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Pediatric / Childhood Cancers Resources
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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Last updated 08/09
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
"Learning and Living with Cancer" - note: opens as a .pdf document.
National Cancer Institute. "Young People With
Cancer: A Handbook for Parents".
Carroll, William L., and Jessica B. Reisman.
100 Questions & Answers about Your Child's Cancer.
Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2005.
Howell, Della L. My child Has Cancer: a Parent's Guide to Diagnosis,
Treatment, and Survival. Westport, CT,: Praeger, 2008
Parker, Robert; Trezza Debra. Understanding Childhood Cancers. Jackson,
Miss.: University Press of Mississippi, 2007
CureSearch.
Hepatoblastoma
- Go to the CureSearch site at www.curesearch.org
(NOTE: this link will open in a second browser window for your
convenience):
- Click "Newly Diagnosed"
- Select "Hepatoblastoma" from list and click "Submit"
National Cancer Institute. Childhood Liver Cancer
- Go to the National Cancer Institute site at www.cancer.gov
(NOTE: this link will open in a second browser window for your
convenience):
- Click on: "A to Z List of Cancers"
- Select "Liver Cancer, Childhood (Primary)" from list
Ped-Onc is an email discussion group for all types of pediatric cancers.
Candlelighters
Web site:
www.candlelighters.org
Phone: 800-366-2223
The National Children's Cancer Society
Web site: http://nationalchildrenscancersociety.com
Phone: 800-5-FAMILY (800-532-6459)
This document is not intended to take the place of the care and attention of
your personal physician or other professional medical services.
Our aim is to promote active participation in your care and treatment
by providing information and education.
Questions about individual health concerns or specific treatment options
should be discussed with your physician.
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