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THE CANCER FAQ
Please contribute to the FAQ! This is an evolving resource and is only as good
as you make it! If you have a source of online information about cancer that
is NOT listed above, nor referenced by any of the listed resources, please
contact me and let me know! I am eager to make this list as comprehensive
and up-to-date as possible. Please keep in mind that mention on this list
DOES NOT imply endorsement!
Good luck, God bless you, and KEEP FIGHTING. Informed, motivated patients
live longer!
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The MOST CURRENT Web version of this document may be found at:
http://www.cancercare.org/faq/cancer_faq.html
Maintainer: E. Loren Buhle, Jr. Ph.D.
Email: BUHLEL01@MCRCR6.MED.NYU.EDU
Revision Date: 7-Nov-1995
Copyright 1995. This information may be reprinted as long as the date and
maintainer are clearly stated and this is information is made freely available
for dissemination.
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Questions:
1. Where can I find information about cancer on the Internet?
2. What is the recipe for the "hot candy" to relieve mouth sores?
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ANSWER 1. ********* TABLE OF CONTENTS ***********
a. Announcements
b. CancerNet
c. Gopher and WWW Resource List
- Disease Specific Resources
- Government Sites
- Educational Institutions
- Dedicated Cancer Resources
- Other Resources
d. Commercial Online Resources
- Compuserve
- Prodigy
- America Online (AOL)
- NYU BBS for Brain Tumor Support and Research
- Other Online Services
e. Non-Commercial Online Resources
- FDA BBS
- Med Help International
- The Florida Coalition for Cancer Survivorship BBS
- FidoNet
f. Online library catalogs (to help find books)
g. NetNews (Usenet)
h. Shareware Programs via FTP
i. The Internet Health Science's Resources List
j. The Better Information Group
k. Online Mailing Lists (Listserves)
l. The BMT Newsletter
m. The Powerlines & Cancer FAQ
n. Free Drug Program
o. The Texas Cancer Data Center
p. LINCS
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| *ANNOUNCEMENTS for November '95* |
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http://www.westvirginia.com/wv002/nhlhome.htm - Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
http://www.cancer.org/ - American Cancer Society
http://www.secapl.com/prostate/capcure.html - Association for the Cure of
Cancer of the Prostate
http://rattler.cameron.edu/prostate.html - Prostate Pointers
http://starfire.trimaris.com/~ussw/studies/harvbrig.html
"Will the Junk Science Stand Up?" An analysis of the Mayo Clinic Women's
Study and Harvard/Brigham Nurses Study in Relation to The Silicone
Gel Breast Implant Controversy
http://www.cancerhelp.com/ed/ - EduCare, Inc. - Breast Health and
Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Network
http://users.aol.com/kittyba/lymphoma.html - Mike's Lymphoma Home Page
http://www.marrow.org/ - The National Marrow Donor Program
http://pdqsearch@icicc.nci.nih.gov/ - NCI's ICI page
http://www.graylab.ac.uk/ - Gray Laboratories (Radiobiology) [STATUS?]
http://www.nbcc.org.au/ - National Breast Cancer Centre Home Page (Australia)
http://www.spectra.net/~cavebat/colon_cancer.html
- George Allen's Colon Cancer Information
http://www.secapl.com/prostate/top.html -
Basic and Clinical Aspects of Prostate Cancer
http://bcn.boulder.co.us/health/silicone/sshead.html -
Coalition of Silicone Survivors
http://www.jaxnet.com/~angelimp/ - Implant Survivors
http://www.seamless.com/talf/txt/dow.html - Update of Implant Survivors
http://starfire.trimaris.com/~ussw/ - United Silicone Survivors of the World,
specifically, see the "Support Network Folder"
http://http://www.azcc.arizona.edu/ - University of Arizona Cancer Center
http://www.centerwatch.com/ - CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service
http://www.lanminds.com/~randy/trial.html
Clinical Trials and Noteworthy Treatments for Brain Tumors
http://www_uicc.who.ch/ - World Congress on Cancer Organizations
http://frank.mtsu.edu/~sward/herb/medicinal.html -
Algy's Herb Page - Medicinal
http://www.newciv.org/worldtrans/BOV/death.html - Death and Dying
http://www.newciv.org/worldtrans/BOV/natdeath/ndhbook.html
- The Natural Death Handbook - on the 'Net
http://www.newciv.org/worldtrans/BOV/befaft/contents.html
- "Before and After"
http://www.webcom.com/~lewrose/brochures/funerals.html
- Facts for Consumers from the Federal Trade Commission:
Funerals: A Consumer Guide
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| CancerNet |
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CancerNet is by far the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of
information about cancer. It is maintained by the (United States) National
Cancer Institute. Included in this database is a well-maintained list of
other information sources, such as MEDLINE, so for most people this is THE
place to start. Sources of information that are listed in CancerNet
are (usually) not repeated in this FAQ.
Send e-mail to:
CancerNet@icicc.nci.nih.gov
No longer: cancernet@icicb.nci.nih.gov [OBSELETE!!]
with no subject, and the word "help" as the message. They will send you a
message explaining how to use the system. They can also be reached by calling
the voice line: 1-800-4-CANCER. For those without email access, they can send
out brochures and FAX'es.
CancerNet is available through voice phone, traditional mail, FAX, e-mail,
gopher, ftp, and World Wide Web (WWW). Contact CancerNet via e-mail or
voice phone for current access instructions.
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| Gopher and WWW |
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To get the most current Gopher/World Wide Web addresses of interest,
it's best to just get on and start searching. To help you get started,
here's a list of servers that others have found useful. The list may
not be up to date, but it should provide some good starting points.
If you don't know what Gopher and WWW are, look for some FAQ's in the
new users newsgroups or the gopher/WWW newsgroups, or contact your local
help desk or system administrator. A WWW resource address is identified
by having "http://" in the beginning of the address. A gopher server
has a "gopher://" at the beginning of the address.
