The OERC’s portal is open and free for everyone around the world to use to:
- Find free, open, and online educational and training resources. We will be “recommending the best” and “linking to the rest” of materials that could meet your interdisciplinary needs.
- Contribute to the global digital library of cancer resources so everyone worldwide can have the best and latest information.
- Develop and lead the social networks needed to bring individuals out of isolation and into a supportive community.
- Participate in online community conversations with cancer researchers, physicians, healthcare professionals, and others working in cancer education to freely share experiences and expertise.
Online Library of OER for Cancer
Looking for free online resources about cancer you can use in formal and informal training and education?
Simply click on the topics listed below and you’ll be a provided a list of available resources you can use, read reviews, and organize into your own personal collection. (all links open in a new window)
Click here to view the entire collection of cancer materials in MERLOT 
- Specific Cancers
- Acute lymphoid leukemia
- Acute myeloid leukemia
- Adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma
- Anal cancer
- Basal and squamous cell skin cancer
- Bladder cancer
- Brain and central nervous system cancer
- Breast cancer
- Carcinoma of unknown primary
- Cervix, vagina and vulva cancer
- Childhood leukemia
- Childhood lymphoma
- Chronic lymphoid leukemias
- Chronic myeloid leukemia
- Colon cancer
- Cutaneous T and B cell lymphomas
- Endocrine system cancer
- Esophageal cancer
- Eye and orbit cancer
- Gastric cancer
- Gestational trophoblastic cancer
- Hairy cell leukemia
- Head and neck cancer
- HIV-associated malignancies
- Hodgkin lymphoma
- Kidney cancer
- Liver and bile duct cancer
- Lung cancer
- Melanoma
- Multiple myeloma and monoclonal gammopathy
- Myelodysplastic syndromes
- Myeloproliferative disorders
- Non-Hodgkin lymphomas
- Other non-melanoma skin cancer
- Ovaries and fallopian tubes cancer
- Pancreas cancer
- Penis and urethra cancer
- Prostate cancer
- Rectal cancer
- Sarcoma of bone
- Small bowel cancer
- Soft tissue sarcomas
- Solid tumors in children
- Testicular cancer
- Tumors of the pleural and mediastinum
- Uterine cancer
- Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia
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Partner News
International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research (INCTR), Global Health Dynamics (GDH) and MERLOT (the Multimedia Education Resources for Learning and Online Teaching) signed an agreement whereby the three organizations will work closely together to increase the volume of high quality educational materials in the field of cancer will be made accessible through the Open Educational Resources for Cancer website. All of the articles published in INCTR's annual journal, published by GDH will be made available through MERLOT shortly after publication, as well as via the Global Health Dynamics website.
OERC Highlighted Article
Patient navigation pathway and barriers to treatment seeking in cancer in India: A qualitative inquiry
by Sanghamitra Pati, Mohammad Akhtar Hussain, Abhimanyu Singh Chauhan, Diptimayee Mallick, Sukdev Nayak
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