A listing of exemplary websites which our editors feel place an emphasis on assisting patients and families to empower themselves with information about their disease.
Awardee for April 2003
This award is is given by the Editors at OncoLink to the providers of the highest quality cancer information on the Internet. Selection is based on the particular emphasis we at OncoLink place on patients and families who empower themselves with...
Awardee for August 2003
This award is is given by the Editors at OncoLink to the providers of the highest quality cancer information on the Internet. Selection is based on the particular emphasis we at OncoLink place on patients and families who empower themselves with...
Awardee for December 2003
This award is is given by the Editors at OncoLink to the providers of the highest quality cancer information on the Internet. Selection is based on the particular emphasis we at OncoLink place on patients and families who empower themselves with...
Awardee for April 2004
This award is is given by the Editors at OncoLink to the providers of the highest quality cancer information on the Internet. Selection is based on the particular emphasis we at OncoLink place on patients and families who empower themselves with...
Awardee for August 2004
The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, Inc. (PanCAN)The first national patient advocacy organization for the pancreatic cancer community, PanCAN works to focus national attention on the need to find a cure for pancreatic cancer. They provide public...
Awardee for December 2004
The Wellness Community (TWC)TWC is a national nonprofit organization that provides support, education and hope to people with cancer and their loved ones. Through participation in professionally led support groups, educational workshops and mind/body...
The Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention
The Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention (ACCP)ACCP is a group of five international organizations with a shared goal of working to prevent cervical cancer in developing countries. The ACCP works with developing-country partners to:
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The American Institute for Cancer Research
The American Institute for Cancer ResearchThe AICR has grown into the nation's leading charity in the field of diet, nutrition and cancer. AICR supports research into the role of diet and nutrition in the prevention and treatment of cancer. It also...
The Colon Cancer Alliance
The Colon Cancer Alliance (CCA)CCA is an organization of colon and rectal cancer survivors, their families, caregivers, people genetically predisposed to the disease and the medical community. They are a non-profit organization dedicated to patient...
The EC Café
The EC Café The EC Café web site was launched by Cathy Byland-Weeks when her father was diagnosed with Esophageal Cancer. This web site contains information gathered by esophageal cancer patients and non-medical caregivers. The purpose...
The Lung Cancer Caring Ambassadors Program
The Lung Cancer Caring Ambassadors Program The mission of the Lung Cancer Caring Ambassadors Program is to encourage people with lung cancer to take an active role in their own healthcare, and to help others with lung cancer....
Patient Advocate Foundation
Patient Advocate Foundation
A national non-profit organization that seeks to safeguard patients through effective mediation assuring access to care, maintenance of employment and preservation of their financial stability. Of note is their...
Skin Cancer Foundation
Skin Cancer Foundation
The Skin Cancer Foundation has set the standard for educating the public and the medical profession about skin cancer, its prevention by means of sun protection, and the need for early detection and prompt, effective...
The Cancer Survivors Project
The Cancer Survivors Project is an organized, international community of long-term cancer survivors and their friends working together to improve the lives of children and adults after cancer. CSP is committed to making available information...
The National Lymphedema Network (NLN)
The National Lymphedema Network (NLN) is an internationally recognized non-profit organization founded in 1988 to provide education and guidance to lymphedema patients, health care professionals and the general public by disseminating information on...