Cancer

Books and Videos

Use the Moraine Park Catalog to find books, e-books, and videos on this subject.

Periodical Articles

Use the following databases to find articles on this topic.

EBSCO
Contains a variety of databases covering medical topics.

Health Reference Center- Academic
Information from a variety of health related publications.

Health & Wellness Resource Center
Includes a medical dictionary, medical encyclopedia, drug finder, and a health organization directory.

Websites

American Cancer Society
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp
An excellent place to start looking for news, current research, and publications dealing with cancers of all types.

Cancer.gov
http://www.cancer.gov/
This site from the National Cancer Institute includes information on cancer causes and prevention, clinical trials, statistics, and research.

MEDLINEplus: Cancer
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cancer.html
A service of the National Library of Medicine this site offers access to information gathered from a variety of sources. Topics covered include alternative therapy, treatment, prevention/screening, and research, to name just a few.

OncoLink
http://www.oncolink.org/index.cfm
The University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center presents cancer information for patients and health care professionals. The site also contains links to a number of journals and newsletter web sites.

Your Cancer Risk: The Source on Prevention
http://www.yourdiseaserisk.wustl.edu/
Visitors to this site answer a few questions and then find out what their risk of cancer is and what steps can be taken to lower their risk. The site was developed by the Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention

Updated 9/2009