Links:

American Cancer Society
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp
The American Cancer Society website is a useful tool for information and resources related to cancer, including educational, advocacy, and policy resources.

Anne Scandalios Cancer Ends Now Directive
http://www.ascendfoundation.org/index.html
The Anne Scandalios Cancer Ends Now Directive (ASCEND) is a non-profit organization formed in February, 2001 to make a difference by educating people about cancer, exposing inadequacies in our current system and empowering people to prevent and eradicate cancer once and for all. ASCEND’s full intention is to reach out to people across the country to inform them of the true facts about cancer and to enlist the help of leaders in our society to let people know that cancer is not an unavoidable part of life.

Cancer Information Services
http://cis.nci.nih.gov/
The Cancer Information Service (CIS) is a national information and education network. The CIS is a free public service of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the Nation's primary agency for cancer research.

Cancer Centers of the Carolinas
http://www.cancercarolinas.com/index.cfm
The Cancer Centers of the Carolinas is a community-based, physician-owned practice dedicated to enhancing our communities’ quality of life through clinical excellence and research.

Cancer Risk: Understanding the Puzzle
http://understandingrisk.cancer.gov/
This interactive site is about cancer risk. It will help you make informed decisions about how you can lower your risk.

CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
http://www.cdc.gov/page.do
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website contains information about the government’s actions to protect the health and safety of all Americans and for providing essential human services, especially for those people who are least able to help themselves. Working with states and other partners, CDC provides a system of health surveillance to monitor and prevent disease outbreaks (including bioterrorism), implement disease prevention strategies, and maintain national health statistics.

Coastal Cancer Center
http://www.coastalcancercenter.com/
Coastal Cancer Center provides patients with cancer and blood disorder the most current advances in treatment close to the support and convenience of home. Patients are treated through a team approach in a relaxed, community-based environment of care, compassion and hope. Coastal Cancer Center provides a number of services for convenient and comprehensive care addressing each patient’s physical and psychological needs from active treatment through follow-up visits. This includes chemotherapy administration, diagnostic testing, laboratory services, and counseling programs – all at one location.

Five A Day Program (NCI)
http://www.5aday.gov/
The 5 A Day for Better Health Program is a national initiative to increase consumption of fruits and vegetables by all Americans to 5 to 9 servings a day. Eating 5 to 9 servings of fruits and vegetables a day will promote good health and reduce the risk of many cancers, high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and other chronic diseases.

Georgetown Hospital System
http://www.gmhsc.com/
Georgetown Hospital System is committed to providing high quality healthcare to the citizens of Georgetown County and surrounding areas. Georgetown Hospital System mission is to continuously improve the care we are able to render to exceed the expectations of our patients and customers.

Greenville Hospital System
http://www.ghs.org/
Greenville Hospital System is a not-for-profit academic health organization committed to medical excellence through research and education and is accredited by the Joint Commission of Accreditation of Hospital Organizations (JCAHO). Greenville Hospital System includes five campuses which provides integrated healthcare to communities across Greenville County and beyond through a tertiary referral and education center, community hospitals, a long term acute care hospital, nursing home, outpatient facilities and wellness centers.

Healthopedia
http://www.healthopedia.com/cancer.html
Healthopedia is a medical and health consumer resource web site offering cancer and other health related information in a format that is easy to understand. The information provided on this site is compiled from trusted sources on over 1,500 health topics and 70 focused health centers. Here, you can also find information on prescription drugs and medications.

Healthy People 2010
http://www.healthypeople.gov/
Healthy People 2010 provides a framework for prevention for the nation. It is a statement of national health objectives designed to identify the most significant preventable threats to health and to establish national goals to reduce these threats.

Hollings Cancer Center
http://hcc.musc.edu/
The MUSC Hollings Cancer Center fosters prevention and healing of cancer through discovery and understanding to offer South Carolina and beyond optimal cancer outcomes through research, prevention, and multidisciplinary care. Hollings Cancer Center at the Medical University of South Carolina is devoted to turning our state's cancer troubles into triumphs.

Lexington Medical Center
http://www.lexmed.com/
Located in one of South Carolina's fastest growing communities, Lexington Medical Center is a 318-bed metropolitan medical complex that anchors a comprehensive, county-wide health care network.

McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence
http://www.mcleodhealth.org/Home/index.cfm
McLeod Health is a not-for-profit organization which services 12 counties with a population close to one million. McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence, with its Centers of Excellence, is recognized as one of the nation's finest hospitals and stands at the core of our mission. McLeod Cancer Center is the region's only program approved as a “Community Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Program” by the American College of Surgeons.

Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)
http://www.musc.edu/
The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) is a public institution of higher learning the purpose of which is to preserve and optimize human life in South Carolina and beyond. The university provides an environment for learning and discovery through education of health care professionals and biomedical scientists, research in the health sciences and provision of comprehensive health care.

MedWeb Oncology
http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Med/Cancer/medweb_o.htm
Med Web Oncology is a website that serves as a library of medical web links for various issues concerning cancer.

National Black Leadership Initiative on Cancer
http://www.nblic.org/welcome.htm
The National Black Leadership Initiative on Cancer (NBLIC) is an outreach initiative of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). This program was established to serve as an effective means by which knowledge about cancer incidence, treatment and prevention is transferred from the research bench to the African American community in terms that are tangible and applicable to daily living.

