Canadian Cancer Society:   www.cancer.ca

This site features:
-Available nutrition resources, including access to numerous booklets and pamphlets on nutrition and cancer
-Articles covering a wide variety of cancer/nutrition related issues, personal stories
-Access to publications
-What's new in research and in the news
-Links to other nutrition related sites 
-It is possible to link up to provincial cancer association networks, thus allowing for up to date information on what is new or upcoming events occurring in a particular province


Abramson Cancer Centre of the University of Pennsylvania: www.oncolink.org

This site features:
-Nutrition Nuggets Newsletter, which is written by dietitians. Areas focused on in the newsletter are nutrition tips for cancer, herbal supplement use, food products, alternative therapies, and easy to make recipes in each edition, and a question and answer section  
-Nutrition related articles
-Ask the expert section
-Online library including recent journal articles, a news area discussing hot topics in the news and a conference section


National Cancer Institute: www.cancer.gov

This is a government-hosted site, which has numerous links to many other reputable information sources on the web.

Some of the resources available on this site include the following:
-Links to other nutrition related health sites
-A news centre link providing information on recent articles or hot news/nutrition/cancer topics
-Risk factor fact sheets, outlining the various risk factors for the different types of cancers, including a question and answer section
-Articles discussing how all aspects of cancer (therapy, surgery) can affect one's nutritional status
-An overview of nutrition therapy for cancer


American Cancer Society: www.cancer.org

This is the sister site to the Canadian Cancer Society, and is full of useful information.

Of interest on this site are the numerous articles on nutrition related topics including:
-Pre/post nutrition for cancer
-Nutrition for kids with cancer
-The look good feel better program
-Articles addressing problems such as swallowing difficulties, diarrhoea, constipation, and decreased appetite
-This site hosts a message board, resource lists, a recipe section, and provides access to recent journal publications


American Institute for Cancer Research: www.aicr.org

AICR is a cancer charity that fosters research on diet and cancer prevention with the goal of educating the public about the results. This site has information specific to those individuals who are cancer survivors or health professionals.

Noteworthy items include:
-The New American Plate: which is new approach to looking at what you eat every day. This helps with both weight management and overall health and disease prevention. It focuses on proportion and portion size. Recipes, brochures and health professional material are also a part of this program.
-The Recipe Corner: Which is packed full of amazing healthy recipes, and features a recipe of the week.
-Diet and health guidelines for cancer prevention.
-Special Feature Section: articles and new research findings current topics of interest.
-Press corner (new press releases and information in the news), and a publication and research section.


Oncology Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group  www.oncologynutrition.org

This site features:
-General information on dealing with cancer.
-Nutrition tip of the week.
-In The News section which covers the most current research studies on nutrition and cancer.
-Links to resources for both the general public and health care professionals.
-Links to research updates and recent research on nutrition and cancer.




COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES


American Botanical Council www.herbalgram.org

This site features:
-Science based reference material and educational information on medicinal plants and phytomedicine for the public and health care professionals.  Most of the educational materials can only be obtained by purchasing them online or through membership.
-Free online access to a number of critical reviews of seminal articles covering research, regulation, marketing and responsible use of medicinal plants.
-An online version of the Botanical Booklet Series, which is a set of concise, authoritative and accurate monographs on 15 major medicinal plants.
-An online version of the Common Herbs, which is an introductory guide that provides thumbnail sketches of 29 of the most commonly used herbs in the US market.
-An online verison of the Herb Reference Guide, which gives more in-depth information on 23 commonly used herbs, including average daily dose, modern use, contraindications, side effects, and drug interactions.
-HerbMedProä, which is an interactive, electronic herbal database that provides hyperlinked access to the scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health.  It is an evidence-based information resource for professionals, researchers, and general public.  This database can only be viewed by members.
-Current as well as previous press release on herbs.


National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine  www.nccam.nih.gov

This site features:
-Cancer treatment and complementary and alternative medicine question and answer.
-The most current information on drug interactions, harmful side effects, and public health advisories.
-In-depth background information on dietary supplements.
-Links to more resources and organizations.
-List of ongoing cancer clinical trials.
-Ask questions section.


Quackwatch www.quackwatch.org 

This site features:
-A lengthy guide to health fraud, quackery, and unproven therapies.
-A section on alternative cancer treatment.
-Links to references used in each article.
-An offer to subscribe free newsletters that summarizes scientific reports, legislative developments, enforcement actions, news reports, Website evaluations, recommended and nonrecommended books, research tips and other information relevant to consumer protection and consumer decision-making.  It also calls attention to new articles on the website.
-Recommended links.


Health Canada (Monographs)  http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpfb-dgpsa/nhpd-dpsn/monograph_compendium_list_e.html 

This site features:
-An excellent summary of both safety and efficacy of many medicinal ingredients commonly used in natural health products (NHPs) that are obtained from a number of reliable sources.
-A list of monographs that contain information on proper name, common names, sources, route of administrations, dosage forms, use or purposes, doses, duration of use, risk information, specifications & non medicinal ingredients.


National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Dietary Supplements  http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov/ 

This site features:
-What's new in research and in the news.
-Fact sheets and safety notices on dietary supplements.
-Dietary Reference Intake (DRI) and Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for various macronutrients and micronutrients.
-An International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) database that provides access to bibliographic citations and abstracts from published, international, scientific literature on dietary supplements.
-Computer Access to Research on Dietary Supplements database (CARDS), which is a database of federally funded research project pertaining to dietary supplements.
-Links to other dietary supplements and related sites for both consumers and health professionals.


Revised September 2004