Cancer Videos, animations and videocasts

The number of sites and services providing medical videos designed for patients is growing rapidly.

Here we list a few medical video sites and videos featuring cancer and cancer management.

But first, an animation describing what cancer is:

Stand Up 2 Cancer

• Creator: Stand Up 2 Cancer
• Description: "Stand Up to Cancer (SU2C) is a non-profit organization dedicated to curing the world of this devastating disease. SU2C hastens the pace of groundbreaking cancer research by funding and uniting scientists through Dream Teams and Innovative Research Grants."

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Cancer!

• Creator: morgancancer
• Description: "Hodgkin's Lymphoma + a video blog = crazy delicious?"

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Down with Disease (Cancer, that is)

• Creator: carpyeditor
• Description: "This is a collection of the videos that would get you caught up pretty quickly on my experience with multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow. You'll learn about my diagnosis, prognosis, medications, side effects, how I'm feeling, impending stem cell transplant, frustrations, friends and family reactions to the disease, etc. I hope this helps you understand better how I'm doing during this challenging time in my life."

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MD Anderson Cancer Center

• Creator: MD Anderson Cancer Center
• Description: "The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center is a trusted resource for information on cancer treatment, clinical trials, education programs and cancer prevention."

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American Cancer Society

• Creator: The American Cancer Society
• Description: "We are the nation's largest community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service. Additionally, we are looking for more volunteers who are passionate about our mission. If you're interested, visit www.cancer.org/volunteers to find out how you can become a Society volunteer in your community. If you'd like to donate to the American Cancer Society, please go to www.cancer.org/donate."

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CancerQuest Education Program

• Creator: CancerQuest
• Description: "CancerQuest is an education program based at the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. The heart of the project is the CancerQuest website"

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Cancer Research UK

• Creator: Cancer Research UK
• Description: "Cancer Research UK is the world's leading independent charity dedicated to cancer research. We carry our scientific research to help prevent, diagnose and treat cancer. We have discovered new ways to beat cancer that together have saved hundreds of thousands of lives across the world."

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Cancer Treatment Centers of America

• Creator: CTCA
• Description: "Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) offers patients the most sophisticated forms of surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy in combination with complementary medicine therapies, including nutrition therapy, naturopathic medicine, mind-body medicine, and spiritual support."

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The Breast Cancer Research Foundation

• Creator: BCRF4acure
• Description: "Our mission is to achieve prevention and a cure for breast cancer in our lifetime by providing critical funding for innovative clinical and translational research at leading medical centers worldwide, and increasing public awareness about good breast health."

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American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network

• Creator: ACSCAN
• Description: "ACS CAN is the nations leading cancer advocacy organization that is working every day to make cancer issues a national priority."

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Lance Armstrong Foundation - LIVESTRONG!

• Creator: livestrongarmy
• Description: "The official YouTube site for the Lance Armstrong Foundation! Founded in 1997 by cancer survivor and champion cyclist Lance Armstrong, the LAF inspires and empowers people with cancer. We believe that in the battle with cancer, unity is strength, knowledge is power and attitude is everything!"

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CareFlash: CareFlash assists in addressing fear and anxiety surrounding healthcare circumstances by delivering unprecedented, world-class, advocacy and education.

CareFlash provides a common place on the Internet, to and from which people may submit, retrieve and share information and well-wishes surrounding a loved one's health circumstances. In the respective context of each community, we serve-up hundreds of 3-D healthcare animations on disorders, procedures and anatomical function, all produced with world-class quality and accuracy, and narrated in plain language.

Pancreatic NET: a rare cancer

• Description: Xavier was diagnosed with a pancreatic NET (pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour) more than five years ago. Prior to his diagnosis in 2005, he was ill for about a year with stomach problems and pain. This is his story.

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eMedTV - Cancer Channel

• Quality: Accredited by HONcode.

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ICYou - Cancer Survivors

• Quality: Here is the list of physicians who contribute to the videos.

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ecancer.tv

• Description: "The open access publication and web.tv channel from the European Institute of Oncology and Organisation of European Cancer Institutes."
• Quality: The channel is managed by the European Institute of Oncology and Organisation of European Cancer Institutes.

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