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Institutes, and Foundations All » American Cancer Society   » Nat. Cancer Inst - Pancreatic sect. » National Pancreas Foundation   » Life Extension Foundation This goes to the Pancreatic Section. Has a lot of interesting references that I have linked to throughout this site. » Cancer Cure Foundation Directory of clinics in and outside US from Cancer Cure Foundation » Pancreatic Cancer Network Provides patient and professional support. Recommend calling 877-272-6226 for PALS (Patient and Liaison Services) program which offers assistance in a number of ways. » Sunstone Cancer Supt. Found. Run by Dr. Andrew Weil noted on our site's Alternative section. Noted as a place of help and healing for cancer survivors meaning even those still living with it. News and Magazines   » Pancreatic Cancer News   » Cancer Consultants News   » Alternative Medicine Magazine		Clinical Trial Search Sites All » Clinical Trials.gov Also can call 800-4-Cancer for trial info. » Nat. Cancer Inst. Trials Largest number so far » Cancer.gov Clinical Trials   » Sloan-Kettering Clinical Trials   » Center Watch Trials Trials mostly are treatments along with chem or rad » UK Trials   » Cancer Consultants Cancerconsultants.com among other info also provides personalized clinical trial searches on behalf of patients. Miscellaneous All » Quackwatch | Altern. List Site exposing health fraud. Wherever I note "Con" in the Medical or Alternative sections this is many times what I am referencing. » Quack Files Another site exposing health fraud as a reference. » SoCal Cancer Supt. Grp. Cancer support group located in West L.A. found here off the PANCAN site. » Lance Armstrong Foundation Also called "Live Strong" - this is a survivor support foundation focusing on advocacy, education, public health and research. » Chemotherapy Drugs 101 Very thorough list of the chemo drug types and names including their purposes.

Top 10 Cancer Hospitals in the US	All
» U. of TX, M.D. Anderson Cancer Ctr., Houston - Pheebs looked into
Go directly to their Pancreatic Section here. Click here for an article about a Pancreatic survivor from this clinic.
» Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York
» Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore - Pheebs looked into
» Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston
» Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
» University of Chicago Hospitals
» Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.
» UCLA Medical Center, L.A. - Pheebs looked into
Pheebs felt there wasn't enough specialty or response.
» University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor
» H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa
Other Hospitals or Centers	All
» UCSF Cancer Center - Pheebs looked into
» USC Norris Cancer Center - Pheebs looked into
» Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center - Seattle, WA
This center comes highly recommended by both Judy Hamilton and Rosie mentioning that Betsy Tarbell went there for her stem cell transplants for leukemia. Rosie said they are fabulous with their research and treatment and recommends it if your diagnosis fits into one of their specialties. You can find what types of diseases they treat here, but Pancreatic cancer wasn't mentioned specifically FYI. Need to research if this route is taken.
» Samual Oschin Cancer Inst. at Cedars Sinai - LA, CA - Dick's biopsy here
I have not heard much about this institute. Would have to research, but didn't see any innovative Pancreatic cancer treatments besides the standard conventional ones.
» Hoag Cancer Center - Newport Beach, CA
The Hoag Cancer Center claims on their site at the link above that their 5 year survival rates have outpaced the national averages now by 10%. The one issue is that I didn't see anywhere noted that they have focused on Pancreatic cancer patients. They do of course provide typical services such as chemo as most centers do and have noted on their site here some biotherapy (immunotherapy) and some other alternative treatments. Their staff at the center is listed here.