Links Hand Picked by Mike

•  Relay for Life  
• What is Childhood Leukemia? ALL towards bottom and stages. (6/28/07)
•  Stains of Stages of Leukemia (L1,L2,L3,M1...) (6/28/07)

  • M1, M2, M3 marrow:

    M1 means less than 5% blasts and is the usual definition of a "remission" marrow.

  M2 means the marrow has between 5% and 25% leukemic blasts.

  M3 means there are more than 25% leukemic blasts.

• What you need to Know about Leukemia (Mike's must read)
•  ALL Terms 
•  Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL) pdf
•  Understanding Leukemia (PS70) pdf
•  Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia: A Guide for Patients and Families pdf
• The Children’s Oncology Group (COG) Family Handbook (pdf)
•  Cancer.gov
•  Group Treating Michelle
•  Lacks Center where Michelle is Staying
•  Cure Search
•  The Children’s Oncology Group (COG) Family Handbook

   

General Links

Children’s Oncology Group www.childrensoncologygroup.org7

Cure Search  www.curesearch.org

National Cancer Institute www.cancer.gov

Clinical Trials www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials

NCI Medical Dictionary www.cancer.gov/dictionary

Association of Cancer Online Resources www.acor.org/ped-onc

Candlelighters www.candlelighters.org

Complementary Alternative Medicine www.nccam.nih.gov

Leukemia and Lymphoma Society www.leukemia.org