Through this links page CHICS hopes to assist you in finding the information and support you need. Providing links to the organizations listed does not mean CHICS endorses the information or services provided on these websites.

If you would like to exchange links with CHICS, send your site URL / text link and banner to me using the e-mail link on the right.

Aftercure - produced by UKCCSG  for childhood cancer survivors.

American Cancer Society - The site offers a tool to assist in deciding treatment options and questions to ask your doctor.

American Cord Blood Program - This site gives basic information on cord blood transplant.

American Institute for Cancer Research - The site offers information on nutrition including recipes for cancer patients.

American Society of Clinical Oncology - The site contains information on all types of cancer, resources and coping strategies.

Bandaides and Blackboards - This is a website for children of all ages, but is divided into categories for children and teens. The focus is how to deal with medical problems of any kind and it contains helpful hints for parents, teachers and other professionals.

BMT infonet - This site has an excellent drug database where you can get detailed descriptions of drugs and their side effects.

BMT Support online - This is an online support organization with a chat room for people with an interest in bone marrow transplant.

Brave Kids - The site has contests, games and stories. It also has a chat room and is in Spanish or English.

Cancer Consultants - This site offers the most up to date news clippings on cancer treatments.

Cancer Nutrition Center - This site offers basic nutrition information.

Cancersource.com - Offers comprehensive medical information including symptom management.

Cancer Survivors online - Offers ideas on dealing with the medical community, ideas on treatment, subscription to email list service and support through sharing stories on the site.

Cancervive - This website is maintained by a childhood cancer survivor. It contains educational material for survivors.

Captain Chemo website - This is an interactive comic strip/game which also teaches children about cancer and treatment.

CenterWatch - This website offers information on clinical trials, both government and pharmaceutical sponsored, as well as information on new drugs.

Children's Cancer Web - Offers basic information on various types of transplants.

Children with Leukemia - This website offers information for parents on how to discuss a cancer diagnosis with others, discusses the basics of treatment and discusses the basic feeling you may have as a parent. It was designed by a parent who lost a daughter to Leukaemia.

Cure Lymphoma Foundation - The site offers information specifically on lymphoma including clinical trails.

Eye Cancer Network - An educational website, which covers diagnosis and treatment of ocular tumours, eye cancer and orbital disease for patients and their families.

Healthopedia - An an online encyclopaedia for all things medical.

InteliHealth - Offers easy to understand descriptions of all types of childhood cancer along with information on symptoms, prognosis, treatment and nutrition information.

Kids Cancer Network - Activities for kids as well as a message board and contests.

Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of America - The site offers disease and treatment information for leukaemia and lymphoma patients and their families. On-site questions and answers.

Liverpool Taxi Drivers Children in Care Outing Fund - Liverpool Taxi Driver Charity which has been providing services for children in care since 1985. We are a registered charity setup by Liverpool Taxi Drivers dedicated to children in care, past days out include Camelot, Blackpool and Euro Disney.

Living with cancer - The site offers a description of every type of cancer, treatment options and statistics.

Look Good, Feel Good - This web site for teens deals with appearance issues as well as relationship and emotional issues.

Make-a-Wish - This site offers the information in Spanish as well as English you are able to make wish referrals on line.

Medicine Net - This site offers descriptions of diseases, treatments and side effects.

MedLine Plus - This is a user friendly Web Site where you can look up information and links to information about your diagnosis, pharmaceutical information, and information from abstracts and journals.

Mesothelioma Causes – An up-to-date resource for all asbestos issues ranging from occupational exposure to mesothelioma symptoms.

M.I.S.S.- ( Mothers in Sympathy and Support) - This site has inspirational poetry, articles and information for professionals. It also offers families a way to communicate their story and share with others who are also suffering through grief.

National Brain Tumor Foundation - The site offers support and education for brain tumour patients and their families. Allows you to ask questions to a nurse specializing in brain tumours.

National Cancer Institute - Offers very detailed information regarding transplant and the possible side effects.

National Foundation for the Treatment of Pain - This site offers up to date legislative work on pain control and a library of pain related information. You can send pain related questions to the site.

Outlook-Life Beyond Childhood Cancer - Offers current survivorship information and hot survivorship topics. It has valuable information on topics such as insurance and fertility and links to personal webpage's of survivors.

Patients Guide Index - A dictionary of medical terms and their definitions.

Small Cell Lung Cancer - Get information on Small Cell Lung Cancer. Find statistics and facts on small cell carcinoma cancer.

Starlight Foundation - This is a wish foundation that also provides media entertainment in certain hospitals.

Steve Dunn's Cancer Guide - Offers guidelines on doing your own research, tips for clinical trials and details on specific types of cancer.

Sunshine Foundation - Grants wishes to children throughout the country and the world suffering from terminal or chronic illnesses.

TAG: Teen Age Grief, Inc. - This site offers suggestions on assisting a teen dealing with grief. It is geared towards the support person.

Taking the Fear Out of Cancer - Providing cancer awareness through education and information, and inspiring hope and motivation to all people dealing with cancer - patients, families, caregivers, friends. This site tells you what each vitamin and mineral does and what foods they are contained in.

The Brain Tumor Society - Offers basic information on the functioning of the brain as well as information on brain tumours. Also has stories of long term survivors of childhood brain tumours.

The Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation - Offers an updated selection of articles relating to brain tumours and treatment.

The Children's Cause - This site offers updates on national policies that affect research, health care and services for the paediatric cancer survivors.

The Compassionate Friends - This organization offers brochures, conferences, sibling chats, cyber friends and pen pals to people suffering the death of a child.

The National Cancer Institute - Information on understanding and finding clinical trials. The site contains information on over 1600 open clinical trials.

The Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults - This site offers education, support, resources and prevention tips to young adults affected by cancer.

WebMedLit - Offers readers easy access to the best medical journals on the web.