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Cancer Tests that Detect Cancer - The Cancer Cure Foundation - a nonprofit organization providing information on alternative and integrative cancer preventatitve and detection tests and therapies.

Genetic Testing - Maintained by the National Library of Medicine, this site provides a questions-and-answers page to identify changes in a person's genes, chromosomes, or proteins. Additional resources on genetic testing follows each answer.

Guide to Clinical Laboratory Testing - ARUP Laboratories offers information on an extensive collection of more than 2,000 diverse medical laboratory tests and test combinations with an in-depth, but concise, discussion of clinical significance and test utilization.

Interpretation of Lab Test Profiles - Authored and maintained by Edward O.Uthman, adjunct professor of pathology, Medical School, University of Texas HEalth Science Center - Houston, this website provides reference for interpretation of abnormal reference values of many biochemical and hematological tests.

KidsHealth for Parents: Doctors & Hospitals: Medical Tests & Exams - Created by the Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media, KidsHealth provides doctor-approved health information in English and Spanish about children from before birth through adolescence. Also includes easy-to-read articles with information on medical tests and exams.

Lab & Diagnostic Tests (eCureMe) - Owned by a group of practicing health care professionals, eCureMe offers a comprehensive listing of laboratory and diagnostic tests. Information is presented in a simple, understandable format to educate consumers about test sample values, purposes of testing and clinical implications.

Lab Tests Online - A collaborative effort of professional laboratory societies produces one of the best and well-organized collections of resources on lab testing. This site provides patients and caregivers with a wealth of searchable information about clinical laboratory tests, and their interpretaion, conditions and diseases, and tests used for their diagnoses.

Laboratory Testing - Produced by a group of pathologists devoted to educating the public about the roles of pathologies, this site offers access to interpretations of medical reports, laboratory tests and surgical pathology reports. Also includes explanations of commonly used terms and overviews of diseases with references to medical literature.

Screening and Testing to Detect Cancer - The National Cancer Institute created this site to provide patients and health professionals with up-to-date information on screening and testing methods for the detection of many types of cancer.


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