Cancer |
Carcinoma; Malignancy; Neoplasm; Oncology; Tumor |
In medicine, malignant is a clinical term that is used to describe a clinical course that progresses rapidly to death. It is typically applied to neoplasms that show aggressive behavior characterised by local invasion or distant metastasis. The change of cells from benign to malignant behavior is called malignant transformation. Usually this diagnosis is made by pathologic examination of tissues. However, often the physician during the history and physical examination can find that there hav ...
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Cancer Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Cancer Institute http://www.nci.nih.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Nemours Foundation http://www.Nemours.org
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- National Center for Health Statistics
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
- American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
- Food and Drug Administration
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences http://www.nigms.nih.gov/
- American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/
- American College of Physicians http://www.acponline.org/
- American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/
- American Society of Clinical Oncology http://www.asco.org/
- National Library of Medicine
- American College of Surgeons http://www.facs.org/
- Society of Interventional Radiology http://www.sirweb.org/
- National Institute on Aging http://www.nia.nih.gov/
- National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center
- Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention
- National Oral Health Information Clearinghouse
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Minority Health
- College of American Pathologists http://www.cap.org/
- Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.kff.org
- Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
- American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
- Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- American Institute for Cancer Research http://www.aicr.org/
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Cancer Institute
- University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center http://oncolink.upenn.edu/
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Clearinghouse http://nccam.nih.gov/health/clearinghouse/index.htm
- National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS http://www.4woman.gov/
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Resource Center http://www.acog.org/
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/
- Office of Consumer Affairs, OEA, FDA,
- Job Accommodation Network http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/
- National Institute of Mental Health Information Center http://www.nimh.nih.gov/ocpl/index.htm
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS http://www.ahcpr.gov/news/pubsix.htm
- Cancer Information Service, NCI, NIH, HHS http://cis.nci.nih.gov/
- Federal Citizen Information Center, GSA http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/
- Food and Nutrition Information Center, NAL, USDA http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/
- National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, OPHS, HHS http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/index.htm
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, HHS http://www.niaid.nih.gov/
- Women's Health Initiative, OD, NIH, HHS http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/whi/index.html
- National Center for Biotechnology Information, NLM, NIH, HHS http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Information Center, NHLBI, NIH, HHS http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/infoctr/index.htm
- Food and Drug Administration, HHS http://www.fda.gov/
- National Institute on Aging Information Center, NIA, NIH, HHS http://www.nia.nih.gov
- Office of Women's Health, OEA, FDA, HHS http://www.fda.gov/womens/default.htm
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Publication Distribution Center
- Cancer Care, Inc. http://www.cancercare.org/
- National Cancer Institute, NIH, HHS http://www.nci.nih.gov/
- Harvard University, Center of Excellence http://www.hmcnet.harvard.edu/coe/
- American Foundation for Urologic Disease, Inc. http://www.afud.org/
- American Urological Association, Inc. http://www.auanet.org/
- Intercultural Cancer Council http://iccnetwork.org
- The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/hm_lls
- New York Online Access to Health, The New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center (NOAH) http://www.noah-health.org
- A.D.A.M., Inc.
- Office of Population Affairs Clearinghouse, OPA, OPHS, OS, HHS http://opa.osophs.dhhs.gov/clearinghouse.html
- Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, NCCDPHP, CDC http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/
- National Comprehensive Cancer Network http://www.nccn.org/
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, HHS http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/index.htm
- Melanoma Research Foundation, The http://www.melanoma.org/
- University of California, Los Angeles http://www.ucla.edu/
- Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation http://www.komen.org/
- Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum http://www.apiahf.org/
- Holistic Online http://holistic-online.com/
- Cleveland Clinic http://www.clevelandclinic.org
- HealthWorld http://www.healthy.net/

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