Patient Education Information

Bone Cancer Questions and Answers - The National Cancer Institue answers these questions.

CancerNet - PDQ Cancer Information Summaries: Ewing's Family of Tumors - The PDQ (Physician Data Query) is an NCI database that contains the latest information about cancer treatment, screening, prevention, genetics, and supportive care, plus clinical trials. General, stage, and treatment information can be accessed from these fact sheets.

CancerNet - PDQ Cancer Information Summaries: Osteosarcoma - The PDQ (Physician Data Query) is an NCI database that contains the latest information about cancer treatment, screening, prevention, genetics, and supportive care, plus clinical trials. General, stage, and treatment information can be accessed from these fact sheets.

Your Orthopaedic Connection: Bone Tumor - The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons provides this fact sheet on benign and malignant bone tumors.

Bone Cancer - The Mayo Clinic explains bone cancer.

Bone Scan - The Mayo Clinic explains why and how a bone scan is done.

Cancer Facts - The National Cancer Institute has created dozens of fact sheets about all aspects of cancer, they can be accessed here. They also have versions in Spanish.

CancerNet: Dictionary of Cancer Terms - CancerNet, an online service of the National Cancer Institute, maintains this comprehensive dictionary of cancer terms.

MD Anderson Cancer Center - Read the latest news and research from this respected Cancer Center.

MEDLINEPlus Medical Encyclopedia - The Health Illustrated Encyclopedia from MedlinePlus includes over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. It also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations. Please check the alphabetic listing for the topic you want.

Osteosarcoma Online - Excellent resource (plus a special teen section) from the Indiana University Cancer Center.

Sloan-Kettering Bone Cancer - Click here for information about bone cancer from one of the best-known cancer hospitals.

Types of Cancer Teens Get - KidsHealth wrote this specifically for teens, about the cancers they most often get, such as osteosarcoma (bone cancer).