**** Disease Specific Servers ****
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Breast Cancer Servers
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http://www.nbcc.org.au/ - National Breast Cancer Centre Home Page (Australia)
http://www.cancerhelp.com/ed/ - EduCare, Inc. - Breast Health and
Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Network
http://nysernet.org/breast/Default.html - Breast Cancer Information
Clearinghouse
http://starfire.trimaris.com/~ussw/studies/harvbrig.html
"Will the Junk Science Stand Up?" An analysis of the Mayo Clinic Women's
Study and Harvard/Brigham Nurses Study in Relation to The Silicone
Gel Breast Implant Controversy
http://www.execpc.com/~media/breast.html - Breast Self-Exam training
material from MED.I.A. Inc Medical Interactive Applications...very
good graphics!
http://www-med.stanford.edu/CBHP - Community Breast Health Project
in Palo Alto, California
http://nysernet.org/bcic/numbers/Y-ME.html - Hotline for Breast Cancer Info
http://infoweb.magi.com/~bcanet/ - Breast Cancer Action in Ottawa, Canada
http://www.pmedia.com/Avon/avon.html - Avon's Breast Cancer
Awareness Crusade
http://web.mit.edu/pamurray/www/artbc.html - A personal
perspective on breast cancer and reconstruction shared in pictures
and words.
http://bcn.boulder.co.us/health/silicone/sshead.html -
Coalition of Silicone Survivors
http://www.jaxnet.com/~angelimp/ - Implant Survivors
http://www.seamless.com/talf/txt/dow.html - Update of Implant Survivors
http://starfire.trimaris.com/~ussw/ - United Silicone Survivors of the World,
specifically, see the "Support Network Folder
http://www.med.nyu.edu/KCCC/PROTOCOLS/navelbine/contents.html - Navelbine
Clinical Trial Information for Breast Cancer (NYU Medical School)
gopher://nysernet.org:70/00/BCIC/support/wccplist - List of Women's Cancer
Groups in the United States and Canada
http://www.primenet.com/~dean/lymph.html - National Lymphedema Network
http://www.adelaide.on.net/users/lymph/index - The Lymphoedema Association
of Australia
http://login.dknet.dk/~pho/abmt3.html - Patient's Experience with ABMT for
breast cancer.
http://www.primenet.com/~iwpp/sterling.html - Sterling Clinical Resources
Clinical Trial information - breast cancer
http://www.med.nyu.edu/Biostat-Epi/Homepage.html - NYU Medical Center,
Women's Health Study
http://oasis.leidenuniv.nl:8080/ - Bone Marrow Donors Worldwide WWW site
Gynecologic Oncology
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http://gynoncology.obgyn.washington.edu/ - Gynecologic Oncology Server at the
Washington Univ. in St. Louis
http://www.monitor.net/monitor/9-2-95/heal.html - Patient, Heal Thyself
Lymphomas
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http://users.aol.com/kittyba/lymphoma.html - Mike's Lymphoma Home Page
http://cancer.med.upenn.edu/disease/lymphoma1 - OncoLink section on lymphoma
http://gdbwww.gdb.org/omim-bin/omim/bin/omimx?236000 - Genetics of Hodgkins
http://www.dircon.co.uk/adastra/amanda/amanda1.html -
Amanda is 28 and has just been diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease.</A> She
has put together a page containing her own story and all the major links to
sources of Cancer information on the WWW including Cancernet, Oncolink
etc.
http://oasis.leidenuniv.nl:8080/ - Bone Marrow Donors Worldwide WWW site
Multiple Myeloma Servers
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http://www.comed.com/IMF/imf.html - International Myeloma Foundation
http://www.ciba.com/cc/media/950905e.htm - Aredia(r) for Multiple Myeloma
Melanoma
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http://www.ucdavis.edu/~huntley/tumors/new/tutorial-intro.html
Recognizing Melanoma - pictorial guide
http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~foremand/charity.html - UK cancer charity the "June
Foreman Melanoma Research Fund"
http://www.maui.net/~southsky/introto.html - "A Brief Introduction to Skin
Cancer, Ultra Violet Light, and the Hole in the Earth's Ozone Layer.
What does it mean to you?"
Brain Tumors
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http://neurosurgery.mgh.harvard.edu/ana/ - Acoustic Neuroma Association
http://www.lanminds.com/local/brain/trial.html - This is a list of
clinical trials and noteworthy treatments for adult glioblastoma
multiforme (a form of brain cancer).
http://www.lanminds.com/~randy/trial.html
Clinical Trials and Noteworthy Treatments for Brain Tumors
http://neurosurgery.mgh.harvard.edu/mghns-hp.htm - Mass General Neurosurgical
Service
http://neurosurgery.mgh.harvard.edu/nonc-hp.htm - Mass General Neuro-oncology
Service
http://pubweb.acns.nwu.edu/~lberko/abta_html/abta1.htm - American Brain
Tumor Association Home Page
http://keck.ucsf.edu/ - W.M. Keck Foundation Center for Integrative
Neuroscience (UCSF)
http://www.usc.edu/hsc/neurosurgery - Univ. Southern California
Neurosurgery
http://www.econ.uiuc.edu/~emma/home.html - Emma Koenker's home page (brain
tumor patient).
http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html - Whole Brain Atlas
http://www.naric.com/naric/home.html - The National Rehabilitation
Center Home Page
Prostate Cancer
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http://www.secapl.com/prostate/capcure.html - Association for the Cure of
Cancer of the Prostate
http://rattler.cameron.edu/prostate.html - Prostate Pointers
http://www.secapl.com/prostate/top.html - Basic and Clinical Aspects of
Prostate Cancer
http://www.wellweb.com/~wellness/prostate - The Wellness Web (prostate CA)
http://www.comed.com/Prostate/index.html - CoMed's Prostate Cancer WWW site
http://www.eden.com/~myprscan/index.html - My Prostate and Me: Dealing with
Prostate Cancer
http://otabbs.ota.gov/T202 - Office of Technology Assessment: Cost and
Effectiveness of Prostate Cancer Screening
http://adwww.fnal.gov/www/ntf/prostate-psa_letter.html - Fermilab's Neutron
Therapy and Prostate Cancer
Leukemias
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http://www.marrow.org/ - The National Marrow Donor Program
http://pages.prodigy.com/MD/sey/MDleuk2.html - Leukemia Society Chapter
of Maryland
http://phoenix.jr2.ox.ac.uk/LRF/LRFHOME.HTM -The Leukaemia Research Fund
of the United Kingdom, covering all forms of leukaemia and lymphoma,
multiple myeloma, myelodysplastic syndromes, myeloproliferative
disorders and aplastic anaemia.
