Tools for Patients:

• How to find a clinical trial
• BMI index & Calculator
• Help with quitting smoking
• Questions about cancer

Tools for Researchers:

Cancer databases for use in research:

• Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG)
• Clinical Oncology Research System (CORe)

How to find participants for clinical trials:

• Community Clinical Oncology Program (CCOP)
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG)
• Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG)

Resources for research in behavioral medicine:

• Society for Behavioral Medicine

Links to CYCORE participating institutions:

MD Anderson Cancer Center:

• Home page
• Department of Behavioral Science

UC, San Diego:

• Home page
• Calit2 home-page
• Calit2 Center for Wireless and Population Health Systems
• Department of Family and Preventive Medicine
• Institute for Engineering in Medicine
• Jacobs School of Engineering
• Moores Cancer Center
• San Diego Supercomputing Center (SDSC)

The University of Alabama at Birmingham:

• Department of Nutrition Sciences

Federal research institutes:

• National Cancer Institute
• National Institutes of Health

Information about ARRA Grand Opportunity grants (of which CYCORE is one):

• NCI’s Comparative Effectiveness Research program
• Summaries of Challenge Grant awards
• NIH’s Grand Opportunities program

General info on cancer and cancer research:

• American Cancer Society
• World Health Organization

Federal laws protecting patient privacy:

• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPPA)