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Below, is a partial listing of resources for cancer patients and caregivers. The main websites have a wealth of information about different kinds of cancer, clinical trials, support groups and more. If you have a resource that is not listed- please email us at lifetools2@aol.com and place CANCER RESOURCE in the Subject and we will include it. Listing here does not imply, directly or indirectly, an endorsement of any philosophy, treatment, information, product or service.

Websites:

National Cancer Institute www.nci.nih.gov/
American Cancer Society www.cancer.org
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center www.mdanderson.org
CancerNetwork www.cancernetwork.com
The Cancer Project Nutrition and Diet Resource www.cancerproject.org
Breast Cancer.org www.breastcancer.org
Mayo Clinic Breast Cancer www.mayoclinic.com/takecharge/healthdecisionguides/breastcancer/index.cfm
Mayo Clinic Breast Cancer Center Jacksonville www.mayoclinic.org/breastcancerprogram-jax/
Needy Meds- Providing medications for people in financial need www.needymeds.com
Curtis & Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute www.memorialhealth.com

Books:

The Human Side of Cancer. By Jimmie Holland
Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book. By. Dr. Susan Love
Coping with Uncertainty.By Bruce Eimer
The Purpose Driven Life. By Rick Warren
When Life Becomes Precious. By Elise Babcock
Loving What Is. Byron Katie

Other Publications:

Miscellaneous:

From USNews.com Best Cancer Hospitals 2004:

Rank Hospital U.S. News
Score Reputation
(%) Mortality
ratio Discharges
(3 years) R.N.'s
to
patients Nurse
Magnet
hospital Key
Technol-
ogies
(of 7) Patient/
community
services
(of 15) Hospice,
palliative
care NCI
Cancer
center

1 University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 100.0 76.1 0.77 5,352 1.85 Yes 6.0 6 P Yes

2 Memorial Sloan - Kettering Cancer Center, New York 97.5 73.7 0.71 5,399 1.64 No 6.0 7 H, P Yes

3 Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore 67.2 35.0 0.49 1,859 2.10 Yes 7.0 15 H, P Yes

4 Dana - Farber Cancer Institute, Boston 66.9 45.3 0.72 274 0.87 No 6.0 7 H, P Yes

5 Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. 64.2 32.6 0.58 4,361 3.30 Yes 7.0 15 H, P Yes

6 Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C. 39.9 11.9 0.77 2,955 2.10 No 7.0 14 H, P Yes

7 University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 36.8 6.4 0.57 1,480 2.13 No 7.0 15 P Yes

8 UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles 36.8 7.7 0.67 1,291 2.08 No 7.0 13 H, P Yes

9 University of California, San Francisco Medical Center 36.1 10.0 0.78 891 2.65 No 7.0 13 P Yes

10 University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle 35.1 7.6 0.44 886 2.05 Yes 6.0 11 H No

11 Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia 34.5 7.6 0.72 930 1.81 Yes 6.0 6 H, P Yes

12 Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 33.8 9.7 1.02 2,123 1.89 Yes 7.0 15 H, P Yes

13 Barnes - Jewish Hospital, St. Louis 33.1 3.7 0.68 2,839 1.52 Yes 6.5 11 H, P Yes

14 University of Chicago Hospitals 33.1 6.3 0.68 1,879 1.58 No 5.0 13 P Yes

15 H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa 33.0 4.9 0.52 1,453 1.31 No 6.0 7 H, P Yes

16 Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, Calif. 33.0 14.1 0.97 899 1.84 No 5.5 11 No

17 University Hospitals of Cleveland 32.9 1.7 0.49 1,544 1.61 No 7.0 15 H, P Yes

18 Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville 32.4 6.1 0.75 1,073 1.87 No 7.0 11 P Yes