Colon Cancer
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http://www.spectra.net/~cavebat/colon_cancer.html
- George Allen's Colon Cancer Information
Emotional Support, Bereavement
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http://www.rivendell.org/ - Rivendell Resources sponsors Griefnet, a
collection of resources of value to those who are experiencing loss and
grief.
http://asa.ugl.lib.umich.edu/chdocs/support/emotion.html - Internet
Resources for Physical Loss, Chronic Illness, and Bereavement
http://www.calypte.com/cancer/index.html - ChronicIllnet's section on cancer
http://www.dgsys.com/~tgolden/honor.html - A place to honor grief
http://www.islandnet.com/~deathnet/open.html - DeathNet, an
international archive specializing in all aspects of death and
dying -- with a sincere respect for every point of view.
http://www.newciv.org/worldtrans/BOV/death.html - Death and Dying
http://www.newciv.org/worldtrans/BOV/natdeath/ndhbook.html
- The Natural Death Handbook - on the 'Net
http://www.newciv.org/worldtrans/BOV/befaft/contents.html
- "Before and After"
http://www.webcom.com/~lewrose/brochures/funerals.html
- Facts for Consumers from the Federal Trade Commission:
Funerals: A Consumer Guide
General Cancer & Cancer-Related Servers
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Government Servers
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http://pdqsearch@icicc.nci.nih.gov/ - NCI's ICI page
http://www.arc.com/cancernet/cancernet.html - NCI PDQ in HTML format
http://wwwicic.nci.nih.gov/ - International Cancer Information Center (NCI)
http://www.nih.gov/ - NIH WWW server
http://www.nci.nih.gov/ - The National Cancer Institute's WWW (USA)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ - HyperDOC at US National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/top_level.dir/nlm_online_info.html - NLM Online
Information Services
http://adwww.fnal.gov/www/ntf/ntf_home.html - Fermilab Neutron Therapy
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/factsheets.dir/grateful.html - Grateful Med Factsheets
http://cedr.lbl.gov:80/~houser/cancer/calif94/calif94.html
Cancer Incidence and Mortality by Race/Ethnicity in California, 1988-1991
http://www.iarc.fr/ - International Agency for Research on Cancer
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) was established
in 1965 by the World Health Organization. IARC's mission is to
coordinate and conduct research on the causes of human cancer, and to
develop scientific strategies for cancer control. The Agency is
involved in both epidemiological and laboratory research, and
disseminates scientific information through meetings, publications,
courses and fellowships.
http://atsdr1.atsdr.cdc.gov:8080/cancer.html - US Dept of Toxic Subtances
and Disease Registry (ATSDR) - public health programs concerning
carcinogens
http://www.fda.gov/ - Food and Drug Administration (USA)
http://www.epa.gov/ - Environmental Protection Agency (USA)
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/ - The National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences (USA)
http://www.ohre.doe.gov/ohre/home.html - US Department of Energy
Office of Human Radiation Experiments [CHANGED]
gopher://gopher.nih.gov - NIH gopher server
Educational Institution Servers
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http://www.graylab.ac.uk/ - Gray Laboratories (Radiobiology) [STATUS?]
http://www.azcc.arizona.edu/ - University of Arizona Cancer Center
http://www.meb.uni-bonn.de/cancernet/cancernet.html - NCI CancerNet info
from the University of Bonn - Medical Center
http://www-med.stanford.edu/MedSchool/Oncology/index.html - Stanford
University Division of Oncology
http://www.fhcrc.org/ - The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
gopher://gopher.unmc.edu/11/Pediatrics - Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant
Program at Unviersity of Nebraska
http://www.fccc.edu/ - Fox Chase Cancer Center
http://www.med.nyu.edu/Biostat-Epi/Homepage.html - NYU Medical Center,
Women's Health Study
http://cancer.med.upenn.edu/ - OncoLink, from the U. of Pennsylvania
http://asa.ugl.lib.umich.edu/chdocs/cancer/CANCERGUIDE.HTML -
Quick Information about Cancer for Patients and their Families (an index
of many of the other resources on this list)
http://info.md.huji.ac.il/cancer/journal.html - Le Journal du Cancer
http://bigmac.mskcc.org/ - Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York)
http://www.jci.tju.edu/ - Thomas Jefferson Cancer Center (Philadelphia)
http://www.stat.washington.edu/TALARIA/TALARIA.html - Hypermedia Clinical
Practice Guidelines for Cancer Pain
http://utmdacc.uth.tmc.edu/MDA/mdainfo.html - The University of Texas
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
http://fs2.liv.ac.uk/crconcology.html - The University of Liverpool
CRC Oncology Research Unit
http://daisy.moffitt.usf.edu/ - H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center Home Page
http://www.med.nyu.edu/KCCC/HomePage.html - NYU Kaplan Comprehensive
Cancer Center
http://www.dkfz-heidelberg.de/pet/home.htm - German Cancer Research Center,
Application of Positron Emission Tomography in cancer research
http://asa.ugl.lib.umich.edu/chdocs/support/emotion.html - Emotional
Support Resources
http://www.cancer.med.umich.edu/ - University of Michigan Comp. Cancer Center
gopher://cancer.med.upenn.edu - OncoLink, via gopher
gopher://utmdacc.uth.tmc.edu - M.D.Anderson (cancer center)
gopher://gopher.dfci.harvard.edu - Dana-Farber (cancer center)
gopher://bigmac.mskcc.org - Sloan-Kettering (cancer center)
gopher://gopher.ncc.go.jp/ - National Cancer Center Tokyo
gopher://istge.ist.unige.it - IST (Nat Inst for Cancer Research) (Italy)
gopher://serversun.mdv.gwdg.de/ - GWDG Goettingen
gopher://med-gopher.stanford.edu/ - Stanford medical center
Dedicated Cancer Resources
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http://www.cancer.org/ - American Cancer Society
http://dialin.ind.net/~rmarriag/rcancer.html - Cancer Links
http://medinfo.org/lists - Searchable Listserv Archives
"Information gathering is a fundamental element of the fight against
cancer. From this location you will have access to the centralized
archives of all the cancer listservs where the information flows
uncensored . Our user friendly interface will allow you to do
structured searches across all those archives or to refine your
searches to Time and Disease Specific delimiters."
http://www.icnet.uk/ - The Imperial Cancer Research Fund.
http://kryton.cr.man.ac.uk/index.html - Christie Cancer Research Centre
http://www.quake.net/~acs/acs.html - American Cancer Society, Calif Div
http://bcn.boulder.co.us/health/cancer/pathology.html - A Biopsy Report:
A Patient's Guide
http://www.ncgr.org/ncgr/ncgr.html - The National Center for Genome Resources
(NCGR) would like to announce our new Web pages regarding the Ethical, Legal,
and Social Implications (ELSI) of biotechnology.
http://www.nccf.org/ - National Childhood Cancer Foundation
http://cois.com/candle/ - CandleLighters Childhood Cancer Family Alliance
Candlelighters CCFA is a non-profit self-help group composed of families of
childhood cancer, community volunteers, and healthcare professionals.
