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The purpose of this information guide is to direct patients and
health care professionals to sources of information on cancer and related topics,
it does not constitute an endorsement of the information contained in the resources.
This list is not meant to be comprehensive, but rather to provide starting points for Information seeking.
All listed materials can be found at the Patient Education Resource Center of the University of Michigan
Comprehensive Cancer Center in room B1-361.
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National Cancer Institute -
"What You Need to Know about Thyroid Cancer"
Thyroid Foundation of America and the American Thyroid Association -
"Cancer of the Thyroid".
Huff, Charlotte.
"The good cancer? Thyroid cancer's high survival rate masks
the sometimes tricky tumor".
Cure, Vol. 8, No. 1, Spring 2009.
Gilletz, Norene.
The Low Iodine Diet Cookbook: Easy and Delicious Recipes & Tips for Thyroid Cancer Patients.
[S.L]: Your Health Press, 2005.
Van Nostrand, Douglas; Bloom, Gary; Wartofsky, Leonard. Thyroid Cancer: A Guide for Patients. Baltimore:
Keystone Press, 2004.
All About Thyroid Cancer
- Go to the American Cancer Society
- Click on "Choose a Cancer Type"
- Select "Thyroid Cancer" from list and click "Go"
- Click on "All About Thyroid Cancer"
American Thyroid Association
Information about thyroid diseases and support services for patients and families.
Health Guides on Thyroid Disease #12: Thyroid Cancer
An overview of thyroid cancer includes a Questions and Answers section from the Thyroid Foundation of Canada.
Light of Life Foundation
Easy-to-read information about thyroid cancer and a low iodine cookbook.
Thyroid Cancer Home Page on Cancer.gov
- Go to Cancer.gov
- Click on "Cancer Information"
- Click on "Types of Cancer"
- Scroll down to "Alphabetical List of Cancers", click on the letter T and select
"Thyroid Cancer"
ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Association
Information on living with thyroid cancer and patient services provided by the Thyroid Cancer Survivors'
Association.
American Thyroid Association
Phone: 800-849-7643
Light of Life Foundation
Phone: 877-565-6325
ThyCa:Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Association, Inc.
Telephone Toll-free: 877-588-7904
Fax: 503-905-9725
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