E-Healthbeat: OncoLink

OncoLink is a multi-media resource about cancer from the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania. The web site provides information about specific types of cancer, news about research advances, and updates on cancer treatment and clinical trials. OncoLink offers up-to-date information on quality of life issues of relevance to cancer survivors and their families.

The Types of Cancer section offers information specific to a wide range of cancers including bone, breast, endocrine, lymphomas, myelomas, prostate, skin  and thyroid cancers. Treatment Options includes details about bone marrow transplants, chemotherapy, clinical trials, complementary medicine, radiation and surgery.

Coping with Cancer contains ways to cope with cancer, shared experiences of cancer patients and survivors, grief/end of life issues, side effects, nutrition and general cancer support issues. The Resources section includes the latest news about cancer, links to Editor's Choice Award-winning web sites about cancer, global resources, and financial information for patients. A Library also includes links to relevant journals, book, music and video reviews, and important on-line oncology resources.