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These sites are for children who have cancer. The information on them might be helpful as it is often quite simple and easy to understand. There is a brief description about each site above the link. If you come across any sites that are not listed here that you think we should know about, please e-mail it to us. If there is something on any of these sites that you find unhelpful, or if any site locations change, please will you again let us know, thanks.
http://www.royalmarsden.org/captchemo/
This site has online cartoons, comics and quizzes about cancer treatment. They were written by a boy aged 13 years of age who had cancer.UK.
http://www.lifesite.info/
The Lymphoma Association's new website LiFE - Lymphoma information For Everyone is a website about young people with lymphoma who have fought the disease and won. Amongst other things there is a chance to tell your story, e-mail for advice and learn more about lifestyle issues. UK
http://www.click4tic.org.uk/Home
tic - Teen info on Cancer. A website for teenagers who have cancer. It is produced by CancerBACUP and sections are split into Understand it, Deal with it, Share it and Other Stuff. Users can also email specialist nurses with questions. UK
http://www.2bme.org
This site was created as a resource for teens ages 13 to 17 with cancer. It serves as an online component of Look Good…Feel Better® for Teens, a free public service program for adolescents 13 to 17 that provides information dealing with the appearance and sociological side-effects related to cancer and its treatment.
USA
http://www.teenslivingwithcancer.org
TLC - Teens Living with Cancer offers sound medical information and psycho-social support designed to enhance a teen's quality of life, based teen's quality of life, based on real-life experiences of teens with cancer, their families and friends. A site from the USA provided in both English and Spanish.
https://www.teenagecancertrust.org
Teenage Cancer Trust's website containing information about the charity and its activities, medical information about cancer types and forums for peer communication. UK
http://www.nursing.uiowa.edu/sites/pedspain/Cancer
The University of Iowa College of Nursing have a section on their website that has cartoon characters for children that explain cancer. USA.
http://www.yct.org.uk/home.aspx
The Youth Cancer Trust is a unique charity based in sunny Bournemouth. It provides free, fun activity based holidays for young people
aged 14 to 25, suffering with cancer or any malignant disease from anywhere in the UK or who are patients of any UK hospital. You can also come on a holiday if you have been in remission for up to 5 years.
http://www.macmillan.org.uk/Get_Support/Who_to_tur
The Macmillan YouthLine, telephone 0808 808 0800, offers cancer information and support to 12 to 21 year olds who are affected by cancer, whether the caller is a patient, family member or friend. It also provides help to adults wanting to help young people affected by cancer. The helpline is free and confidential.
http://www.youthhealthtalk.org/Teenage_Cancer/
Youthhealthtalk is a website about young people's real life experiences of health and lifestyle. The site has an extensive section on teenage cancer. Users can watch, listen and read young people's experiences and join in discussions on the forums.
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