Cancer Information

Links to health care, cancer research and advocacy programs located in San Diego County.

• San Diego County Cancer Navigator: a program funded by the County of San Diego to provide resource information to cancer patients and their families.
• A Women's Wellness Center, Inc.,offering a health boutique for women diagnosed with cancer.
• Sharp HealthCare, a health care center: The Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center is an affiliate of Sharp HealthCare.
• Scripps Research Institute: laboratory and clinical research studies.
• The Salk Institute For Biological Studies: laboratory research in cancer.
• The Burnham Institute: laboratory research in cancer.
• UCSD Cancer Center: clinical and laboratory research in cancer.
• The Wellness Community San Diego: a support center for people with cancer, their families, friends and survivors.

National Sites on Cancer

• National Cancer Institute and NCI's Cancer Trials
• ONCOLINK: general cancer site maintained by the university of Pennsylvania
• PDQ: up-to-date cancer treatment information
• cancernet: a site for patients, the public, doctors and researchers.
• CancerResources: guide to cancer information and services
• Cancer Links: an excellent list of cancer links
• National Association of Cancer Patients
• Cancerpage: the latest news and information for cancer patients.
• National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship

Additional Sites of Special Interest

• Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research
• Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University
• We are a member of AIRI: Association of Independant Research Institutes
• San Diegan Magazine: "Skip the hard news for the finer things in life! We're all about living, and the pursuit of leisure in America's Finest City."