Additional Resources

Aside from the sites listed here, many of the pharmaceutical manufacturers have an abundance of information on their web sites including detailed information on mechanism of actions and side effects.

2009 Report on Medicines in Development for Cancer presented by America's Pharmaceutical Research Companies

Inside Cancer
Inside Cancer is a multimedia guide to Cancer Biology that offers animations and interviews to explain how cancer develops, as well as diagnosis and treatment including targeted therapies.

International Society for Biological Therapy of Cancer
This is a society of medical professionals whose purpose is to improve cancer patient outcomes by advancing the science, development and application of biological therapy/immunotherapy.

US Food and Drug Administration

National Cancer Institute (NCI) Drug Information Summaries

NCI Drug Dictionary

American Cancer Society Resources:

• American Cancer Society Guide to Cancer Drugs
• Targeted Therapy
• Detailed Guide: Breast Cancer Targeted Therapy
• Detailed Guide: Oral Cavity and Oropharyngeal Cancer Targeted Therapy
• Detailed Guide: Lung Cancer - Non Small Cell Targeted Therapy
• Detailed Guide: Liver Cancer Targeted Therapy
• Detailed Guide: Leukemia - Acute Lymphocytic (ALL) Targeted Therapy
• Detailed Guide: Breast Cancer  in Men Targeted Therapy
• Detailed Guide: Leukemia- Children's  Targeted Therapy
• Detailed Guide: Lymphoma, Skin Targeted Therapy
• Detailed Guide: Nasopharyngeal Cancer Targeted Therapy
• How Anti-angiogenesis Drugs Differ from Other Cancer Treatments?
  Describes the actions, differences and side effects of anti-angiogenesis drugs used for cancer treatment.
• Immunotherapy
• Detailed Guide: Kidney Cancer Biologic Therapy (Immunotherapy)
• Detailed Guide: Multiple Myeloma Biologic Therapy
• Detailed Guide: Lymphoma, Skin Biological Therapy (Immunotherapy)

National Cancer Institute (NCI) Resources:

• National Cancer Institute Biological Therapies for Cancer: Questions & Answers?
• National Cancer Institute Biological Therapy?
• Targeted Cancer Therapies
• Targeted Therapy Tutorials
• Molecular Targets in Cancer Therapy
• Active Clinical Trials for Targeted Therapies

The Cancer Molecular Analysis Project

Center for Cancer Research: Molecular Targets Laboratory

Understanding Cancer Series: Nanodevices

Snapshot of Nanotechnology

NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer

National Nanotechnology Initiative
The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) is the program established in 2001 to coordinate Federal nanotechnology research and development.