Mesothelioma Resources

We have found it hard to find good, solid information on mesothelioma lung cancer. Many of the sites you will see were created just for the paid advertising without thought for providing the best and latest information. We hope you find these sites helpful and timely.

Mesothelioma Information
Official site provides information on Mesothelioma cancer. Covers the disease, mesothelioma symptoms, treatment options, coping strategies, hazardous job causes, and news.

Steve Dunn's Cancer Guide
This cancer survivor's site helps you find the answers to your questions about cancer, and especially to helping you find the questions you need to ask.

Mesothelioma Support Search
This new directory provides extensive information on many different kinds of cancers. The link provided will take you directly to the search results for mesothelioma.

Virtual Hospital - University of Iowa
This information is good, but more technical than the average person may want to try and understand. Includes clinical presentation, diagnosis, staging, treatment, and case studies.

Malignant Mesothelioma
Offers information on Alimta (pemetrexed), different types of mesothelioma cancer, alternitive treatments, support options, and legal information including living wills.

Asbestos Mesothelioma Lung Cancer
Content-rich site features mesothelioma pictures, and information on lung cancer staging, financial recovery, cancer news, and clinic locator.

InteliHealth
Featuring Harvard Medical School's consumer health information. Understand more about this rare type of cancer.

Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma Information
Provides lung cancer and mesothelioma information with sections on lung cancer, mesothelioma, cancer hospitals, asbestos, non small cell lung cancers, and at risk jobs with financial resources for medical expenses.

National Cancer Institute - Mesothelioma
This US NIH site has information on treatments, prevention, clinical trials, literature, research, and statistics.

Asbestos Lung Cancer Information
Offers information on pleural mesothelioma as the most common form of mesothelioma, peritoneum mesothelioma, ways of possible asbestos exposure, and malignant mesothelioma.

Mesothelioma Search Engine
Offers information on how to recognize the symptoms of Mesothelioma including Pleural Mesothelioma, Peritoneal Mesothelioma, and Pericardial Mesothelioma.

University of Minnesota Cancer Center
Offers information about mesothelioma including a clinical trial database.

The Doctor's Doctor
Site offers information about laboratory tests and diagnoses to help inform patientson all aspects of a disease diagnosis, and has a page just for mesothelioma.

International Mesothelioma Interest Group
IMIG is composed of researchers, clinicians, and others dedicated to research into the causes and cures for Malignant Mesothelioma.

Lung Cancer Resources

Alliance for Lung Cancer Advocacy, Support and Education (ALCASE)
1-800-298-2436
www.alcase.org

American Cancer Society's Lung Cancer Resource Center
www.cancer.org

American Lung Association
1-800-LUNG-USA
www.lungusa.org

Association of Cancer Online Resources (online support groups for lung cancer patients)
http://www.acor.org/

CancerSource.com
www.cancersource.com/

It's Time to Focus on Lung Cancer (sponsored by Cancer Care, Inc. and the Oncology Nursing Society)
www.lungcancer.org

Lung Cancer Information Center
http://www.meds.com/lung/lunginfo.html

Lung Cancer Online
http://www.lungcanceronline.org

Lung Cancer Survivors for Change
1-212-685-2943
www.lungcancersurvivors.org

White Leaf Foundation: Lung Cancer, Fibrosis, Mesothelioma
1-866-944-8353
www.white-leaf.org

Search the National Institute of Health for Lung Cancerand most up to date treatment
http://search.nih.gov/index.html

Find what the Winship Cancer Institute has to offer you.
www.winshipcancerinstitute.org

Tobacco Resources

QuitNet
http://www.quitnet.org/qn_main.jtml

Tobacco Cessation Guideline
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/tobacco

Quit Smoking Support
http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com/

The Stop Smoking Center
http://www.habitrol.com/

Asbestos-Related Web Sites

Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization
Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) was founded by asbestos victims and their families. We seek to give asbestos victims a united voice to help ensure that our rights are fairly represented and protected. As an independent organization, ADAO will not be influenced by outside sources such as drug companies, law firms, or companies that manufacture or use asbestos. ADAO is fully funded through voluntary contributions and staffed by volunteers.

Mesothelioma Legal Resources

Mesothelioma Attorneys
Nationwide service helps with financial recovery for those exposed the asbestos or asbestos products on the job or in the workplace. Many companies were aware of the problem and different photos of asbestos containing products are shown. Covers the disease and various options and steps in the mesothelioma legal process.

Mesothelioma Law Firm
These experienced mesothelioma lawyers have the experience to research your history, uncover all the details, and put together a case to recover financial damages so important to patients and their families. See their list of mesothelioma verdicts and settlements.

Other Medical-Related resources

InnerLife Wellness Center
Important information and links for Optimizing Health, Maximizing Life and Preventing Disease.

Ed's Pathology Notes
Site on ENVIRONMENTAL LUNG DISEASE by Ed Friedlander, M.D., Pathologist. This resource for medical students has useful information and links to to other sites he has chosen.

EPA's Asbestos and Vermiculite Information
Has extensive information on asbestos, where it can be found in the home or used in schools, and many related resources.

Rare Cancer Alliance
A community of caring volunteers. Our primary purpose is to disseminate information and provide support to all pediatric (childhood) and adult rare cancer patients. Our support members are patients or survivors, not medical professionals. We are people who have had to go through the process of wading through information (or lack of it) on the internet for our own cancer. We hope that the sections of our website save you precious time and energy.

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