Advocacy and Support Groups

CancerConnect.com:

Cancer Connect provides current, comprehensive, authoritative information on the prevention, diagnosis, and management of cancer and a community where patients can exchange information and get support and inspiration.

AWomansHealth.com

Featuring in-depth healthy living articles, community, Women magazine features, news, and website exclusives that are easily accessible, creating the most in-depth women’s health resource available today.

4th Angel

Have you had a cancer diagnosis? We have too… Connect with a 4th Angel and talk to someone who understands

Bonnie Addario Lung Cancer Foundation

Breast Cancer Network of Strength (formerly Y-ME)

Brides Against Cancer

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.

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.

Camp Rainbow Gold

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.

Cancer Schmancer

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.

CancerCare

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.

Casting for Recovery

Chemotherapy.com

A comprehensive online resource for understanding chemotherapy treatment and the management of side effects.

Children’s Treehouse Foundation

Colon Cancer Alliance

The Colon Cancer Alliance (CCA) is the oldest and largest national patient advocacy organization dedicated to ending the suffering caused by colorectal cancer. In order to increase rates of screening and survivorship, the CCA provides patient support, public education, supports research and conducts advocacy work across America.

Colorectal Cancer Coalition (C3)

Curesearch National Childhood

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.

Expedition Inspiration

FORCE (Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered)

Foundation for Melanoma Research

HER2 Support

Hope Afloat

Hope in Bloom

I’m Too Young for This!

Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Foundation

Inflammatory Breast Cancer Support

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.

Joan’s Legacy

Keep-A-Breast

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.

Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

LiveSTRONG Young Adult Alliance

Look Good…Feel Better

Lung Cancer Alliance

Lynne Cohen Foundation for Ovarian Cancer Research

Melanoma Research Alliance

Mesothelioma & 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.

Mesothelioma Cancer Center

Mesothelioma Cancer Center was created in 1995 and has the most comprehensive information on asbestos exposure & mesothelioma and is the leading web authority on mesothelioma treatment and pleural mesothelioma.

Moving On Aerobics

National Brain Tumor Foundation

National Breast Cancer Coalition

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.

National Ovarian Cancer Coalition

Ovarian Cancer National Alliance

Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is the national organization creating hope in a comprehensive way through research, patient support, community outreach and advocacy for a cure. The organization is leading the way to increase the survival rate for people diagnosed with this devastating disease through a bold initiative–The Vision of Progress: Double the Pancreatic Cancer Survival Rate by 2020. Together, we can know, fight and end pancreatic cancer by intensifying our efforts to heighten awareness, raise funds for comprehensive private research, and advocate for dedicated federal research to advance early diagnostics, better treatments and increase chances of survival. Visit www.pancan.org for more information.

Patient Advocate Foundation

Patient Advocate Foundation Colorectal CareLine

Patient Advocate Foundation’s Colorectal CareLine is a patient/provider hotline that provides education and access to care to patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer. The Colorectal CareLine also offers financial aid for eligible patients through the Financial Aid Fund. For more information about the PAF Colorectal CareLine, visit www.colorectalcareline.org.

Planet 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.”

Share: Self-help for Women with Breast or Ovarian Cancer

Sharsheret

Sisters Network, Inc.

Stand Up To Cancer

SuperSibs!

Susan G. Komen for the Cure

Team Survivor

The Bone Marrow Foundation

The Brain Tumor Society

The Colon Club

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.