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Back in the year 2000 I was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma and received chemotherapy and radiation, leading to my being "cured".  In June 2012 I was diagnosed with Non Hodgkins Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma, a rare and aggressive form of the disease.  I have recently completed chemotherapy treatment at Duke Cancer Center in Durham, North Carolina, as part of a clinical trial.  My December 2012 test results indicated that my disease has been resolved (medical terminology for eliminated).   As part of my overall treatment regimen, I completed an Autologus Bone Marrow Transplant in March of 2013 at Duke, and most recently completed a course of radiation therapy treatments.  In May I was determined to be in complete remission and will now be on a followup assessment schedule over the next several years.

Many things have changed since 2000, including the amount of information available on the Internet about cancer.  This is both a blessing and a curse.  The blessing is that you are now able to access a large amount of information concerning just about any aspect of cancer that interests you, or that you want to know more about.  But the curse is that all of this information is not very well organized and you can spend significant amounts of time searching through large amounts of data, trying to find the answer to whatever question you have in mind.  

It is because of that experience that I started Cancer Information, Resources and Links (CIRL), a website that helps organize large amounts of data into different categories and provides links to the websites containing more specific and detailed information.  The primary goal is to provide a single source for new cancer patients, and their families and friends, which will help them find answers to their questions and learn more about the disease that has invaded their lives.  It can also serve as a resource to others in their search for additional knowledge about the many aspects of living with cancer.  One website can not possibly access and/or organize the cancer information available on the Internet.  But hopefully this can serve as a starting point for those who are not sure where to begin.

According to some medical research there are over 200 different known cancers that afflict humans. Accordingly, I have not attempted to identify sources of information for specific cancer types.  Rather, I would refer readers to the websites for The American Cancer Society and The National Cancer Institute, which is part of the Department of Health and Human Services.  These two organizations are undoubtedly the preeminent sources for basic information about specific forms of cancer, as well as other cancer related data and services.

I hope that your search for information is productive and fruitful.  If you find any bad links on this website, or would like to have your organization added to the listings, please contact me at cirl2012@yahoo.com.


Jim Davis