Useful Links

Cancer research information & cancer research charities

Cancer Council Queensland
http://www.cancerqld.org.au

Cancer Research UK
http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/

Huntsman Cancer Institute
www.huntsmancancer.org

Institut de Recerca Biomèdica August Pi i Suñer (IDIBAPS)
http://www.idibaps.org

Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)
http://www.inserm.fr

National Cancer Institute
http://cancer.gov/

Skin Cancer Research Fund (SCaRF)
www.skin-cancer-research-fund.org.uk
SCaRF is a charity founded in 1979. SCaRF raises money for public education and medical research into skin cancer, especially melanoma.

National Institute for Health Research Cancer Research Network (NCRN)
http://www.ncrn.org.uk/

Leiden Open Variation Database
http://chromium.liacs.nl/lovd2/home.php?select_db=CDKN2A
This database replaces e-Melanobase and lists germline mutations associated with melanoma susceptibility.

 

EU Research Sites

CORDIS
http://www.cordis.lu/en/home.html

The Life Sciences page
http://www.cordis.lu/lifescihealth/home.html

The Cancer site
http://www.cordis.lu/lifescihealth/cancer/home.htm

 

Genetics information

Center for Human and Clinical Genetics, LUMC
http://www.humgen.nl

Genetic Epidemiology, University of Utah
http://www-genepi.med.utah.edu/genepi.html

Genetics Home Reference
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/

Genetic Alliance UK
http://www.geneticalliance.org.uk

Génopole
http://www.genopole.fr/

Human Genetics Commission
http://www.hgc.gov.uk/

National Human Genome Research Institute
http://www.genome.gov

The Netherlands Foundation for the Detection of Hereditary Tumours
http://www.stoet.nl

Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen)
http://www.tgen.org

 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

http://www.cdc.gov/genomics/public/index.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/genomics/public/faq.htm

Professional bodies

Association for Clinical Cytogenetics
http://www.cytogenetics.org.uk/

British Association of Dermatologists
http://www.bad.org.uk