http://www_uicc.who.ch/ - World Congress on Cancer Organizations
gopher://gopher_uicc.who.ch/ - International Union Against Cancer
http://www.mol-usa.com/cancare/home.htm - 1995 Malaysia Year of Cancer
Awareness, a joint project done by CanCare and Malaysia Online
http://www.meds.com/ - Medicine OnLine provides healthcare professionals
and consumers with in-depth educational information about specific
diseases. Medicine Online debutes with more than 600 pages of original
and current cancer infomation. This service also includes Listserve
discussion groups for both healthcare professionals and patients.
http://telescan.nki.nl/ - TeleSCAN -- Telmatics Services in Cancer (European)
TeleSCAN is the first European Internet service for Cancer research,
treatment and education providing a hypermedia (World Wide Web)
interface to primarily European information resources and services
related to Cancer. TeleSCAN is produced by the MARIA Project of the EU
http://www.iarc.fr/ - International Agency for Research on Cancer
http://www.savba.sk/logos/journals/ap/neohome.html - NEOPLASMA
Journal of Experimental and Clinical Oncology
Edited by Cancer Research Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences,
Bratislava, Slovak republic
http://bcn.boulder.co.us/health/cancer/canguide.html -CancerGuide: Steve
Dunn's Cancer Information Page
http://www.charm.net:80/~kkdk/ - Darrel Kilius in Baltimore, MD Cancer
Patient Resource List, with an emphasis on sarcomas
http://infoventures.microserve.com/ - EMF-Link (ElectroMagnetic Forces)
http://access.digex.net/~mkragen/cansearch.html - CANSearch: A
Guide to Cancer Resources on the Internet (National Coalition for
Cancer Survivorship)
http://www.well.com:80/user/cynsa/tom/tom12.html - A Memorial to Tom Mandell
and his interaction with cancer, constructed by William Calvin
(TIME Online)
Other Resources
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http://www.centerwatch.com/ - CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service
http://www.genweb.com/Dnavax/dnavax.html - DNA moderated immunization WWW
site including protocols, contacts, research info, etc.
http://www.wimsey.ca/~igregson/index.html - The Amputee Home Page
http://www.ahealth.com/ahi/ - AHI Online contains a wealth of information
about how the mind and emotions can be used most effectively to regain
health. The approaches described here are designed to be used in
conjunction with standard medical practices.
http://www.wellweb.com/wellness - The Wellness Web
http://www.roxane.com/ - Roxane Pain Institute
http://www.ama-assn.org/ - American Medical Association
http://nimsn41.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/MRC/ - Medical Research Council (UK)
http://www.iarc.fr/ - International Agency for Research on Cancer [status?]
http://www.cc.emory.edu/WHSCL/medweb.oncology.html - MedWeb:Oncology
http://www.pic.net/uniloc/acctx - Arlington Cancer Center (Dallas/Ft Worth)
http://brain.psyc.uow.edu.au/usenet.guide.html - List of Psychosocial &
Support newsgroups
http://www.mcc.ac.uk/pharmacy/ - PharmWeb: Pharmacy Information Resources
http://www.med.umich.edu/trans/sandoz/index.html - Sandoz's WWW site, mostly
containing information on transplantation and cyclosporine
http://www.informatik.uni-rostock.de/HUM-MOLGEN/ - Human Genetics WWW in
conjunction with the HUM-Genetics Listserve
http://infonet.welch.jhu.edu/advocacy.html - Patient Advocacy Numbers
http://www.icsi.net/Medicine - List of Medical Resources
http://dem0nmac.mgh.harvard.edu/hospitalweb.html - HospitalWeb, a list of
WWW hospital sites on the Internet
http://infoventures.microserve.com/ - EMF-Link, information on biological
and health effects of electric and magnetic fields (EMF)
http://mmp.dgsys.com:80/special/ - SpeciaLove, a resource devoted to
patients & children with cancer to facilitate networking. This resource
is oriented to the family aspects of childhood cancer. Special Love, Inc.
started in 1983 by Tom and Sheila Baker, who lost their 13 year old
daughter to leukemia.
http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/bone-marrow/index.html - The Anthony Nolan
Bone Marrow Trust, a leading centre for research and also runs the UK
register of potential donors. The more people there are on the register,
the better the chance of finding a compatible donor. This site references
other BMT international BMT sites.
http://www.tiac.net/users/jtward/index.html - The Multimedia Medical
Reference Library.
http://www.gblhorizon.com/mktplace/share.html - American Share
Foundation. This organization is involved in organ and tissue
donation and transplant.
http://pharminfo.com/ - PharmInfoNet(tm) is devoted to delivering useful,
up-to-date, and accurate pharmaceutical information to pharmacists,
physicians, and patients. A section of Medical Sciences Bulletin deals
with reviews of oncology drugs.
http://www.pps.ca/pps.htm - Total Pricing Systems Inc. has developed the "PPS
On-Line System". Its goal was to develop a flexible and extensible
system to present pharmaceutical information to the medical community
and the future home Healthcare market.
http://www.america.com/~jpringle/acahome.html - National Community of
Charitable Aviators. The Air Care Alliance is a nationwide
association of humanitarian flying ACA members help needy patients
travel to facilities where they are able to receive medical attention
they would otherwise do without.
http://www.webcom.com/~lef/index.html - Life Extension Foundation
The Life Extension Foundation is dedicated to the pursuit of a longer,
healthier lifespan. We provide our members with information about the
latest life extension research, products and therapies.
http://www.teleport.com/~ormed/ - Cancer and Natural Medicine: A
Textbook of basic Science and Clinical Research
http://inca.gate.net:80/~goodwin/ - Goodwin Institute for Cancer Research
http://www.webcom.com/~sease/kombucha/kombucha.html - Kombucha Home Page
http://catalog.com/bri/bri.htm - Burzynski Research Institute home page
(home of the Antineoplastons - alternate medical info), including:
* General Information About Brain Tumors
* Clinical Trials for Adults with Brain Tumors
* Clinical Trials for Children with Brain Tumors
* Theory and History Behind Antineoplastons
* National Cancer Institute Report on Antineoplastons
[Address: Burzynski Research Institute, 12000 Richmond Ave, Houston, TX 77082
Phone: 713-597-0111, FAX: 713-597-1166]
http://www.ovinet.com/iasm/i001.htm</A> The Institute for Advanced
Studies in Medicine. Nutritional and Prevention articles, free second
opinion, etc.
http://www.homepage.com/mall/gerson/gerson.html - Gerson Therapy
http://www.catalog.com/war/simone.html - Simone's Shark Cartiledge
http://www.can.net/herb/herb.html - Source for Rare & Exotic Herbs [CHANGED]
http://frank.mtsu.edu/~sward/herb/medicinal.html -
Algy's Herb Page - Medicinal
ftp://ftp.sura.net/pub/nic/ - Health sciences resources list
gopher://weeds.mgh.harvard.edu/ - Global Biological Information Servers
at Harvard - also by topic.
http://lablinks.com/sumeria/cancer.html - Alternate views of cancer
treatment, chemotherapy, electromagnetism...
