The Truth About Cancer: A Southern Remedy Special
RESORUCES
PBS web site for The Truth About Cancer: www.pbs.org/takeonestep/cancer
It offers downloadable handouts that offer guidance on how to manage the realities that come with a cancer diagnosis. There is also information about advocating for your own health care, how to gain access to clinical trials, and other key topics.
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
To find an affiliate near you, visit http://cms.komen.org/komen/Affiliates/index.htm
National Cancer Institute (search for clinical trials) http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/search/
Information specialists at the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health can answer questions about cancer. They also can send NCI booklets, fact sheets, and other materials. That number is 1-800-4-CANCER.
American Cancer Society Southeast Division http://www.cancer.org/docroot/COM/COM_0.asp
The American Cancer Society provides a toll-free, round-the-clock information line for anyone who has questions about cancer diagnosis, treatment, local resources, volunteer programs and connecting with others who have similar cancer experiences. The number is 1-800-ACS-2345 or 1-800- 227-2345.
National Library of Medicine (comprehensive list of cancer types and treatments) http://vsearch.nlm.nih.gov/vivisimo/cgi-bin/query-meta?v%3Aproject=medlineplus&query=cancer
National Library of Medicine (news about improved chemotherapy) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_63048.html
UMC's Southern Remedy web site
http://medicine.umc.edu/Southern_Remedy/
Corporate Angel Network
www.corpangelnetwork.org
Patients fly free to treatment centers along with CEOs on about 500
companies* commuter jets.
*We arrange free air transportation for cancer patients traveling to treatment using the empty seats on corporate jets.
Thanks to the generosity of 530 of America's finest corporations, Corporate Angel Network has arranged more than 25,000 flights since our founding in 1981.
Caring Bridge
http://www.caringbridge.org/
Free site where patients and families stay connected to supporters throughout a serious illness. Intended to keep family and friends informed about a patient - basically, a patient, friend, or family can create a personalized web site with a journal, pictures, etc. All free.
Used by 20 million families per year (also used for other illnesses, e.g. trauma, transplant, war injury, etc).
A web site for teens with cancer
www.cancerreallysucks.org
A web site by teens for teens - resources for how to cope with cancer in their world.
**Each different site of cancer has dedicated support networks and
web sites easily found by typing the word, cancer, in a Google search. |
