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Cancer: Organizations that Help

Cancer Survival Toolbox

American Cancer Society (ACS)
ACS is a nationwide, community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to helping individuals and their families understand and manage cancer. Call the ACS’s National Cancer Information Center at 1-800-ACS-2345 for information and referrals to resources. The Center is open 24-hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.

CancerCareCancerCare helps people face the challenges of a cancer diagnosis through counseling, education, financial assistance and practical help, to people with cancer, their loved ones, and healthcare professionals.

Cancer Care Connection (CCC)
Cancer Care Connection provides individuals and families affected by cancer with personal coaching, information and resources. Call (302) 266-8050 to speak with an oncology social worker.

Instituto Nacional del Cáncer de los Institutos Nacionales de la Salud
The National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute (NCI) offers cancer.gov en español. NCI, the Federal government’s premiere cancer research institute, is committed to reducing cancer health disparities by making cancer information easily available to underserved populations.

Cancer Support Community
Cancer Support Community (CSC) is dedicated to ensuring that all people impacted by cancer are empowered by knowledge, strengthened by action, and sustained by community. CSC Helpline: (888) 793-9355

Cure Search for Children’s Cancer
CureSearch supports lifesaving research by raising public awareness and funds through awareness, legislative and fundraising programs, which directly contribute to increasing survival rates.

Get Palliative Care
The Center to Advance Palliative Care is dedicated to increasing the availability of palliative care services in hospitals and other health care settings.

Mesothelioma Cancer Center
The Mesothelioma Center at Asbestos.com connects people impacted by mesothelioma and asbestos exposure to reliable information, world-class treatment, legal services, and more.

National Cancer Institute
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) coordinates the National Cancer Program, which conducts and supports research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs with respect to the cause, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer, rehabilitation from cancer, and the continuing care of cancer patients and the families of cancer patients.

National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS)
NCCS is a patient-led organization representing survivors of all types of cancer and their families through information, support, and advocacy. Their Cancer Survival Toolbox gives cancer survivors and caregivers practical tools.

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