Web resources for Nurses working in colorectal cancer.

As a group we have pooled our most used websites which we hope will be of some interest to nurses working with patients with colorectal cancer.
More patient friendly sites can be found on the Patient Information page of this website

National Comprehensive Cancer Network.
www.nccn.com -website is used most frequently by medics training/working in Oncology ,it is a collaborative website from all the top Cancer centres in the USA. It also has a patient information section

The Oncologist.
www.theoncologist.com

The Irish Cancer Society.
www.cancer.ie

Irish Clinical Oncology Research Group ( ICORG )
www.icorg.ie

Cancer Backup.
www.cancerbackup.org.uk -good for patient information & useful chemo information - This site has now merged with Macmillan Cancer Care.

www.colorectalsurgeon.ie –Developed by Mr Paul Neary Colorectal surgeon Tallaght good site, patient friendly and more relevant to Irish patient

www.iano.ie –benefits oncology nurses-information re conferences, regional meetings & direct links to other important websites.

US national cancer institute
www.nci.nih.gov – a-z cancer including clinical trials & cancer topics.

Abrahamson centre of University of Pennsylvania
www.oncolink.upenn.edu  - good colon cancer menu for patients families and healthcare professionals.

National cancer registry of Ireland
www.ncri.ie

www.nccn.org -American website with excellent clinical guidelines on management of colon, rectal and anal cancer

www.belsurg.org - useful guidelines on different cancer sites.

www.hse.ie –good for details of health centres-phone & fax no’s included Queensland  medical website

www.health.qld.gov.au –Australian website with useful information

www.stmarkshospital.org.uk

www.burdettinstitute.org.uk

Links to relevant patient information & support websites can be found in the patient information page.