Helpful Resources
Helpful Information & Resources
| ByMySide.com | Designed to help you stay in control during treatment, "By My Side" offers simple steps you can take right from the start to manage, lessen, or (in some cases) prevent the side-effects of chemotherapy. |
| CancerConsultants.com | Cancer Consultants is dedicated to providing the most up to date cancer information on the treatment and prevention of cancer for patients and professionals. |
| CanCare, Inc. | CanCare matches trained cancer survivor volunteers and caregivers to newly diagnosed cancer patients or their caregivers for free, one-on-one, long term emotional support. Clients are matched as closely as possible by age, gender, type of cancer and treatment. |
| Cancer and Careers | Cancer and Careers is dedicated to empowering and educating people with cancer to thrive their workplace by providing expert advice, interactive tools and educational events. Through a comprehensive website, free publications, career coaching, and a series of support groups and educational seminars for employees with cancer and their healthcare providers and coworkers, Cancer and Careers strives to eliminate a fear and uncertainty for working people with cancer. |
| CancerTogether | CancerTogether is about giving face and voice to the stories and experiences of people affected by cancer. Offers those who are living or have lived with cancer an opportunity to share their hard-earned wisdom and insight-- with the added power that comes from seeing and hearing someone tell their story. Their educational and inspirational videos are available on their website and other electronic media. |
| Cancer Care, Inc. | Provides free professional counseling, support groups, education and information, and referrals to cancer patients and their families to help them cope with the psychological and social consequences of cancer. |
| Cancer Hope Network | Offers free, confidential one-to-one support to cancer patients undergoing cancer treatment and their families using trained volunteers who have undergone a similar experience. |
| Chemotherapy.com | A comprehensive online resource for understanding chemotherapy treatment and the management of side effects. |
| Cycle of Hope | Cycle of Hope is designed to help support early cancer detection, to reduce fear associated with treatment, to encourage a team approach, and to foster hope in patients and their families fighting the disease. |
| Caring4Cancer | Information and inspiration to guide you through your journey and give you the strength and hope in your fight with cancer. |
| Gilda's Club Worldwide
I Did Not Know What To Say |
International network where men, women and children with cancer and their families and friends join with others to build social and emotional support as a supplement to medical care in a free nonresidential home-like setting. All kinds and stages of cancer are welcome in 14 locations open worldwide. IDidNotKnowWhatToSay.com is a website designed to inspire and provide you with tools to assit a love one through the grieving process. If you would like our free newsletter on how to assist your friends and family members through the journey of restoring balance in their life after the death of a love one, please visit our website. |
| Inspire Online Cancer Communities | Share, learn, and find support among other cancer patients and caregivers who understand your experience. |
| International Cancer Alliance | ICARE is a non-profit alliance of researchers, physicians and patients working together to promote substantive, understandable information programs on advanced treatment options. |
| Lance Armstrong Foundation | Dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for people living with, through and beyond cancer. Activities focus on survivorship resources and support, groundbreaking survivorship programs, national advocacy initiatives, and scientific and clinical research grants. |
| Mesothelioma and Asbestos Awareness Center | The Mesothelioma and Asbestos Awareness Center is a comprehensive resource for victims of asbestos related cancer. MAA Center provides up-to-date information on mesothelioma treatment options, clinical trials, cancer centers, exposure awareness, and more. |
| National Cancer Institute | NCI is the U.S. government agency responsible for conducting and supporting research on cancer. Their site provides information about treatment, clinical trials, and supportive care. |
| National Cancer Survivors Day (NCSD) Foundation | The Foundation provides education, legal counseling and referrals to cancer patients and survivors concerning managed care, insurance, financial issues, job discrimination and debt crisis matters. |
| National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship | Patient-led organization advocating on behalf of survivors of all types of cancer. |
| R.A. Bloch Cancer Foundation, Inc. | The Cancer Hotline matches newly diagnosed with someone who has survived the same cancer. Offers free information, lists of Multidisciplinary Second Opinion Centers and free books:Fighting Cancer, Cancer... There's Hope and Guide for Cancer Supporters. |
| Ronald McDonald House | Offers a refuge from the hospital, a "home-away-from-home." |
| The Oley Foundation | Provides free information and psychosocial support to patients fed by tube or IV at home who cannot be sustained by normal eating because part of their gastrointestinal tract is damaged or removed. However, it does not provide financial support or oral nutrition counseling. |
| The Wellness Community | Provides free of charge professionally led support groups nationwide and education, stress management and social networking in a home-like community setting with a focus on enhancing health and well-being. Twenty-two facilities nationwide. |
| Vital Options International TeleSupport Cancer Network | The Group Room Radio Talk Show, a weekly syndicated call-in cancer talk show linking callers with other patients, long-term survivors, family members, physicians, researchers and therapists. |
| WomenAndCancerMag.com | Women&Cancer is a quarterly magazine for all women impacted by a cancer diagnosis, offering all women a trusted resource dedicated to topics related to the prevention and management of cancer while emphasizing wellness, fostering community, and inspiring hope. |
| Survivors Retreat | Survivors Retreat is a website listing for women who have been diagnosed with cancer. Most of the retreats listed are willing to work with you if you can not afford the costs. Some are fully funded where you only have to pay for transportation. |
| Heart2Heart | Heart 2 Heart exists to bring encouragement and healing to people who are struggling through painful seasons in their lives. We offer Bible-based curriculum, and the friendship of others who are facing the same thing. You are not alone! |
| Online Christian Counseling | Online Christian Counseling offers free online counseling At Christian Counseling Online you will find lots of information and tools available to help you...and that's our goal! Use the navigation bar on the left to access our many counseling resources and articles. |
| Talking Wellness Cards | These free electronic greeting cards offer inspirational messages for loved ones who are facing cancer. Your words can make a difference today! |
| Shop Well With You |
Shop Well with You (SWY) is a not-for-profit organization and body-image resource for women surviving cancer, their caregivers and healthcare providers. Through its website, SWY focuses on helping women improve their self-image and quality of life. |
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Self Help Support Groups |
A keyword-searchable database of over 1,100 national, international, model and online self-help support groups for addictions, bereavement, health, mental health, disabilities, abuse, parenting, caregiver concerns and other stressful life situations. Also lists local self-help clearinghouses worldwide, research studies, information on starting face-to-face and online groups, and a registry for persons interested in starting national or international self-help groups. |