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
--------------------------------
| Commercial online services |
--------------------------------
Many online services have resources of interest to ca patients:
America Online (AOL):
American Cancer Society Online (Keyword: ACS)
Scientific American Cancer Journal (Keyword: Cancer J SciAm)
Online Support Groups:
"Living with Cancer", Sundays 7 PM EST
"Cancer Survivors", Mondays 10 PM EST
"Loved ones of Cancer Survivors", Tuesdays 7PM EST
To get to the forum room, go to the ACS area
(Keyword: ACS or keyword: CANCER) and
select the Health and Medical Chat icon.
COMPUSERVE:
Cancer Forum - GO CANCER
Consumer Reports Drug Database - GO DRUGS
Health Database Plus - GO HLTDB
Knowledge Index - GO KI
MedSig Forum - GO MEDSIG
NORD Services/Rare Disease Database - GO NORD
Paperchase/MEDLINE - GO PAPERCHASE
Physician's Data Query - GO PDQ
PRODIGY:
Medical Support Board
TOPICS:
CANCER
OTHER (breast implants)
The NYU BBS for Brain Tumor Support and Research
------------------------------------------------
The head of Neurosurgery at NYU set up a commercial bbs system for
brain tumor sypport and research. It is called: Brain tumor on-line.
For information, call voice: 800-785-3312. It is pretty new, and not
many people are on it yet, but there are a few doctors from NYU and
the Mayo clinic - so it is a good source of info if you have a brain
tumor.
Other Online Services
---------------------
At the time this FAQ was updated, no one has commented on the
quality of the cancer forums on other online services, but such
comments would be welcome.
To Contact A Commercial Online Service Provider:
------------------------------------------------
To start an account, contact the service of your choice. Each
service can be contacted by voice through an 800 number. Call
the 800 directory service (voice) at 800-555-1212 for the 800
number of the service you would like to try. Most services offer
free or reduced-cost service for the first month of use. You
might want to check recent computer-related magazines for
special offers and coupons.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
-----------------------------------
| Non-Commercial online services |
-----------------------------------
The FDA BBS
-----------
For information on specific drugs, you might try the FDA BBS
(U. S. Food and Drug Administration's Bulletin Board System).
Using the telnet facility, telnet to "fdabbs.fda.gov", and
login as "bbs".
Technical Support is available for the FDA BBS System from
7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. EST Monday through Friday. For support,
contact the Parklawn Computer Center (PCC) at (301)443-7318.
If you are looking for a specific report or article, contact
the FDA Press Office at (301)443-3285.
MED HELP INTERNATIONAL
----------------------
MED HELP INTERNATIONAL
6300 North Wickham Road
Suite 130, Box 188
Melbourne, FL 32940-2029
Voice: (407) 253-9048
Fax: (407) 253-1819
E-mail: staff@mhli.netusa.net
BBS: (516) 423-0472
Med Help International is a non profit organization which provides
medical information written in non-technical terminology in order to
support patients and their families who have been struck by the tragedy
of serious illnesses.
We are comprised of an all-volunteer staff of physicians and other
health care professionals who are electronically connected.
Med Help has made available to the public our computerized system
whereby people may obtain information that is on the system at no
charge.
The system may be accessed via Internet (ftp, telnet or http) to:
via WWW: http://medhlp.netusa.net/
telnet medhlp.netusa.net
ftp medhlp.netusa.net
Or via dial-up (modem) to: (516) 423-0472 (N81- ANSI)
The National Kidney Cancer Foundation BBS
-----------------------------------------
BBS number 800-280-2032
The Florida Coalition for Cancer Survivorship BBS
--------------------------------------------------
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 1994 11:13:22 EST
From: "Drew H. Wolfe 813-253-7233" <WOLFED1@mail.firn.edu>
The Florida Coalition for Cancer Survivorship BBS, FCCS BBS, is a new BBS
devoted to the needs and concerns of cancer survivors, their family
members, and oncology health care professionals. Highlights of the
FCCS BBS include:
NCI's PDQ and CancerLit, hundreds of other cancer-related files and
shareware, forums devoted to many different areas of cancer (disease
specific, cancer support and support groups, message bases for oncology
health care professionals), a database where you can post or read
cancer stories, a database of tumor images, . . .
You can access the FCCS BBS at the following toll free number:
(800) 816-2744. Shortly, the FCCS BBS will connected to FidoNet and
Internet. For more information contact Drew H. Wolfe,
wolfed1@mail.firn.edu.
-----------
| FidoNet |
-----------
Formerly known as the Cancer-Leukemia Echo on Fido, 'Survivors' is on
the Fido backbone and is available to any BBS that receives any FIDO
echos. Check with your sysop about getting it. It is no longer just
for Cancer or Leukemia patients. It was started by a couple whose
daughter was diagnosed and treated for Leukemia. They found this
method of getting and exchanging information helpful. The echo now
handles survivor topics of a wide range. Cancer, Leukemia, Rape,
physical and mental problems, and much more.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
--------------------------------------------------
| Online library catalogs (to help find books) |
--------------------------------------------------
There are many good (and some awful) books about cancer and
cancer-related issues. You local library may have its catalog
online, especially if it's a University-related library.
TIP: If a book you are reading makes you feel upset, for any reason, PUT
IT DOWN. Reading tastes are a very individual matter. Never feel obliged
to read a book just because a well-meaning friend has suggested or given
it to you...or because it's a bestseller. It's YOUR life.
(This tip is courtesy of: Ceil Sinnex
--------------
| Net News |
--------------
In case this FAQ was forewarded to you by e-mail, you might
Want to know that it is posted every week or so on the
news groups "sci.med", and "alt.support.cancer". These are
both good newsgroups for cancer information and support.