19 University of Alabama Hospital at Birmingham 32.2 1.0 0.68 1,693 2.01 Yes 6.5 15 H, P Yes

20 University Medical Center, Tucson, Ariz. 32.1 1.0 0.53 529 1.86 Yes 7.0 13 H, P Yes

21 University of Pittsburgh Medical Center 32.0 2.8 0.62 1,738 1.64 No 6.5 12 H, P Yes

22 University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison 31.7 2.6 0.55 1,078 1.43 No 7.0 13 H Yes

23 Fairview - University Medical Center, Minneapolis 31.4 1.7 0.59 1,226 1.71 No 7.0 12 H, P Yes

24 University of Colorado Hospital, Denver 30.8 1.5 0.54 513 2.43 Yes 6.0 11 P Yes

25 Yale - New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn. 30.5 0.5 0.64 1,245 1.95 No 7.0 14 H, P Yes

26 New York - Presbyterian Hospital 30.1 7.6 1.13 3,709 1.43 No 7.0 14 H, P Yes

27 Clarian Health Partners (IU and Methodist Hospitals), Indianapolis 30.0 5.0 0.94 2,191 1.57 No 7.0 12 H, P Yes

28 North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston - Salem 29.9 1.5 0.85 1,800 2.04 Yes 7.0 15 H Yes

29 University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill 29.8 1.0 0.70 1,323 1.61 No 7.0 14 H, P Yes

30 Cleveland Clinic 29.4 3.6 0.85 2,302 1.59 Yes 7.0 13 H, P No

31 Rush - Presbyterian - St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago 29.3 1.3 0.67 1,086 1.67 Yes 7.0 14 H, P No

32 University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville 29.3 0.5 0.75 1,305 2.15 No 7.0 15 H, P Yes

33 Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 29.2 4.6 0.86 1,476 1.63 No 6.0 11 H Yes

34 Shands at the University of Florida, Gainesville 29.1 1.0 0.65 1,543 1.57 Yes 6.0 14 H, P No

35 Dartmouth - Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, N.H. 28.9 0.0 0.76 1,091 1.54 Yes 7.0 13 H, P Yes

36 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha 28.8 4.1 0.97 927 1.84 No 7.0 14 H, P Yes

37 Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota, Fla. 28.6 0.0 0.48 1,460 1.21 Yes 5.5 13 H, P No

38 City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, Calif. 28.1 3.4 0.91 1,042 1.82 No 7.0 10 H, P Yes

39 Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital, Columbus, Ohio 28.0 0.5 0.72 2,178 1.50 No 6.5 11 H, P Yes

40 University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City 27.9 1.3 0.97 1,221 1.52 Yes 7.0 15 H, P Yes

41 F.G. McGaw Hospital at Loyola University, Maywood, Ill. 27.9 0.4 0.63 1,406 2.02 No 7.0 15 H No

42 University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento 27.7 0.0 0.83 718 2.94 Yes 7.0 13 H, P Yes

43 Baptist St. Anthony's Health System, Amarillo, Texas 27.6 0.0 0.39 1,573 1.43 No 6.0 13 H, P No

44 Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit 27.6 1.3 0.68 1,380 1.65 No 6.5 13 H, P No

45 Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, Ill. 27.5 0.4 0.64 1,380 1.60 No 6.5 14 H, P No

46 Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Va. 27.4 0.5 0.74 1,012 1.60 Yes 7.0 14 H, P No

47 University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics, Salt Lake City 27.3 0.5 0.49 757 1.81 No 5.0 11 Yes

48 Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas 27.3 1.5 0.83 1,896 1.80 Yes 6.0 13 H, P No

49 Riverside Methodist Hospitals, Columbus, Ohio 27.2 0.0 0.55 1,412 1.35 No 6.0 12 H, P No

50 Oregon Health & Science University Hospital, Portland 27.0 0.4 0.76 632 1.96 No 6.5 13 H, P Yes

Note: Rounding may produce apparent ties in U.S. News Index scores. Terms are explained here.

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