American Cancer Society (ACS)
The American Cancer Society is a nationwide, community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to helping individuals and their families understand and manage cancer. Patients, families, and health- care providers can call the ACS’s National Cancer Information Center at 1-800-ACS-2345 for information and referral to local and national resources. The Center is open 24-hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
www.cancer.org
CancerCare®
CancerCare is the oldest and largest nonprofit agency dedicated to helping people face the many challenges of a cancer diagnosis. CancerCare provides free professional support services, including counseling, education, financial assistance and practical help, to people with cancer, their loved ones, and healthcare professionals across the country.
www.cancercare.org
Cancer Care Connection (CCC)
Cancer Care Connection is a non-profit service organization that helps people make informed decisions through professional coaching and personalized information and resource connections. Cancer Care Connection’s (CCC) mission is to provide individuals and families affected by cancer with personal coaching, Internet navigation assistance, and useful information and resource connections. Call toll-free at 866-266-7008.
www.cancercareconnection.org
Cancer.gov en español
The National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute has created the Spanish Web site, Cancer.gov en español. NCI, the Federal government's premiere cancer research institute, is committed to reducing cancer health disparities by making cancer information readily available to underserved populations. The Web site features themes of prevention, detection, treatment, and survivorship.
http://www.cancer.gov/espanol
Cure Search
CureSearch unites the world’s largest childhood cancer research organization, the Children’s Oncology Group, and the National Childhood Cancer Foundation through our shared mission to cure childhood cancer. Research is the key to cure. At more than 200 Children’s Oncology Group member institutions worldwide, CureSearch’s dedicated physicians, nurses and scientists are conducting clinical trials and performing research to identify cancer causes and pioneer treatments and cures. CureSearch NCCF supports this lifesaving research by raising public awareness and funds through awareness, legislative and fundraising programs, which directly contribute to increasing survival rates.
www.CureSearch.org
Facing Forward Series – Life After Cancer Treatment
Life After Cancer Treatment, a publication of National Cancer Institute (NCI), covers post-treatment issues such as follow-up medical care, physical and emotional changes, changes in social relationships and workplace issues.
www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/life-after-treatment
GetPalliativeCare.org
Palliative care is specialized care focused on the pain, symptoms and stress of serious illness – whatever the diagnosis or prognosis. GetPalliativeCare.org is a Web site that provides information about palliative care, its providers, and the many resources designed to help individuals make an informed choice. The site is sponsored by the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC), a national organization dedicated to increasing the availability of palliative care services in hospitals and other health care settings.
http://www.getpalliativecare.org
Mesothelioma Cancer Center
Mesothelioma Cancer Center is committed to providing the latest, up-to-date information to our visitors in hopes of creating awareness about the dangers of asbestos. At asbestos.com, our mission is two-fold: to educate the public about how to avoid the dangers of asbestos and to assist people who have already been diagnosed with asbestos-related diseases. Our organization is staffed entirely by individuals who have, in one way or another, been affected by asbestos cancer.
Mesothelioma Cancer Center
Mylion.org
www.mylion.org is a National Community Service Initiative sponsored by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting based on the documentary film A Lion in the House by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert. The film followed five young people living with childhood cancer and their families. Mylion.org offers a tool kit with information describing the impact of cancer on families and sibling, how friends can help, and information for doctors and nurses helping children with cancer.
National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
The National Association of Social Workers is the largest membership organization of professional social workers in the world, with more than 152,000 members. NASW works to enhance the professional growth and development of its members, to create and maintain professional standards, and to advance sound social policies.
www.socialworkers.org
National Cancer Institute
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), one of eight agencies that compose the Public Health Service (PHS) in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The National Cancer Institute 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.
www.cancer.gov
National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS)
The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship was founded in 1986 by and for people with cancer and those who care for them. NCCS is a patient-led organization representing survivors of all types of cancer and their families through information, support, and advocacy. The Cancer Survival Toolbox® (www.cancersurvivaltoolbox.org) is a free audio program designed to help cancer survivors and caregivers develop the practical tools to deal with cancer.
www.canceradvocacy.org
Partnership for Parents
The Partnership for Parents is a Web-based support network for parents of children with serious illnesses. The organization’s Web site is designed to be a haven where parents can feel the solace of kindred spirits while finding the information they need to cope with their situation and navigate their difficult journey.
www.partnershipforparents.org
The Wellness Community
Celebrating its 25th anniversary in June 2007, The Wellness Community is an international non-profit organization dedicated to providing free support, education and hope to people with cancer and their loved ones.Through participation in professionally-led support groups, educational workshops, nutrition and exercise programs, and mind/body classes, people affected by cancer learn vital skills that enable them to regain control, reduce isolation and restore hope regardless of the stage of their disease. Today, there are 21 Wellness Communities around the United States plus 43 satellite and off-site programs, two centers abroad in Tel Aviv and Tokyo, five centers in development, and online at The Virtual Wellness Community. For more information, visit www.thewellnesscommunity.org
