cancer resources on the AACR’s Survivors and Advocates website: www.aacr.org/page5229.aspx
NCI’s skin cancer webpage: www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/skin
Gut Check
“Association of Colonoscopy and Death From Colorectal Cancer,” Annals of Internal Medicine; Vol. 150, No. 1; Jan. 6, 2009. Available at www.annals.org or www.pubmed.gov
“How Much Does Colonoscopy Reduce Colon Cancer Mortality?” Annals of Internal Medicine; Vol. 150, No. 1; Jan. 6, 2009. Available at www.annals.org or www.pubmed.gov
“Prevalence of Nonpolypoid (Flat and Depressed) Colorectal Neoplasms in Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Adults,” Journal of the American Medical Association; Vol. 299, No. 9; March 5, 2008. Available at jama.ama-assn.org or www.pubmed.gov
Colorectal cancer resources on the AACR’s Survivors and Advocates website: www.aacr.org/page4242.aspx
NCI’s colon and rectal cancer webpage: www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/colon-and-rectal
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's colorectal cancer screening guidelines: www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/uspscolo.htm
Quiet Saturdays
Solving Kids' Cancer: www.kidcancer.org
Pediatric cancer resources on the AACR’s Survivors and Advocates website: www.aacr.org/page4271.aspx
NCI’s childhood cancer webpage: www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/childhoodcancers
Life Behind the Lens
Lymphoma resources on the AACR’s Survivors and Advocates website: www.aacr.org/page4243.aspx
NCI’s non-Hodgkin lymphoma webpage: www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/non-hodgkin
NCI’s Hodgkin lymphoma webpage: www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/hodgkinslymphoma
Survivor Alert: www.survivoralert.org
A Lion in the House: www.lioninthehouse.com
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center: www.cincinnatichildrens.org
STAR Survivorship Program at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center: www.cancer.northwestern.edu/star/index.cfm
Journeying With Hope
Colorectal cancer resources on the AACR’s Survivors and Advocates website: www.aacr.org/page4242.aspx
NCI’s colon and rectal cancer webpage: www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/colon-and-rectal
Kidney cancer resources on the AACR’s Survivors and Advocates website: www.aacr.org/page4264.aspx
NCI’s kidney cancer webpage: www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/kidney
Leukemia resources on the AACR’s Survivors and Advocates website: www.aacr.org/page4243.aspx
NCI’s leukemia webpage: www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/leukemia
Lymphoma resources on the AACR’s Survivors and Advocates website: www.aacr.org/page4243.aspx
NCI’s non-Hodgkin lymphoma webpage: www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/non-hodgkin
Pancreatic cancer resources on the AACR’s Survivors and Advocates website: www.aacr.org/page4270.aspx
NCI’s pancreatic cancer webpage: www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/pancreatic
Prostate cancer resources on the AACR’s Survivors and Advocates website: www.aacr.org/page4215.aspx
NCI’s prostate cancer webpage: www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/prostate
Testicular cancer resources on the AACR’s Survivors and Advocates website: www.aacr.org/page13266.aspx
NCI’s testicular cancer webpage: www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/testicular
Thyroid resources on the AACR’s Survivors and Advocates website: www.aacr.org/page11147.aspx
NCI’s thyroid cancer webpage: www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/thyroid
“Coping With Cancer,” CR magazine; Vol. 3, No. 5; Fall 2008. Available at www.CRmagazine.org/archive/fall2008/Pages/CopingWithCancer.aspx
“Mosaics of Meaning,” CR magazine; Vol. 4, No. 1; Winter 2009. Available at www.CRmagazine.org/archive/winter2009/Pages/MosaicsofMeaning.aspx
Personalized Medicine
Biological Basis of Geriatric Oncology, by Lodovico Balducci and Martine Extermann
Moffitt Cancer Center: www.moffitt.org
International Society of Geriatric Oncology: +41 22 366 9106 or www.cancerworld.org/CancerWorld/home.aspx?id_stato=1&id_sito=3
An Imperfect Substitute
“Biomarkers, Surrogate End Points, and the Acceleration of Drug Development for Cancer Prevention and Treatment: An update prologue,” Clinical Cancer Research; Vol. 10, No. 11; June 1, 2004. Available at clincancerres.aacrjournals.org or www.pubmed.gov
“Surrogate Endpoints: Wishful thinking or reality?” Journal of the National Cancer Institute; Vol. 98, No. 8; April 19, 2006. Available at www.jnci.oxfordjournals.org or www.pubmed.gov
“Surrogate Endpoints and FDA’s Accelerated Approval Process,” Health Affairs; Vol. 24, No. 1; January/February 2008. Available at content.healthaffairs.org or www.pubmed.gov
“Endpoints for Assessing Drug Activity in Clinical Trials,” The Oncologist, Vol. 13, No. 4; April 2008. Available at www.theoncologist.com or www.pubmed.gov
FDA Public Workshop on Brain Tumor Clinical Trial Endpoints (PDF file): www.fda.gov/cder/drug/cancer_ endpoints/ brain_ background.pdf
FDA Public Workshop on Clinical Trial Endpoints in Prostate Cancer (PDF file): www.fda.gov/cder/drug/ cancer_ endpoints/ ProstateTranscript1.pdf
U.S. Food and Drug Administration: www.fda.gov
Office of Oncology Drug Products: www.fda.gov/cder/Offices/OODP/default.htm
NCI’s clinical trials webpage: www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials
Friends of Cancer Research: www.focr.org
The Accidental Medical Tourist
Patients Beyond Borders, by Josef Woodman
Joint Commission International: www.jointcommissioninternational.org
International Medical Travel Association: www.intlmta.org/web/imta/home
Medical Tourism Association: www.medicaltourismassociation.com
American Medical Association Medical Tourism Guidelines (PDF file): www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/31/medicaltourism.pdf
Apollo Hospitals: www.apollohospitals.com
Pacific Cancer Centre: pacificcancercentre.com
America’s Funny Girl
It’s Always Something, by Gilda Radner
Gilda’s Disease, by M. Steven Piver and Gene Wilder
Kiss Me Like a Stranger, by Gene Wilder
Gilda’s Club: www.gildasclub.org
The Wellness Community: www.thewellnesscommunity.org
Ovarian cancer resources on the AACR’s Survivors and Advocates website: www.aacr.org/page4233.aspx
NCI’s ovarian cancer webpage: www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/ovarian
The Gilda Radner Familial Ovarian Cancer Registry: ovariancancer.com
Gynecologic Cancer Foundation: www.thegcf.org
Ovarian Cancer National Alliance: www.ovariancancer.org
Gilda Radner Cancer Detection Program: www.csmc.edu/2105.html
Weighty Matters
“Body Mass Index and Risk of Ovarian Cancer,” Cancer; Vol. 115, No. 4; Feb. 15, 2009. Available at www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/28741/home or www.pubmed.gov
“Overweight, Obesity and Mortality from Cancer in a Prospectively Studied Cohort of U.S. Adults,” New England Journal of Medicine; Vol. 348, No. 17; April 24, 2003. Available at www.nejm.org or www.pubmed.gov
Ovarian cancer resources on the AACR’s Survivors and Advocates website: www.aacr.org/page4233.aspx
NCI’s ovarian cancer webpage: www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/ovarian