Below are links to external websites which have been compiled and evaluated by BC Cancer Agency librarians according to our established Inclusion/Removal Policy. For information about hereditary cancer for BC residents see BCCA Hereditary Cancer Program.

For information in other languages see Websites in Other Languages.

For Patients/Public

Good places to start           

• Cancer Genetics (US National Cancer Institute)
• Family Genetics (Canadian Cancer Society)
• Genetics (Cancer.Net)
• Genetics and Cancer (American Cancer Society)
• Genetics Home Reference (US National Library of Medicine)

More genetics and hereditary cancer websites

• CancerQuest (US)    
• FORCE: Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered (US)
• Genome.gov (US National Human Genome Research Institute)
• Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Society of Alberta
• Inside Cancer
• My Family Health Portrait (US Surgeon General)      
• Science Primer (US National Center for Biotechnology Information)
• Your Disease Risk (Siteman Cancer Center, US)

Hereditary colorectal cancer websites

• Familial Gastrointestinal Cancer Registry (Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto)
• Lynch Syndrome International

Support websites

• Canadian Directory of Genetic Support Groups  

For Researchers/Clinicians

Genetics and hereditary cancer websites

• Cancer Genome Anatomy Project (US)  
• GeneTests (US) 
• Genome.gov (US National Human Genome Research Institute)
• Human Genome Resources (US National Institute of Health)
• International Cancer Genome Consortium

Databases

• European Bioinformatics Institute  - includes access to Project Ensembl
• National Center for Biotechnology Information (US)  - includes access to OMIM, Entrez Genome, Genbank etc.
• UCSC Genome Bioinformatics (University of California at Santa Cruz)

Teaching materials

• Educational Resources (US National Human Genome Research Institute)
• Inside Cancer    
• Understanding Cancer Series: Cancer Genome Project (US National Cancer Institute)
• Understanding Cancer Series: Cancer Genomics (US National Cancer Institute)
• Understanding Cancer Series: Gene Testing (US National Cancer Institute)

NOTE: While the BC Cancer Agency Library has selected and evaluated these "Recommended Links", we cannot guarantee the function, accuracy or currency of the websites and the information contained within them. Please read the BC Cancer Agency's Terms of Use for further information.