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
http://www.cancer.gov/
The National Cancer Institute is the federal government's principal agency for cancer research and training amendments have maintained the NCI authorities and responsibilities and added new information dissemination mandates as well as a requirement to assess the incorporation of state-of-the-art cancer treatments into clinical practice.

NCI - Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities
http://crchd.nci.nih.gov/
The National Cancer Institute’s Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities provides clear and effective online communication to patients, health professionals and researchers is a critical element in the overall communications strategy of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the federal government's principal agency for cancer research.

National Institutes of Health
http://www.nih.gov/
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research; and is one of the world's foremost medical research centers, and the Federal focal point for medical research in the United States. The goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability, from the rarest genetic disorder to the common cold. The NIH mission is to uncover new knowledge that will lead to better health for everyone.

The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
http://odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov/
The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion work to strengthen the disease prevention and health promotion priorities of the Department within the collaborative framework of the HHS agencies.

Office of Minority Health
http://www.omhrc.gov/
The Office of Minority Health advises the Secretary and the Office of Public Health and Science on public health program activities affecting American Indians and Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, Blacks/African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, Native Hawaiians, and other Pacific Islanders. The mission of the Office of Minority Health (OMH) is to improve and protect the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will eliminate health disparities.

Oncolink
http://www.oncolink.upenn.edu/
OncoLink was founded to help cancer patients, families, health care professionals and the general public to obtain accurate cancer-related information at no charge. Through OncoLink you can acquire comprehensive information about specific types of cancer, updates on cancer treatments and news about research advances.

Palmetto Health
http://www.palmettohealth.org/
Palmetto Health is a South Carolina nonprofit public benefit corporation consisting of Palmetto Health Richland and Palmetto Health Baptist in Columbia and Easley. Palmetto Health provides health care for nearly 70 percent of the residents of Richland County and almost 55 percent of the health care for the combined Richland/Lexington County area. Palmetto Health provides the local community with more low or no cost services than any other hospital in town.

South Carolina Cancer Alliance
http://www.sccanceralliance.org/tiki-index.php
The South Carolina Cancer Alliance (SCCA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to reducing the impact of cancer on all people in South Carolina. The SCCA is focused on making South Carolina a national leader in cancer control by bringing together a powerful and diverse network of individuals, communities, organizations and leaders, to eliminate disparities in access, prevention, and care.

SC Cancer Center
http://www.palmettohealth.org/facilities/cancer/
The Palmetto Health South Carolina Cancer Center is one of the most comprehensive cancer programs in the Southeast. The Cancer Center is composed of physicians, researchers and caregivers from Palmetto Health Richland, Palmetto Health Baptist and The University of South Carolina working together with the single goal of defeating cancer.

SC Central Cancer Registry
http://www.scdhec.net/co/phsis/biostatistics/SCCCR/scccrmain.htm
The South Carolina Central Cancer Registry (SCCCR) is a population-based data system that collects cancer incidence (newly diagnosed cases) in South Carolina. Data in a central cancer registry are used to study trends in how often cancers occur in a defined area, changes in diagnosis and treatment patterns, and patients' survival rates.

SC Department of Health and Environmental Control
http://www.scdhec.net/
SC Department of Health and Environmental Control’s vision is to have healthy people living in healthy communities by promoting and protecting the health of the public and the environment in South Carolina.

SC Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.dhhs.state.sc.us/dhhsnew/index.asp
The South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services focuses on managing the Medicaid program to provide the best healthcare value for South Carolinians.

SC Minority Affairs Commission
http://www.state.sc.us/cma/
The South Carolina Commission for Minority Affairs was created to provide the citizenry with a single point of contact for information regarding the State's minority population. It is the responsibility of the Commission to study the causes and effects of the socioeconomic deprivation facing minorities and work to implement initiatives to alleviate such deprivation.

SC Office of Minority Health
http://www.scdhec.net/health/minority/
The office of Minority Health advises DHEC and other agencies on public health and environmental issues affecting African Americans, Hispanics, Asian and Pacific Islanders and American Indians statewide. OMH also provides leadership for the agency’s Cultural Competence Initiative, which assures that services are provided to customers with diversity values, beliefs and behaviors.

Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System
http://www.srhs.com/
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System is focused on delivering quality care for life, by taking health care beyond the hospital walls and into the community, businesses, long term care facilities, and homes. Whether it's with wellness programs, prevention screenings or a host of other health education programs, SRHS makes a positive impact on the community.

United States Department of Health & Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov/
The Department of Health and Human Services is the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.

USC-School of Medicine
http://www.med.sc.edu/
The University of South Carolina School of Medicine is a national leader in primary care medical education, and also sponsors research focused primarily on South Carolina health care needs and provides a wide range of clinical care services to South Carolinians.

USC-Arnold School of Public Health
http://www.sph.sc.edu/
The Arnold School of Public Health offers outstanding educational opportunities in a progressive environment. Its students are those preparing for careers in public health, as well as professionals who desire to update their knowledge, broaden their perspectives, and expand their capabilities in their chosen field.