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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.
Last update 9/09
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Bone & Cancer Foundation.
"Osteosarcoma" [
note: this opens as a .pdf document].
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
"Learning and Living with Cancer" [note: this 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.
American Cancer Society
All about Osteosarcoma:
- Go to the American Cancer Society site
(NOTE: this link will open in a second browser window for your convenience):
- Click on "Choose a cancer type"
- Select "Osteosarcoma" and click "Go"
- Click on: "All About Osteosarcoma"
Osteosarcoma on The Nemours Foundation website
- Go to: www.kidshealth.org/parent/
(NOTE: this link will open in a second browser window for your convenience):
- Click on "Medical Problems"
- Scroll down and click on: "Cancer & Tumors"
- Click on: "Osteoarcoma"
CureSearch Osteosarcoma
- Go to the CureSearch site at www.curesearch.org
(NOTE: this link will open in a second browser window for your convenience):
- Click on "Newly Diagnosed"
- Select "Ewing's Sarcoma" from list and click "Submit"
National Cancer Institute Bone Cancer
- Go to the National
Cancer Institute site
(NOTE: this link
will open in a second browser window for your convenience):
- Under "All Cancer Types" click on "A to Z list of Cancers"
- Select "Osteosarcoma & Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of Bone"
Osteosarcoma Online
This site offers specific information for teens and young adults, parents, and friends of young people affected by
Osteosarcoma.
Sarcoma Foundation of America
New and Information about different types of sarcoma and links to other relevant sites.
OSTERO-SARCOMA is an email discussion group for
parents of children with Osteosarcoma.
Candlelighters
The National Children's Cancer Society
Sarcoma Alliance
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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