Thyroid Cancer Resources
Check our website regularly for our newsletters, new patient resources, and Ask Thry’vors – questions and answers between our members and medical advisory panel.
Books
Thyroid Cancer: A Guide for Patients, Douglas Van Nostrand MD, Gary Bloom and Leonard Wartofsky MD (Keystone Press, 2004) ISBN 0-9746239-0-3
The Complete Thyroid Book, Kenneth B. Ain MD and M. Sara Rosenthal, 2005 (Toronto: McGraw-Hill. 2005) ISBN 0071435263
The Thyroid Solution, Ridha Arem (New York: Ballantyne Books, 1999) ISBN 0-345-42919-2
Thyroid Cancer: A Comprehensive Guide to Clinical Management, Leonard Wartofsky (Totowa, N.J. Humana Press, c1999) ISBN 0896034291
The Thyroid Cancer Book, M. Sara Rosenthal, 2nd Edition (Trafford Publishing, 2002 catalogue #02-0771 www.trafford.com); ISBN 1-55395-059-3
The Low Iodine Diet Cookbook, Norene Gilletz, (Toronto: Trafford Publishing, 2005, www.trafford.com ) ISBN 1-4210-6691-3
Websites
www.thryvors.org
Canadian Thyroid Cancer Support Group (Thry'vors) Inc.
www.mythyroid.com
Dr. Drucker, Toronto, Ontario
www.thyroid.ca
Thyroid Foundation of Canada
www.thyca.org
ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Association (U.S.A)
www.endocrineweb.com/thyroidca.html
Endocrineweb
Other Canadian Resources
Thyroid Foundation of Canada.
Call 613-544-8364 or 1-800-267-8822 (toll-free).
P.O. Box 1919 Stn Main Kingston ON K7L 5J7
Support Resources
Canadian Thyroid Cancer Support Group (Thry'vors) Inc. www.thryvors.org
Thyca: Thyroid Cancer Survivors Association (U.S.A) (free on-line support groups are available for advanced, medullary and anaplastic thyroid cancers, as well as on-line groups for caregivers and long-term survivors). www.thyca.org
Cancer Information Service (Canadian Cancer Society) is a national, bilingual service offering credible, comprehensive information about cancer and community resources. www.cancer.ca Call 1-888-939-3333 (toll-free), Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., anywhere in Canada or e-mail info@cis.cancer.ca
The Canadian Cancer Society also provides a nationwide peer support program that matches trained volunteers with newly diagnosed patients for telephone support. Service is free, confidential, responsive and accessible. Call toll-free 1 800-263-6750 or 1-888-939-3333 B.C., Yukon, Quebec) Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. E-mail peersupport@ontario.cancer.ca
Booklets on Thyroid Cancer and Cancer Support
"What You Need to Know about Differentiated Thyroid Cancer and its Treatment", (Genzyme Canada Inc. manufacturers of Thyrogen®). To order a copy of this patient brochure, contact Genzyme Canada at: 1-877-220-8918.
"Understanding Cancer of the Thyroid” (Cancerbackup — the UK's leading cancer information service) at http://www.cancerbackup.org.uk/cancertype/thyroid
Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology has developed a new patient booklet. It gives an overview of how counselling works, its benefits, and the unique needs of cancer patients and their families. See: The Emotional Facts of Life with Cancer: A Guide to Counselling and Support for Patients, Families and Friends at www.capo.ca/eng/docs/bookletREVISED.pdf
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