Cancer Gene Therapy
- What is Cancer Gene Therapy?
- Types of Cancer Gene Therapies
- Glossary of Terms
- Clinical Trials
- Organizations & Resources
- Research Institutions
Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy acts as a funding source for researchers so they can investigate potential cures or mitigation of cancer. It is through this basic scientific research that doctors will be able to perform their clinical applications in treating cancer patients. We are sorry that we are not able to respond to your specific personal clinical questions. For more information, please contact the national organizations listed below.
These national organizations provide cancer information, counseling, publications, advocacy, support and referral services.
These sites are listed as a service to visitors. ACGT relinquishes all responsibility for the content of these sites. If you click on any of the links below, the site will open in a new browser window.
American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy
414-278-1341
www.asgct.org
American Cancer Society
800-227-2345 – 24 hour line
www.cancer.org
National Cancer Institute
800-422-6237
www.cancernet.nci.nih.gov
www.cancer.gov
cancertrials.nci.nih.gov
Oncolink - University of Pennsylvania
www.oncolink.upenn.edu/
Recommended Reading
Cancer in 2009: What Needs to Be Done
by John Mendelsohn, M.D., President The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Dr. Folkman's War: Angiogenesis and the Struggle to Defeat Cancer
by Robert Cooke, Random House: 2001
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
by Matt Ridley, HarperCollins: 1999
The Human Genome: A Users Guide
by R. Scott Hawley and Catherine A. Mori, Academic Press: 2004
Gene Therapy of Cancer: Translational Approaches from Preclinical Studies to Clinical Implementation
by Edmund C. Lattime & Stanton L. Gerson, Elsevier Science & Technology Books, 2002
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