Links

General Thyroid Cancer Information

www.mythyroid.com Dr. Daniel Drucker, Toronto, ON

www.thyroid.org American Thyroid Association

http://www.thyroidcancerdoctor.com/help.html Dr. Kenneth Ain, Lexington, KY

http://www.thyroidcancercanada.org/recent-research-studies-and-guidelines.php Thyroid Cancer Canada links to studies & guidelines

Thyroid Cancer Treatment Guidelines

www.liebertonline.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1089/thy.2009.0110 Revised ATA Thyroid Cancer Guidelines

http://www.british-thyroid-association.org/news/Docs/Thyroid_cancer_guidelines_2007.pdf British Thyroid Association, Royal College of Physicians “Guidelines for the management of thyroid cancer" Second Edition 2007

Support for Young People with Thyroid Cancer

www.youngadultcanacer.ca Young Adults Cancer Canada (YACC)

www.chasingrainbowsproduction.com Chasing Rainbows: Young Adults Living With Cancer Documentary

Group Meetings in Toronto 'You Can Connect' meetings at 2 Wellspring locations

Emotional/Mental Health Support

www.capo.ca Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology

Online Booklet: "The Emotional Facts of Life with Cancer - A Guide to Counselling and Support for Patients, Families and Friends" http://capo.ca/docs/bookletREVISED.pdf

Inspire Health http://www.inspirehealth.ca/files/icc_guide.pdf

Medical Ethics

M. Sara Rosenthal (PhD) website http://www.msararosenthal.com/index.shtml

To search thyroid cancer treatment trials

www.thyroidtrials.org

www.clinicaltrials.gov

www.ontariocancertrials.ca

Cancer Statistics

To view the most recent Canadian Cancer Statistics, visit the Canadian Cancer Society at www.cancer.ca or the 2012 Report linked here.

From Genzyme

What you Need to Know about Thyroid Cancer and its Treatment-- Information about Thyrogen (a product of Genzyme Canada) http://www.thyroidupdate.ca/Images/PatientBrochure_Eng.pdf Note that this publication is also available in hard copy in English, French and Chinese.

Complementary and Alternative Medicine

“Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) is a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not presently considered to be part of conventional medicine--that is, medicine as practiced by holders of M.D. (medical doctor)...degrees and their allied health professionals, such as physical therapists, psychologists, and registered nurses."

For a listing of resources and links in regards to CAM, see

http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/RES/ResearchPrograms/cameo/usefullinks.htm