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Young People With Cancer: A Handbook for Parents
This is a guide on the Internet which contains detailed chapters about
disease types, treatments, tips for clinic visists and medical procedures, coping with cancer, and a glossary.

National Cancer Institute Research on Causes of Cancers in Children
This factsheet gives an overview of NCI research findings and ongoing studies investigating the causes of childhood cancer.

CancerNet
This page is provided by the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI). This is one of the best places on the Internet to start your research. A range of services are available including detailed PDQ statements for each specific disease, these are organised into those for physicians and those for patients. This guide provides links to those CancerNet statements for childhood cancers. There are additional statements on supportive care, screening/prevention, drug information and other issues. CancerNet statements are also available via Email.

CANCERLIT also provides access to citations and abstracts. There is a useful facility for searching CancerNet using keyword. CancerNet is updated each month, and is available in English or Spanish, it is also available via a number of other sites around the world including Japan, Germany,Singapore, and Canada. The links to CancerNet in this guide are to the copy held in Germany.

The Child with Cancer in School
An information sheet oriented towards teachers. 


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