Submitted by DonnaH on Mon, 02/23/2009 - 09:07
THYROID CANCER
Thyroid cancer section from Wikipedia:
Thyroid cancer refers to any of four kinds of malignant tumors of the thyroid gland: papillary, follicular, medullary or anaplastic. Papillary and follicular tumors are the most common. They grow slowly and may recur, but are generally not fatal in patients under 45 years of age. Medullary tumors have a good prognosis if restricted to the thyroid gland and a poorer prognosis if metastasis occurs. Anaplastic tumors are fast-growing and respond poorly to therapy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyroid_cancer
The Mayo Clinic takes a look at thyroid cancer:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/thyroid-cancer/DS00492
Medicine.net's look at thyroid cancer:
http://www.medicinenet.com/thyroid_cancer/article.htm
MD Anderson's section on thyroid cancer:
http://www.mdanderson.org/Diseases/Thyroid/
About.com's thyroid cancer section:
http://cancer.about.com/od/thyroidcancer/Thyroid_Cancer.htm
Cancer.net's section on thyroid cancer:
http://www.cancer.net/patient/Cancer+Types/Thyroid+Cancer
Cancerpage.com and thyroid cancer:
http://www.cancerpage.com/cancers/default.asp?channel=Thyroid_Cancer
Endocrineweb's thyroid cancer section:
http://www.endocrineweb.com/thyroidca.html
An extensive site maintained by the NIH and National Library of Medicine:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/thyroidcancer.html
American Cancer Society's detailed guide of thyroid cancer:
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/CRI_2_3x.asp?dt=43
National Cancer Institute's thyroid cancer section:
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/thyroid
NCI's "What you need to know about..." booklet
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wyntk/thyroid
American Thyroid Associations's
Clinical trial database:
http://www.thyroidtrials.org/
Find a specialist search feature:
http://www.thyroid.org/patients/specialists.php
Thyroid Cancer Survivor's Association maintains a huge website with lots of information about the disease and a great support network:
http://www.thyca.org/
YouTube has a lot of videos available for viewing. Please keep in mind that many of these are personal anecdotes and may not describe your condition. Go to www.youtube.com and type in "thyroid cancer" in the search box.
Blog For A Cure has a selection of personal thyroid cancer blogs available:
http://www.blogforacure.com/frontend/weblogs/listing.php?type=Thyroid+Ca...
Message board for thyroid cancer patients:
http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/cancers/thyroid-cancer/1,0,11...
About.com has a general thyroid cancer forum, as well as some special topic forums:
http://forums.about.com/ab-thyroid4
List of forums relating to specific thyroid cancer topics and a link to a Yahoo! Groups mailing list (looks like this list can be VERY active)
http://www.thyroid-info.com/community.htm
The Thyroid Cancer Song List (songs written by a thyroid cancer survivor)
http://www.thyroidcancersongs.com/songs.htm
Some books available on Amazon:
The Thyroid Cancer Book
M. Sara Rosenthal, Ph.D.
The Purple Butterfly: Diary of a thyroid cancer patient
Susan Hibbard
Thyroid Cancer: A Guide for Patients
D. Van Nostrand, G. Bloom, L. Wartofsky
Quick FACTS Thyroid Cancer: What you need to know Now
ACS Quick Facts Series - American Cancer Society
