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Last update: 05/11/2011

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

Finding and evaluating medical information

Alternative Medicine?

	Alternative Therapies for Curing Cancer: What Do Patients Want? What Do Patients Need? Wendy S. Harpham, MD (NHL 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" Posted 08/29/2006 - Medscape (free login req.)
	Strategies for Finding and Evaluating Medical Information PDF presentation Gilda's Club Delaware Valley, April 2006
	Evaluating Medical Claims and Data PAL

Sources of Bias

	Potential Sources of Bias ascd.org pdf
	The Dirt on Coming Clean: Perverse Effects of Disclosing Conflicts of Interest cbdr.cmu.edu .pdf

Levels of Evidence

FDA guidance documents FDA.gov

Subset analysis? http://bit.ly/mwHalt

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

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

generally regarded as the highest level of medical evidence

	Lymphoma Systematic Reviews
	However: Beware of Meta-analyses Bearing False Gifts

How to Read a Scientific Research Paper - four-step guide hampshire.edu

Conflict of Interest in Medical Decision-making PAL

PubMed - index of published abstracts

At a Glance (relevant to me / 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 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

By Treatment type | By lymphoma subtype | By grade & stage | By state | By country

For Refractory Lymphomas

All Lymphoma | NHL-indolent | NHL - aggressive | Hodgkin's | T-cell

Treatment-specific studies for refractory Lymphomas:

Immune therapy | ImmunotherapyImmune therapy | Immunotherapy | Immunotherapy | Immune therapy | Immunotherapy

Stem Cell Transplants (SCT)

Autologous All lymphomas | NHL | Hodgkin's | T-cell

Allogeneic All lymphomas | NHL | Hodgkin's | T-cell

Mini-transplants (non-myeloablative transplant) All lymphomas | NHL | Hodgkin's | T-cell

Refractory AND NOT SCT

All lymphomas | NHL | Hodgkin's | T-cell

Site-Specific TOPIC SEARCH for lymphoma

Search: AACR | ASCO | ASH 2006 | ASH2007

Click the link, then type desired keyword(s)

AACRjournals.org | ASCO.org | ASH 2006 | ASHeducationbook.org | Author search Google Scholar
BCCancer.bc.ca | Cancer.gov | Eurekalert.org | FDAadvisorycommittee
Immunotherapy-journal.com | JCO.org | Medscape | MedWatch | PubMed
PubMed Systematic Reviews
Notable Lymphoma Authors: 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.

Finding and evaluating medical information

Alternative Medicine?

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

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

Common Questions about Scienceand "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" Posted 08/29/2006 - Medscape (free login req.)

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

Evaluating Medical Claims and Data PAL

Sources of Bias

Potential Sources of Bias ascd.org pdf

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

Levels of Evidence

FDA guidance documents FDA.gov

Postcards From Beyond Zero Steve Dunn

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 generally regarded as the highest level of medical evidence

Lymphoma Systematic Reviews

However: Beware of Meta-analyses Bearing False Gifts

How to Read a Scientific Research Paper - four-step guide hampshire.edu

Conflict of Interest in Medical Decision-making PAL

PubMed - index of published abstracts

Google Search Options

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

NEW: 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)

University of Alberta Clinical Epidemiology Glossary

================================ 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

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Lymphoma Subtype Queries of PubMed

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

Lymphomation.org Queries

For Refractory Lymphomas

All Lymphoma | NHL-indolent | NHL - aggressive | Hodgkin's | T-cell Treatment-specific studies for refractory Lymphomas:

Immune therapy | ImmunotherapyImmune therapy | Immunotherapy | Immunotherapy | Immune therapy | Immunotherapy

Stem Cell Transplants (SCT)

Autologous All lymphomas | NHL | Hodgkin's | T-cell

Allogeneic All lymphomas | NHL | Hodgkin's | T-cell

Mini-transplants (non-myeloablative transplant) All lymphomas | NHL | Hodgkin's | T-cell

Refractory AND NOT SCT

All lymphomas | NHL | Hodgkin's | T-cell

Site-Specific TOPIC SEARCH for lymphoma

Return to top

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.

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

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

Common Questions about Science
and "Alternative" Health Methods

Strategies for Finding and Evaluating Medical Information PDF presentation

Gilda's Club Delaware Valley, April 2006

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

Systematic reviews en.wikipedia.org

generally regarded as the highest level of medical evidence

================================
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

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

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

================================
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

All Lymphoma | NHL-indolent | NHL - aggressive | Hodgkin's | T-cell

Treatment-specific studies for refractory Lymphomas:

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.