The FAQ is also posted on "news.answers", a group for FAQ's.
alt.support.cancer
alt.support.cancer.prostate
alt.support.prostate.prostatitis
sci.med.diseases.cancer
sci.med.prostate.cancer
sci.med.prostate.prostatitis
sci.med.prostate.bph
alt.health.policy.drug-approval
alt.grief
--------------------------------
| Shareware Programs via FTP |
--------------------------------
From: hoang@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (My Khanh Hoang)
Date: 17 May 1994 08:02:51 GMT
The following ftp site: ftp.cica.indiana.edu has several shareware
programs that may be helpful. One particular relevant program is
Reduce Cancer Risk in pub/pc/win3/misc.
--------------------------------------------------
| The Internet Health Science's Resources List |
--------------------------------------------------
An update of my BITNET/Internet Health Science Resources List
(03-93) is now available via ftp from FTP2.CC.UKANS.EDU.
This document is an attempt to create a comprehensive list of
health science resources available on the wide area networks. The
list includes Listserv groups, Usenet groups, Freenets, Data
Archives, Electronic Publications & Health Science oriented
databases. This update also includes expanded gopher and WWW
sites with many URL addresses, pointers to health related
documents, and a large E-Journal section, along with several new
databases and libraries. I hope you'll find this document useful
for your Internet travels.
Access via ftp: FTP2.CC.UKANS.EDU
Directory: pub/hmatrix
FILE: medlst03.txt or medlst03.zip
Lee Hancock
Internet - LE07144@UKANVM.CC.UKANS.EDU
Owner & Editor: Internet/BitNet Health Science Resources List
Owner CPRI-L (Listserv@ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu) Computerized Patient Records
HMATRIX-L (Listserv@ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu) Online Health Resources
----------------------------------
| The Better Information Group |
----------------------------------
(While not an online source, the Better Information Group
is included here for those interested in Breast Cancer.
The information was received from webl@aol.com in July 1994.)
--------------------------------------------------------------
Better Information Group publishes information guides. One of
them is a basic understanding of Breast Cancer and treatments, etc.
Their guides are $2.00 each. For other guides they have a toll free
number giving details 1-800-814-4139. Their mailing address is:
Better Information Group
8815 N. 12th Place, Station T
Phx, AZ 85020
------------------------------------
| Online Mailing Lists (Listserves)|
------------------------------------
Note: http://medinfo.org/lists - Searchable Listserv Archives
"Information gathering is a fundamental element of the fight against
cancer. From this location you will have access to the centralized
archives of all the cancer listservs where the information flows
uncensored . Our user friendly interface will allow you to do
structured searches across all those archives or to refine your
searches to Time and Disease Specific delimiters."
Bone Marrow Transplant List
==========================
To subscribe: send mail to bmt-talk-request@ai.mit.edu with the
word "subscribe" (no quotes) in the body of the message. Once you subscribe,
you will be able to mail messages to bmt-talk@ai.mit.edu.
The online archive of BMT-Talk messages is on the World Wide Web at:
URL: http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/laurel/Bmt-talk/bmt-talk.html
Brain Tumor Discussion Mailing List:
===================================
To subscribe: Send a message to: LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Leave the subject line blank, and set the first message line to:
subscribe BRAINTMR your_first_name your_last_name
Breast Cancer Discussion Mailing List:
=====================================
To subscribe: Send a message to: listserv@morgan.ucs.mun.ca
Leave the subject line blank, and set the first message line to:
subscribe breast-cancer yourfirstname yourlastname
"At the present time, there are about 600 people from around the
world subscribed to the BREAST-CANCER List. This translates to
approximately 20-50 postings daily. In order to allow efficient
searching of digests and archives (see below), as well as to give
recipients some idea as to the issues you wish to address in your
posting, we suggest that the "Subject" line of all submissions
contain at least one of the following abbreviations that might best
describe its contents:
ALT- alternative, or unconventional cancer therapies
ANCMT- events, announcements
BMT- aggressive chemotherapy with bone marrow transplant
or stem cell rescue
CHEM- chemotherapy, antineoplastics
HUMR- humour
MAMO- imaging, mammography, radiology
MENO- menopause, hot flashes
METS- metastases, advanced breast cancer
PATH- pathology, biopsies, staging
RECN- reconstruction, prostheses, body image
RECR- recurrence
INT- issues of intimacy, relationships and sex, family
members
SUP- messages of support, words of encouragement
TAMX- tamoxifen and related drugs
MISC- miscellaneous (i.e., anything we might have
missed)
In addition, due to mail volumes, email addresses which repeatedly
bounce List postings, will generally find themselves unsubscribed
relatively quickly. Please do not take offense. You have very
likely not *done* anything for which this might be retribution. If
you find yourself unceremoniously signed off without your
knowledge, check that your mailbox is not full, and that your
system is not down. If all is well, simply resubscribe.
By sending a "SET BREAST-CANCER DIGEST" command to
LISTSERV@morgan.ucs.mun.ca, you can change your mechanism of
receipt of postings- from individual, full-header messages received
as they are sent to the LIst by subscribers, to a single (or twice)
daily collection or "digest" of messages with condensed headers.
This is particularly useful if you have limited mailbox space, pay
per message received, or simply like to download mailings and
search according to your particular interests. To revert to default
settings (i.e., to receive individual postings), send a "SET
BREAST-CANCER NODIGEST" message to LISTSERV@morgan.
You may leave the list at any time by sending a "SIGNOFF BREAST-
CANCER" command to LISTSERV@morgan.ucs.mun.ca. PLEASE NOTE:
LISTSERV requires a confirmation of your request to signoff. Please
do not overlook this, because without it your request will be
ignored."
------NYSERNET ARCHIVE SITE-------
To Access Breast-Cancer Listserve Archives:
Go to: http://nysernet.org/bcic/
Select link entitled: Cancer Listservs, Gophers and Other Online Information
Select directory: BREAST-CANCER (listserv Description and Archive)
Select directory: BREAST-CANCER Archive
Select year (1994 or 1995)
Select month
Select date
Select message from titles
To keyword search, select: "Search Archived postings by keyword"
which is the first item on the BREAST-Cancer Archive page.
Cancer-L
========
A very intensive general support group highly recommended!
To subscribe: Send a message to: LISTSERV@WVNVM.WVNET.EDU
Leave the subject line blank, and set the first message line to:
SUBSCRIBE CANCER-L <Your Name>
Ovarian cancer mailing List:
===========================
1) new name: Ovarian (to cover all Ovarian issues, not just ovarian-cancer)
2) listserv: listserv@sjuvm.stjohns.edu
3) how to subscribe: subject blank; message text should be:
subscribe ovarian First-name Last-name
4) owner: ovarian-request@sjuvm.stjohns.edu
HUM-MOLGEN mailing list:
=======================
In conjunction with the related World Wide Web site:
http://www.informatik.uni-rostock.de/HUM-MOLGEN/
(via NETSCAPE; capitals in the adress are important)
The conventional E-mail service and the WWW-site are set up as
one interactive unit: The E-mail service will further focus on
condensed, summarized active information and communication of
your key-interest. The WWW-site will focus on much more extensive
passive information and communication, which can also be selected by
choice. In general, subscribers to HUM-MOLGEN will have the
advantage when it comes to pre-information, new features, etc.
