Other Johns Hopkins Sites

• Bile Duct Cancer
• Gastroenterology and Hepatology Resource Center
• Liver Cancer
• Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at JH

Other Sites Related to Pancreas Cancer

• American Cancer Society
• American Cancer Society's "Children with Cancer in the Family: Dealing with Diagnosis" (Web link on what to tell the kids)
• American Cancer Society's Pancreas Cancer Resource Center
• American Society of Clinical Oncology
• CancerCare.org
• CancerGuide
• Cancer Information Guide (Information on cancer includes most types of cancer such as skin cancer, bladder cancer, bone cancer, brain cancer etc., with expert information on their causes, symptoms, risk factors and treatment procedures.)
• Cancerlinks
• CancerQuest
• CancerSymptoms.org (lots of info on managing various symptoms including fatigue, depression, pain)
• CenterWatch's Clinical Trials Listing
• Craig's Cause
• Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
• Division of Gastrointestinal and Liver Pathology
• Elliot Fishman's CT
• The European Registry of Hereditary Pancreatitis and Familial Pancreatic Cancer (EUROPAC) (a European registry of families with Hereditary Pancreatitis and Familial pancreatic cancer)
• Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention: Your Cancer Risk
• Home Care Guide for Advanced Cancer Patients
• Human Genome Project
• The Jeanne Bowen Cancer Foundation
• Jefferson Pancreas Cancer Tumor Registry (JPTR) A research study to help define inherited risk factors, environmental exposures, and occupational factors that lead to the development of pancreatic cancer. Participants are asked to complete a questionnaire and may be asked to submit a blood sample. Individuals eligible for enrollment include:
    - Patients (treated at any medical institution) with a confirmed diagnosis of pancreatic cancer
    - Adults with one first degree relative (parent, sibling, child) with pancreatic cancer
    - Spouses of patients (recorded as a control group)
  
• JHH Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome Patient Education Booklet
• Joseph C. Monastra Pancreatic Cancer Foundation
• Journal of the Pancreas
• The Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research
• M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Pancreatic Tumor Study Group
• Michael Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation
• National Pancreas Foundation
• NCI's CancerLit Database
• NCI's Cancer Trials Database
• NCI's PDQ (Physician Data Query) (An NCI database that contains the latest information about cancer treatment, screening, prevention, genetics, and supportive care, plus clinical trials.)
• NCI's Overview of pancreatic cancer and Islet Cell Carcinoma (endocrine)
• Oncolink's Introduction to Pancreas Cancer
• Online Cancer Guide (A comprehensive resource providing complete information on various types of cancers such as prostrate cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer, skin cancer, throat, blood cancer, brain cancer, bone cancer, pancreatic, etc. Also know about the causes of these cancers, symptoms, various treatment methods.)
• Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCANs Patient and Liaison Services (PALS) is a comprehensive, free call-in information program which provides extensive information about pancreatic cancer, including: treatment options, clinical trials, specialists, support groups, diet and nutrition and more.)
• Pancreatic Cancer Online
• Pancreatic Cancer UK
• Pancreas Cyst and Cancer - pancyst.org
• The Pancreatic Duct
• Pancreatica.org
• PDQ Cancer Genetics
• Randy Pausch reprising his "Last Lecture"
• Rodney Van Johnson.com
• The Ronald S. Hirshberg Memorial Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research
• Shared Experience Cancer Support
• Stehlin Foundation for Cancer Research
• Sun Yi Xian Hospital (Chinese language Pancreas Cancer info)
• Talks from the Lustgarten Meeting at Cold Spring Harbor, May 2000(video, click on first in list: "Cancer Development, Diagnosis & Therapies: Implications for Pancreatic Cancer")
• U of Miami: Surgery of the Pancreas, Liver and Bile Ducts
• "Without Hope, We Have Nothing: A Pancreatic Cancer Story by Alison Doyle"

General Health Sites

• AMA Health Insight (The American Medical Association's site for consumer oriented health information including news, specific conditions, interactive health, children's health, and others.)
• ClinicalTrials.gov
• Complete Home Medical Guide (A searchable site with a large collection of health information organized by category.)
• Current Controlled Trials
• Hardin Meta Directory (A large directory arranged by medical specialty and disease type.)
• Health World Online (Internet resource on wellness, natural health and alternative medicine information, product and services.)
• Healthfinder (A comprehensive range of information from health topics to medical dictionaries and the latest government news.)
• Hospice Net: Preparing for Approaching Death (Web link on final stages)
• Journey to Wellness (The Web component of the Journey To Wellness Radio programs that provides healthcare information through syndicated radio programming on public radio stations and on the CNN Radio network.)
• Patient Advocate Foundation (Web link on help with job and insurance issues)