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Thyroid Cancer Support & Information:
www.butterfly.org.uk/ "Butterfly North East is the first registered charity in the UK dedicated solely to the support of patients with Thyroid Cancer and is a patient-led organisation offering information, support and encouragement to people affected by Thyroid Cancer."
This group was set up originally in the North-East but are due to expand country wide very soon and they already accept calls from anywhere in the country on their help line - details are on the website.
http://thyroid.about.com/od/thyroidcancer/a/overview.htm What You Need to Know About Thyroid Cancer from Mary Shomon.
http://thyroid.about.com/library/articles/blcancer.htm This information from the http://thyroid.about.com site is adapted from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), regarding cancer of the thyroid.
http://www.thyroidsupportwales.co.uk/ This is a small group of thyroid cancer patients in South Wales who have joined together to set up a self-help support group for the benefit of thyroid cancer patients.
http://www.thyca.org/ Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Association.
http://www.btf-thyroid.org/ The website of the British Thyroid Foundation – a patient-led charitable organisation dedicated to helping those with thyroid disorders.
http://www.thyroidmanager.org “Offers an up-to-date analysis of thyrotoxicosis, hypothyroidism, thyroid nodules and cancer, thyroiditis, and all aspects of human thyroid disease and thyroid physiology. It provides physicians, researchers, and trainees (as well as patients) around the world with an authoritative, current, complete, objective, free, and down-loadable source on the thyroid. This website is directed to helping physicians care for their patients with thyroid problems.” The site also has a ‘Patients Questions’ section.
http://www.thyroid-cancer-forum-uk.org/ Thyroid Cancer Forum UK, Velindre Hospital, Velindre Road, Whitchurch, Cardiff, CF14 2TL
The BTA now have three downloadable booklets for thyroid cancer patients, see:
http://www.british-thyroid-association.org/info-for-patients/
Thyroid Cancer. Patient Information Book 1
THE THYROID GLAND AND THYROID CANCER: Introduction, Tests and Treatment
Thyroid Cancer.Patient Information Book 2
THYROID SURGERY: THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HAVING A THYROIDECTOMY
Thyroid Cancer.Patient Information Book 3
THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT RADIO-IODINE ABLATION TREATMENT
Clinical Studies: Thyroid Cancer & Thyroid links with other cancers
Does Lemon Candy Decrease Salivary Gland Damage After Radioiodine Therapy for Thyroid cancer
The role of apoptosis in autoimmune thyroid disorders and thyroid cancer
Breast Cancer Hypothyroidism associated with reduced risk, April 29, 2003 Entrez PubMed & cancer effects on thyroid
Cancer mortality following treatment for adult hyperthyroidism. Cooperative Thyrotoxicosis Therapy Follow-up Study Group.
Hypothyroidism following cervical irradiation in the management of carcinoma of the nasopharynx and of the breast: a prospective study on eighty-four cases]
Fatigue, weight gain, lethargy and amenorrhea in breast cancer patients on chemotherapy: is subclinical hypothyroidism the culprit?
The True Story of why the Polio Vaccine is Believed to Cause Cancer
UK MOUTH, THROAT AND HEAD & NECK CANCER SUPPORT GROUPS:
http://rdoc.org.uk/supportgroups.html Support Group Page from the Mouth Cancer Foundation.
http://www.thecroakies.org.uk/ Head & Neck Cancer Support Group based in Bradford
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Face Fax http://www.facefax.org.uk/
The group was established in June 2001 when it became apparent that local patients in the Northampton area with Head & Neck cancer, facial trauma or scarring had unmet healthcare needs in their journey towards recovery. It provides information and support to patients and their carers.
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