CancerHelp Extends Its Easy-to-Use Touchscreen Interface to Cancer Web Sites

Many of our subscribers discovered that although the Internet was a valuable resource for patients doing research, the probability of patients becoming overwhelmed and having difficulty evaluating medically accurate information outweighed its benefits.

In response, the CancerHelp Institute released its newest CancerHelp feature, the Easy Web Browser for Windows. The Easy Web Browser allows administrators to limit Internet access to approved Web sites.

Take the Visual Tour of the Easy Web Browser or read more below.

Touchscreen Interface Removes Barriers To Internet

With the CancerHelp Easy Web Browser you can browse the Internet without knowing how to use a computer, how to enter a Web address, or how to use a search engine. The Easy Web Browser does all of that for you. Read more...

Information That Is Trustworthy and Reliable

Topic Areas Organized Into Meaningful Categories

The Easy Web Browser eliminates cognitive overload by organizing sites according to health areas and types of cancer. One of the problems with using search engines to perform research on the Internet is the large number web pages that result. For example, we recently found over two million Web pages containing the phrase "breast cancer!" Read more...

Over 100 NCI Approved Web Sites

Included in the Easy Web Browser are the National Cancer Institute Web sites, related U.S. Government Web sites and more than 100 cancer-related Web sites that are approved by the NCI. Complete list...

Web Site Customization

In addition to the over 100 Web sites approved by the NCI, the Easy Web Browser allows you to add your facility Web site and other sites that you approve. Read more...

Technology Limitations

Some Web sites use frame-based or "frame-busting" technology that "fight" against the Easy Web Browser. Unfortunately this means that some sites need to be excluded, for now. Read more...