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Research Tools

Last update: 01/17/2013

TOPICS:
Articles on Evaluating Medical Information | PubMed Abstracts | Google tools | Other Online Glossaries & Dictionaries | NCI Drug Index
ASCO 2009 Lymphoma abstracts: Browse / Search / PAL's
ClinicalTrials.gov Site-Specific TOPIC SEARCH

Evaluating Medical Claims and Information

Alternative Medicine?

	Alternative Therapies for Curing Cancer: What Do Patients Want? What Do Patients Need? Wendy S. Harpham, MD (survivor) amcancersoc.org
	Common Questions about Science and "Alternative" Health Methods
	Deciding what to believe, a scientist's view
	Readers' and Author's Responses to "Information on Complementary and Alternative Medicine in US Government Databases Is Biased" Medscape
	PAL: Strategies for Finding and Evaluating Medical Information PDF Gilda's Club Delaware Valley, April 2006
	Evaluating Medical Claims and Data PAL

For Research Advocates

	NEW Cancer Information and Support Network (CISN) coursework for patient advocates cisncancer.org
	NEW Endpoints in Clinical Research cancerguide.org/

Sources of Bias

	The Dirt on Coming Clean: Perverse Effects of Disclosing Conflicts of Interest cbdr.cmu.edu .pdf
	Conflict of Interest in Medical Decision-making PAL
	Potential Sources of Bias ascd.org pdf

Levels of Evidence

	Pub Med: Testing Treatments, 2nd edition Better Research for Better Healthcare
	Cancerguide.org: Undestanding Survival Curves "Survival curves constructed from a limited sample size cannot cover the real range of possibility!"
	FDA guidance documents
	Subset analysis? This subgroup analysis suggested that the treatment was quite effective and statistically significant for all patients except those born under the sign of Gemini or Libra. The difference in outcome with respect to astrologic sign was naturally an artifact and would not be reproducible in subsequent studies. This was the point of their analysis.
	Postcards From Beyond Zero Steve Dunn

Levels of Evidence (continued)

	Pros and Cons of Researching Your Cancer Steve Dune
	"The Median Isn't the Message"
	Clinical Epidemiology & Evidence-Based Medicine Glossary vetmed.wsu.edu
	Levels of Evidence for Human Studies of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine Cancer.gov
	Systematic reviews en.wikipedia.org Lymphoma Systematic Reviews However: Beware of Meta-analyses Bearing False Gifts

PubMed - index of published abstracts

At a Glance:
Is it relevant to me? What is the level of evidence:
Study population (specific)? | Big or small? (n) | Clinical or Preclinical?
Old or new? | Other groups studying same? | Respected Journal?
Randomized or single arm? | Review article? - Systematic review? (pooled data)

Start New or Lymphoma-specific or Systematic Review PubMed Search

Resources

Lymphoma-specific | General Medicine | Epidemiology | Online Medical Dictionaries & Glossaries

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Lymphoma/Oncology-Specific Sites

ASCO | ASCO Education Book | ASH | ASH Education Book | JCI.org | BLOOD
Cancer Consultants - NHL / Hodgkins | ClinicalTrials.gov | Haematologica.org
Medscape & Resource Library - PAL

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General Medicine

	Amjpathol.org \| Amcancersoc.org \| British MJ \| EJC Nutrition \| HerbMed.org \| FDA \| \| MedlinePlus \| MedWatch Alerts \| Merck Manual \| Merck Medicus \| PNAS Free Medical Journals \| HealthScoutNews \| HON - Health On the Net Foundation
	Daily Meds http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/about.cfm provides high quality information about marketed drugs.

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Epidemiology

	ACS cancer stats \| AACR journals.org \| SEER NHL \| SEER \| NCI Links
	SEER Fast Stats NHL \| Hodgkin's (highly recommended)
	University of Alberta Clinical Epidemiology Glossary

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Cancer Resources

ASCO | BCCA Cancer Drug Manual | CancerLinks - unf.edu
Clinical Cancer Research | ClinicalTrials.gov | BloodLine | Cancer.gov | Eurekalert.org
Hazardous Substance Databank - NIH | Journals (free) | MD Anderson Oncolog | OncoLink | Reuters | The Oncologist

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Online Glossaries and Dictionaries

Dictionaries: Cancer.gov Dictionary | MedlinePlus Dictionary | Cancer Web Dictionary

Glossaries: LLS Glossary | Genetics Glossary - genetictests.org | Waldenstrom's Glossary | NCI Glossary of Terms For Hematology | University of Alberta Clinical Epidemiology Glossary | SEER Statistical Definitions

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Lymphoma Subtype Queries of PubMed