Both list- and WWW communication on HUM-MOLGEN are equally
divided in TOPICS, such as you are used to (NEWS, CALLs,
ANNOuncements, COMPuters science in genetics and Internet
highlights, molecular DIAGnostics/clinical research,
LITErature,BIOTechnology/molecular biology,ETHIcal/social)
Communication on HUM-MOLGEN remains entirely FREE and very FAST.
Subscribers can easily ANNOunce meetings, events or positions,
CALL for collaboration, and look for, send or receive all sorts
of summarized information of HUM-MOLGEN interest. From the LITE-
rature, previews of journals, articles of hard-copies can be
sent or received on HUM-MOLGEN. COMP specializes in communica-
tion in Internet highlights and computational genetics. The
DIAG section is especially suited for communication between
clinicians and biologists. BIOT will a.o. provide communicati-
on about new products and information about new techniques as
well as commercialisation of Human Genome research.
The NEW HUM-MOLGEN WWW site is:
-A Medical, Clinical Genetics and DNA diagnostic Service on-line.
-a one point entry, and easy acces for clinicians and molecular
biologists to Internet highlights in the field of Genetics
-An Interactive forum for collaboration and digital meeting place
for clinicians, molecular biologists and geneticist, as well as
other individuals interested in the field.
-a host for Literature and preview information
-a host for Biotechnology and molecular biology compagnies, publishers,
DNA diagnostic laboratories, hospitals and clinical genetic centres
-a host for new products, techniques and developments;
-provide technical information, protocols and methods-on-line
-provide grant information.
-etc.
The WWW-site is still under construction; new features and new
information will be added in the next few weeks. We are looking for
your critical comments and support!
o subscribe (free) to HUM-MOLGEN mailing list, send message
subscribe HUM-MOLGEN first_name last_name (sci)
to
listserv@nic.surfnet.nl
Frank S. Zollmann Arthur Bergen
Zollmann.1@osu.edu Bergen@amc.uva.nl
Hem-Onc Listserv - Leukemias, Myelomas, Lymphomas....
----------------
How to SUBSCRIBE to the Hem-Onc list:
1) Send electronic mail to this e-mail address:
Listserv@ sjuvm.stjohns.edu
2) Leave the Subject line blank (or type 1 character if your software
requires something there)
3) Place the following message in the body of the mail:
subscribe hem-onc your-first-name your-last-name
Prostate Cancer Listserv
------------------------
To SUBSCRIBE to the Prostate list:
1) Send electronic mail to this email address:
Listserv@sjuvm.stjohns.edu
2) Leave the Subject line blank or enter a single character if your
email program requires something there.
3) Place the following message in the body of the mail:
subscribe Prostate First-name Last-name
Medicine OnLine Newsgroups
==========================
1. Mol-cancer-prof
Healthcare Professional discussion group - Chemotherapy, Drug Info
This forum requires registration and is for health care professionals.
Every registered member is able to view the archives of previous messages and
post questions, answers, files, and information into the discussion group
without prior review. All activity in the group is monitored by Wellcome
Oncology Drug Information as well as the facilitators.
To subscribe to mol-cancer-prof, send the following in the body (not
the subject line) of an email message to "Majordomo@lists.kbt.com":
subscribe mol-cancer-prof
2. Consumer discussion group - drug information
This discussion group is open to anyone interested cancer treatment
discussion. Every member is able to view the archives of previous messages and
post questions, answers, files, and information into the discussion group
without prior review.
To subscribe to mol-cancer, send the following in the body (not the subject
line) of an email message to
"Majordomo@lists.kbt.com":
subscribe mol-cancer
Clinical Trials mailing list:
============================
This list is directed to those interested in the design, management and
execution of clinical trials. To subscribe, send an EMAIL
message to: majordomo@world.std.com
The body of the text should read (exactly as written):
subscribe Clinical_Trials
Clinical-Trial-Finder
=====================
The purpose of the Clinical-Trial-Finder listserv is to help those
seeking clinical trials for any problem to communicate with hospitals
and other medical providers offering the same. The list will be
moderated. Medical facilities are urged to subscribe to the list and
post detailed descriptions of trials they are conducting or intend to
conduct. The more details given the better. Also, the trial's approval
by an appropriate authority should be shown.
Patients or caretakers should post as much information as they are
comfortable describing as to medical problems for which they are seeking
a medical trial.
Discussion in general of trials and medical problems should not be
posted to the list. The idea is to keep the bandwidth at a minimum so
that all interested will keep watch for postings without feeling
overburdened by too much mail.
To subscribe send to listserv@garcia.com
the message
subscribe ctf <full name>
Transplant Listserve:
====================
To subscribe to TRNSPLNT send a message to LISTSERV@WUVMD.WUSTL.EDU
with the following in the body:
SUBSCRIBE TRNSPLNT <your name>
To send mail to the TRNSPLNT list, send messages to:
TRNSPLNT%WUVMD.bitnet@vm42.cso.uiuc.edu
Radiation Oncology Listserve:
============================
To subscribe to the radiation oncology listserve, send a message to:
biosci-server@net.bio.net with the following message:
subscribe radoncjc
------------------------
| The BMT Newsletter |
------------------------
From: flatau@cli.com (Arthur D. Flatau)
The BMT Newsletters are on-line. Also on-line is the book: "Bone
Transplants: A Book of Basics for Patients" and all the issues
the BMT Newsletter.
The book and the newsletters since January, 1994 are available on New
State Breast Cancer Information Clearinghouse (BCIC) gopher
These do not have any pictures.
gopher to nysernet.org or if you use a world-wide web brower (e.g.
Mosaic) the URL is http://nysernet.org/.
Look under "Special Collections: Breast Cancer Information
Clearinghouse" then "Sources of Medical Information and Support" and
then "BMT Newsletter".
