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A guide to the world’s best and most popular thyroid cancer websites
for information and support
This is a summary of the best websites I could find around the world for thyroid cancer, both for general information (symptoms, treatment options, research, etc) and for forums (message or discussion boards) and other kinds of support. And for those living in Australia there is information about Australian websites here.
ThyCa - the Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Association - runs an excellent website for thyroid cancer information and support at www.thyca.org. It's the website I suggest you visit first.
In their own words "This website has been created and is maintained by thyroid cancer survivors. Since October 1995, we have been developing a network of services that link thyroid cancer survivors and health care professionals around the world."
"This site maintains current information about thyroid cancer and support services available to people at any stage of testing, treatment, or lifelong monitoring for thyroid cancer, as well as their caregivers. This site also serves as a resource for anyone interested in thyroid cancer survivors' issues."On their website you can find a range of information about thyroid cancer and its treatment, and several sources of support. The website includes a detailed list of links to websites relating to thyroid cancer with brief notes on each one, and it’s well worth browsing through this list if you are looking for additional information or support. Look for 'Links' on their home page or try this direct link www.thyca.org/links.htm.
Another good website with a lot of information on thyroid cancer and its treatments is Thyroid-Cancer.net - the website of the Johns Hopkins Thyroid Tumor Center. It's address is www.thyroid-cancer.net.
If you are looking for a detailed and reliable source of information on thyroid cancer and its treatment, probably the best place to go is the website of the National Cancer Institute (USA) at www.cancer.gov. The section devoted to thyroid cancer gives an easy to read and easy to understand description of what thyroid cancers are, how they are diagnosed, treatment options, descriptions of treatments, and more.
To locate the sections on thyroid cancers, go to this direct link www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/thyroid or go to their home page and click on the link 'Thyroid Cancer' under the heading 'Common Cancer Types'.
The American Cancer Society runs one of the most comprehensive websites on cancer and cancer-related matters on the net. Their address is www.cancer.org. To find their information on thyroid cancer, go to their home page, click on the link "Choose a cancer topic" and find and click on Thyroid Cancer in the alphabetical list that displays and then click on Go. They also run a thyroid cancer forum (discussion board) http://csn.cancer.org/forum/159
They have many other resources too for those involved with cancer so it's well worth browsing their site for additional information and support that may be relevant to your situation.
The big United Kingdom website Macmillan Cancer Support at www.macmillan.org.uk has a section on thyroid cancer beginning on this page www.macmillan.org.uk/Cancerinformation/Cancertypes/Thyroid/Thyroidcancer.aspx and a thyroid cancer forum (message board) at http://community.macmillan.org.uk/groups/thyroid-cancer/default.aspx.
If you want to delve deeper into any aspect of cancer, a good source of information is Medlineplus at www.medlineplus.gov. It's a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institute of Health and it’s a big well-organised and easily searchable site. The link to the section on cancers is www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cancers.html and the link to their section on thyroid cancer is www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/thyroidcancer.html.
HealthBoards.com (home page www.healthboards.com) run a very active forum called Thyroid Disorders.
ThyCa (mentioned at the top of this page) don't run a forum but they do run several email support groups (mailing lists) - look for the link to 'ThyCa Support Groups' on their home page, or try this link www.thyca.org/support.htm.
They say "ThyCa offers several email discussion lists (a general list and various specialty lists), where people share thyroid cancer information and support via email messages. Subscribing puts you instantly in touch with many, many people worldwide, all dealing with thyroid cancer. The lists are free, simple to manage and participate in, and operate through Yahoo! Groups. You can choose to receive individual email messages or daily digests; a third option is receiving no email at all and visiting the list's website to read and respond to messages through the permanent list archive."
The Association of Cancer Online Resources (ACOR) hosts a thyroid cancer mailing list called THYROID-ONC - The Thyroid Cancer Online Support Group - with 408 subscribers as at 5th October 2009. To find the list go to the ACOR website at www.acor.org and click on 'Mailing Lists Center' near the top of the page. It may also be worth searching through their index of mailing lists to look for any other lists that may be relevant to your situation.
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) is "an alliance of 19 of the world's leading cancer centers, ... an authoritative source of information to help patients and health professionals make informed decisions about cancer care. Through the collective expertise of its member institutions, the NCCN develops, updates, and disseminates a complete library of clinical practice guidelines. These guidelines are the standard for clinical policy in oncology" - (quoted from their website). If you want to take a role in planning your course of treatment in consultation with your medical health providers then you may find these guidelines valuable.
The physician-friendly set of clinical guidelines for the treatment of thyroid cancer can be found by going to this webpage www.nccn.org/professionals/physician_gls/default.asp, and a patient-friendly version may in the future be prepared and a link to it posted here www.nccn.com/Treatment-Summaries/CancerTypes.aspx?id=48
In brief ... Light of Life Foundation website at www.checkyourneck.com.
In brief ... The Thyroid Foundation of Canada website at www.thyroid.ca (includes some information in French).
In brief ... The Thyroid Foundation of America website AllThyroid.org.
In brief ... Thyroid Federation International - "Thyroid Disease in a Global Perspective" at www.thyroid-fed.org. "Our main objective is to assist all those interested to start a thyroid patient organization in their country or locale." They include a list of participating organisations in various countries you may find useful.
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If you know of any other good thyroid cancer websites large or small, or active forums (message or discussion boards) or mailing lists on thyroid cancer you would like to see added to this page, or you find any errors or broken links, please send me an email at
everest@bestcancersites.com.Ed Everest, Adelaide, Australia
Page updated 3rd October 2009
Australian Thyroid Cancer Websites
There do not appear to be any websites based in Australia devoted to thyroid cancer.
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If you know of any other good thyroid cancer websites large or small, or active forums (message or discussion boards) or mailing lists on thyroid cancer you would like to see added to this page, or you find any errors or broken links, please send me an email at everest@bestcancersites.com.Ed Everest, Adelaide, Australia
Page updated 3rd October 2009
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