Ready-to-use

Lymphomas, Aggressive: Diagnosis | Review | Therapies | Prognosis

Lymphomas, indolent: Diagnosis | Review | Therapies | Prognosis

Diffuse Large Cell: Diagnosis | Review | Therapies | Prognosis

Follicular: Diagnosis | Review | Therapies | Prognosis

Hodgkin's: Diagnosis | Review | Therapies | Prognosis

MALT: Diagnosis | Review | Therapies | Prognosis

Mantle Cell: Diagnosis | Review | Therapies | Prognosis

T-cell: Diagnosis | Review | Therapies | Prognosis

NK-Cell subtype: Diagnosis | Review | Therapies | Prognosis

Waldenstrom's: Diagnosis | Review | Therapies | Prognosis

Refractory disease: Treatments | Novel Treatments

Transformation, about: CLL | Follicular | MALT

Treatment Types TOPIC SEARCH of PubMed

Antiangiogenesis: Therapies

Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplants: Review | Therapies | Prognosis

Autologous Stem Cell Transplants: Review | Therapies | Prognosis

Targeting the microenvironment: Therapies

Radiotherapy articles, excluding chemo and radioimmunotherapy: Review | Therapies | Prognosis

As above with Rituxan: Review | Therapies

Radioimmunotherapy: Review | Zevalin | Bexxar

Rituxan: Treatment | Review | Frontline & Maintenance | Enhancing Bone Marrow Transplants

Vaccines: Treatment | Review | Idiotype | DNA type | Heat Shock type

Clinical Trials

Fast queries of ClinicalTrials.gov

Lymphomation.org Queries

Locate trials by:

Type of lymphoma & treatment status

Type of agent | Trials of Interest

NEW TRIALS

Site-Specific TOPIC SEARCH for lymphoma

Search: AACR | ASCO | ASH 2006 | ASH2007

Click the link, then type desired keyword(s)

Search by Notable Lymphoma Investigators:
Cheson | Levy | Leonard | Press

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Disclaimer: The information on Lymphomation.org is not intended to be a substitute for
professional medical advice or to replace your relationship with a physician.
For all medical concerns, you should always consult your doctor.
Patients Against Lymphoma, Copyright � 2004, All Rights Reserved.

Evaluating Medical Claims and Information

Alternative Medicine?

Alternative Therapies for Curing Cancer: What Do Patients Want? What Do Patients Need?

Wendy S. Harpham, MD (survivor) amcancersoc.org

Readers' and Author's Responses to "Information on Complementary and Alternative Medicine in US Government Databases Is Biased" Medscape

PAL: Strategies for Finding and Evaluating Medical Information PDF Gilda's Club Delaware Valley, April 2006

Evaluating Medical Claims and Data PAL

For Research Advocates

NEW Cancer Information and Support Network (CISN) coursework for patient advocates cisncancer.org

NEW Endpoints in Clinical Research cancerguide.org/

Sources of Bias

The Dirt on Coming Clean: Perverse Effects of Disclosing Conflicts of Interest cbdr.cmu.edu .pdf

Conflict of Interest in Medical Decision-making PAL

Potential Sources of Bias ascd.org pdf

Levels of Evidence

Pub Med: Testing Treatments, 2nd edition Better Research for Better Healthcare

Cancerguide.org: Undestanding Survival Curves "Survival curves constructed from a limited sample size cannot cover the real range of possibility!"

FDA guidance documents

Postcards From Beyond Zero Steve Dunn

Pros and Cons of Researching Your Cancer Steve Dune

Clinical Epidemiology & Evidence-Based Medicine Glossary vetmed.wsu.edu

Levels of Evidence for Human Studies of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine Cancer.gov

Systematic reviews en.wikipedia.org

However: Beware of Meta-analyses Bearing False Gifts

PubMed - index of published abstracts

Resources

Lymphoma-specific | General Medicine | Epidemiology | Online Medical Dictionaries & Glossaries

================================ Lymphoma/Oncology-Specific Sites

ASCO | ASCO Education Book | ASH | ASH Education Book | JCI.org | BLOOD Cancer Consultants - NHL / Hodgkins | ClinicalTrials.gov | Haematologica.org Medscape & Resource Library - PAL

================================ General Medicine

Amjpathol.org | Amcancersoc.org | British MJ | EJC Nutrition | HerbMed.org | FDA | | MedlinePlus | MedWatch Alerts | Merck Manual | Merck Medicus | PNAS Free Medical Journals | HealthScoutNews | HON - Health On the Net Foundation

Daily Meds http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/about.cfm provides high quality information about marketed drugs.

================================ Epidemiology

ACS cancer stats | AACR journals.org | SEER NHL | SEER | NCI Links

SEER Fast Stats NHL | Hodgkin's (highly recommended)

================================ Cancer Resources

ASCO | BCCA Cancer Drug Manual | CancerLinks - unf.edu Clinical Cancer Research | ClinicalTrials.gov | BloodLine | Cancer.gov | Eurekalert.org Hazardous Substance Databank - NIH | Journals (free) | MD Anderson Oncolog | OncoLink | Reuters | The Oncologist

================================ Online Glossaries and Dictionaries

Dictionaries: Cancer.gov Dictionary | MedlinePlus Dictionary | Cancer Web Dictionary Glossaries: LLS Glossary | Genetics Glossary - genetictests.org | Waldenstrom's Glossary | NCI Glossary of Terms For Hematology | University of Alberta Clinical Epidemiology Glossary | SEER Statistical Definitions