Web Links

Support

• Canadian Cancer Society - Official website.
• Association of Cancer Online Resources (ACOR) - A website focused on providing patients with any type of cancer with a multitude of online resources including information and support forums.
• Cancer-Pain.org - Focuses on management of cancer pain for patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals.
• Cancer Chat Canada - National website which provides a forum for online support for any person with any type of cancer, anywhere in Canada.
• Caring Voices - Patient focused website that provides patients with information, resources and a variety of online and phone support forums. The support forums are for general types of cancer, but specific groups exist for breast, gynecological, and hematological cancers.
• Facing Our Risk of Cancer - Patient focused site which provides a multitude of online forums for support of individuals and families affected by hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.
• Women's Cancer Network - Website offers educational information, discussion forums, and information on finding gynecological oncologists throughout the US and Canada. Site offers information on may types of cancers affecting women; ovarian, endometrial, cervical, uterine and breast, to name a few.
• Inspire - US based website that provides educational information and access to an online support forum.
• Wellspring - A network of cancer support centers in Canada.
• You are not Alone - resource book and DVD for women diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Available free of charge from Ovarian Cancer Canada. (Available in Canada only)
• LHBA Cancer Survivor Gardens - in London, Ontario, the garden is a place of hope, encouragement and celebration for cancer patients and their families.

National Ovarian Cancer Websites:

• Ovarian Cancer Canada
• National Cancer Institute - US National Institutes of Health
• CancerHelp UK

Clinical Trials:

• Canadian Cancer Trials
• National Cancer Institute - US National Institutes of Health
• ClinicalTrials.gov - US National Institutes of Health.
• CenterWatch

Chemo Side Effects Websites:

• Chemo Care
• The Cancer Cure Foundation - Dealing with Side Effects of Chemotherapy and Radiation

Alternative and Complementary Websites:

• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine - US National Institutes of Health
• Quackwatch - Your guide to quackery, health fraud and intelligent decisions.
• The Chopra Center
• Healing and Cancer Foundation
• The Cancer Cure Foundation - Cancer Fighting Foods
• Alternatives - spirituality and personal development (UK)
• Eat to Defeat - improve health through Cancer Fighting Foods

Meditation:

Meditative music from musician Chuck Wild's Liquid Mind V: Serenity

• Guided Ocean Meditation
• Silent Ocean Meditation
• Guided Mountain Meditation
• Silent Mountain Meditation

Videos on Youtube:

• Free Hugs
• How To Eat To Prevent Cancer
• Ovarian Cancer Canada Telephone Education Series

Other Sites of Interest:

• Oncology Interactive Educational Series - Comprehensive educational CD's on Understanding Ovarian Cancer, for sale.
• VeganHealth.org
• Environmental Working Group - Non-profit organization which uses the power of public information to protect public health and the environment.
• Skin Deep - A safety guide to cosmetics and personal care products brought to you by researchers at the Environmental Working Group.
• Raw Superfoods Superstore
• Wilshire Wigs
• The TLC Kitchen - Send someone a delicious meal.
• The Gift MD - Your source for gifts for the patient, for the caregiver and for awareness.