The book and all the newsletters up to the November, 1994 issue
(issues 13 to 26), with pictures on OncoLink, accessible via the World
Wide Web at: http://cancer.med.upenn.edu/chemo/bmt and on
OncoLink's gopher under "Medical Oncology/", submenu of
"Bone Marrow Transplant Information (Patient)" or
"Bone Marrow Transplant Newsletters/"
In my opinion the BMT Newsletter is the best single source of
information for patients considering undergoing a bone marrow
transplant.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
| The Powerlines & Cancer FAQ (i.e. do powerlines cause cancer?) |
--------------------------------------------------------------------
From: jmoulder@its.mcw.edu (John Moulder)
Date: 6 Jul 1994 19:41:57 GMT
FAQs on Power-Frequency Fields and Cancer
The primary anonymous FTP archive is:
cdmas.crc.mcw.edu/pub/powerlines_and_cancer
This archive contains both the posted 6-part version and a complete 1-part
version.
The FAQ sheet will be archived, after varying intervals, in the following
places:
Anonymous FTP: "rtfm.mit.edu"
Directory: /pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/powerlines-cancer-FAQ
Files: part1, part2,... part6
E-mail server: mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu
-To get the current FAQ you would send the following message
send /pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/powerlines-cancer-FAQ/part1
. . .
send /pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/powerlines-cancer-FAQ/part6
On GEnie in the library of the Space and Science Roundtable (M460;3). The
file is called EMF-FAQ.ZIP.
On World Wide Web at:
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/
usenet/powerlines-cancer-FAQ/top.html (all one line!)
In addition, there is also: EMF-Link(c), a multimedia resource produced
by the EMF Clearinghouse, a project of Information Ventures, Inc.
EMF-Link provides substantive information on biological and health
effects of electric and magnetic fields (EMFs) from common sources such
as power lines, electrical wiring, appliances, medical equipment,
communications facilities, cellular phones, and computers.
URL: http://infoventures.microserve.com/
-----------------------
| Free Drug Program |
-----------------------
From: wilds@netcom.com (William D. Sterling)
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 1994 17:34:49 GMT
If you are financially distressed by the high cost of your cancer
medication you can try to obtain free medication under a program
operated by the United States Senate, Department of Aging.
Majority Phone 202-224-5364 Minority phone 202-224-1467
At least 31 Drug companies will give 3 month supplies of
drugs under the "indigent drug program" when requested on a form
that your doctor can fill out.
Call the above numbers for a list of the companies, drugs and
contact phone numbers.
The same list can be found via gopher at cancer.med.upenn.edu
under the menu selection indigent drugs.
----------------------------------
| The Texas Cancer Data Center |
----------------------------------
From: flatau@cli.com (Arthur D. Flatau)
Date: 30 Jun 1994 15:36:15 -0500
Via Internet: telnet txcancer.mda.uth.tmc.edu
Via modem: dial 800-788-9293 (in Houston or outside Texas 713-794-5858)
Modem settings: No parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, Full Duplex
You need to have VT100 emulation.
E-mail can be sent to message@txcancer.mda.uth.tmc.edu. "users are
encouraged to send suggestions, comments or questions about the
system or data provided."
- - - ---------
| LINCS |
- - - ---------
LINCS is a FREE public service that provides a searchable on-line
human services resource directory Internet mail and usenet is available.
LINCS-BBS -- 408/727-7227 Settings N81, to 14,400 baud, 3 lines.
FTP site: ftp.netcom.com Our directory, called phpsetup.exe
login: anonymous is available from this site and our
passw: your email address WWW page. It is searchable and you
cd pub/LINCS may feel free to share this program
with others. We welcome your feedback
and comments. EMAIL TO: sysop@php.com
The directory is updated regularly.
WWW: http://www.portal.com/~cbntmkr/php.html
Real World: 3041 Olcott Street, Santa Clara, CA 95054-3222
408/727-5775 FAX: 408/727-0181
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ANSWER 2
One is for a taffy, the other for another sort of candy.
I've not made them yet.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Recipe 1: From Joy of Cooking, 1974, p540.
Heavy pan, big enough to account for foaming.
2 cups brown sugar
1/4 cup molasses
1/2 cup butter
2 tbs water
2 tbs vinegar
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper (in this case, it was Durkee brand). Stir all
ingredients except pepper together over low heat until sugar dissolved.
Boil gently, stirring frequently, until candy is at hard crack stage:
300 degrees. Add pepper at the end of the boiling. Drop candy from
teaspoon onto buttered slab or foil to form patties.
Easy? There are candy tricks: Never double recipes, use a large enough
pan, and apparently candy thermometers are fairly inexpensive and well
worth the price. Above 200 degrees, the temp really takes off, and has
to be watched carefully.
Stages of candy:
Stage 1: softball-234-240 F- candy dropped into cold water is soft.
Stage 2: firm ball, 242-248 F, candy in cold water is firm, but flattens
under pressure.
Stage 3: Hardball, 250-268 F, candy is hard, but pliable.
Soft Crack: Candy makes hard but not brittle threads 270-290 F.
Hard Crack: threads are hard and brittle, 300-310 F.
So, without a candy thermometer, you can approximate temperatures.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Recipe 2: Betty Crocker, p164 (no other data)
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup light corn syrup
2/3 cup water
1 tbs cornstarch
2 tbs butter or marg
1 tsp salt
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
8x8x2 buttered pan
In 2 qt saucepan, add sugar, corn syrup, water, cornstarch, butter and
salt. Over medium heat, stirring constantly till hard ball stage (256F).
Remove from heat, stir in vanilla and pepper. When cool enough to
handle, butter hands and pull until satiny and stiff. Pull into long
strips, cut into 1" pieces, and wrap with wax paper. (I don't know what
the buttered pan is for.)
-------------------
Comments:
Author: Lucie Bergmann Shuster (cys@netcom.com)
I must take issue with the recipe for the cayenne candy. I presume it is
for chemo mouth sores, and GI tract problems. The quantity of cayenne is
far to low for the volume to be effective. I am inclined to recommend 1/4
cup of cayenne, or certainly 2 tablespoons worth per recipe. In both cases
it is imperative that the pepper be added before the candy hardens up or
while the conncoction is in the cooling state.
My source of info is Michael Tierra, "The Way of Herbs". This is what he
says - "Taken as a daily tonic, one-quarter teaspoon three times
daily,..." - this is straight pepper. The key concern is that the pepper
gets hotter when heated.
I'd opt for recipe number two and butter hands with pepper. Adding 1/8 of a
teaspoon per taffy candy. That should do the trick, providing the patient
isn't troubled by benign gall stones.
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(end of the Cancer FAQ)
--
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*** The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the views or
*** opinions of my employer! Phone: 610-622-4293
P.O. Box 7806 Philadelphia, PA 19101 FAX: 610-622-1343
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