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For more information about Prostate Cancer, use the links below:
| Agency for Healthcare Research Quality |
This site, by Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, offers computerized tools to help patients and their physicians decide among the major treatment choices for several cancers including breast cancer, gastric carcinoma, lung cancer, melanoma, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, renal cell carcinoma and sarcoma. |
| American Cancer Society: What is Prostate Cancer? |
Provides information on all forms of cancer and offers numerous brochures and publications for patients and healthcare professionals. Their prostate cancer section helps users to answer critical questions about prostate cancer treatment options. |
| American Foundation for Urologic Disease: The Prostate Cancer Resource Guide |
Created by The American Foundation for Urologic Disease (A.F.U.D.), this guide offers chapters from choosing your cancer care provider to insurance coverage issues to tips from survivors. |
| American Urological Association |
This site is dedicated to helping its members stay current on the latest research and best practices in the field of urology. The prostate section includes a comprehensive look at prostate cancer as well as sections on benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostatitis. |
| Cancer Links |
As the name suggests, this site is designed to make searching the World Wide Web for information about cancer faster and easier. It features a page specifically devoted to links to information about prostate cancer. |
| Men's Health Network |
MHN is a non-profit educational organization comprised of physicians, researchers, public health workers, individuals and other health professionals. Their site is devoted to general men's health topics and includes a Prostate Health Guide. |
| National Cancer Institute: What You Need to Know about Prostate Cancer |
This U.S. government site provides information on prostate cancer treatment, screening, prevention, genetics, clinical trials and supportive care. |
| National Comprehensive Cancer Network |
NCCN works to develop treatment guidelines for most cancers and supports research that improves the quality, effectiveness and efficiency of cancer care. They offer a number of programs to help cancer patients make informed decisions such as NCCN Treatment Guidelines for Patients. These are easy-to-read booklets developed from the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology™. Many treatment guidelines are available in Spanish. |
| National Prostate Cancer Coalition |
This site is devoted to improving awareness of prostate cancer through education, outreach programs and government advocacy. It includes sections on prevention, detection, treatment and research. |
| Prostate Cancer Minimally Invasive Surgery |
PCMIS is a not-for-profit corporation established to assemble and disseminate information about the newest, minimally-invasive surgical techniques for prostate cancer. This site provides references to both popular and professional publications that discuss laparoscopic surgery to treat prostate cancer. |
| The Urology Channel |
This site provides comprehensive information about a broad range of urologic conditions, including prostate cancer. It includes information about medical, radiation and surgical treatments. |
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