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Helpful Resources for Cancer Patients and Caregivers
While a person experiences a variety of emotions, when a person first learns that he/she has cancer or a blood disorder/disease, the primary concern is survival. As treatment begins, however, new issues become important. Some of these include relationships with others, side effects from treatments, and nutrition and diet. Living with cancer or a blood disease/disorder is challenging, and it is best to be educated about issues surrounding survival in order to live a full and productive life.
Below are links to websites containing information for people living with cancer or a blood disorder/disease. The content provided through these links is not the information of Virginia Cancer Specialists nor does the practice necessarily endorse such content. In addition, all content provided through these links is for information only and does not constitute medical advice. Please consult your physician before acting or relying upon such information.
National Organizations
- American Cancer Society (ACS)
English
Espanol - American College of Radiation Oncology (ACRO)
www.acro.org - American Institute of Cancer Resarch
www.aicr.org - American Medical Association (AMA)
www.ama-assn.org - American Society of Hematology (ASH)
www.hematology.org - American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO)
www.astro.org - American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
www.asco.org - Association of Cancer Online Resources (ACOR)
www.acor.org - CancerCare
English
Espanol - CancerEducation.com
www.cancereducation.com - Cancer News on the Net®
www.cancernews.com - Cancer Research Institute (CRI)
www.cancerresearch.org - Cancer.net
www.cancer.net - CancerGuide
www.cancerguide.org - Center Watch – Clinical Trials Listing Service
https://www.centerwatch.com/ - Healthfinder
www.healthfinder.gov - Medline Plus
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus - National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC)
www.caring.org - National Cancer Institute (NCI)
English
Espanol - National Cancer Institute (Search more than 100 Organizations Nationwide)
- National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)
www.nccn.org - Needy Meds
www.needymeds.com - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
www.nih.gov - National Library of Medicine (NLM)
www.nlm.nih.gov - OncoLink (University of Pennsylvania)
www.oncolink.org - Oncology Nursing Society (ONS)
www.ons.org - Planet Cancer
https://myplanet.planetcancer.org - Quackwatch
www.quackwatch.com - Society of Gynecologic Oncology
www.sgo.org - Susan G. Komen – Breast Cancer Foundation
https://ww5.komen.org/ - U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
www.fda.gov - US Oncology
www.usoncology.com
Local Organizations
INOVA Hospital Cancer Center
Most of our offices are affiliated with INOVA Hospitals and many of our physicians give educational semiars at their facilities.
www.lifewithcancer.org
To learn more about Life with Cancer’s Survivors Offering Support (SOS) program, click here.
transportation resources for patients
Disease-Specific Organizations
- National Brain Tumor Society
www.braintumor.org - BreastCancer.org
www.breastcancer.org - Breast Cancer Network of Strength
(formerly Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization)
www.abcdbreastcancersupport.org - Casting For Recovery
(for Breast Cancer patients)
www.castingforrecovery.org/index.html - Colon Cancer Alliance
www.ccalliance.org - National Lymphedema Network
https://www.lymphnet.org/ - Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
www.lls.org - Lung Cancer Alliance
www.lungcanceralliance.org - Lymphoma Research Foundation
www.lymphoma.org - Ovarian Cancer National Alliance
www.ovariancancer.org - National Ovarian Cancer Coalition
www.ovarian.org - Prostate Cancer Foundation
www.pcf.org - Skin Cancer Foundation
www.skincancer.org
Patient Advocacy/Survivorship
- National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
www.canceradvocacy.org - Cancer Survivors Network
csn.cancer.org - National Cancer Survivor Day® Foundation, Inc.
www.ncsdf.org - National Patient Advocate Foundation (NPAF)
www.npaf.org - Patient Advocate Foundation
www.patientadvocate.org - People Living With Cancer
www.cancer.net - Center for Patient Advocacy
https://www.centerforpatientadvocacy.com/
Patient & Family Support Services
- Cancer Fatigue
https://www.cancerfatigue.org/ - Cancer and Sleep
https://www.sleephelp.org/cancer-sleep/ - Caring Bridge
www.caringbridge.com - Caring Connections
www.caringinfo.org - Cancer Hope Network
www.cancerhopenetwork.org - Cancer Support Community
www.cancersupportcommunity.org - Lance Armstrong Foundation
www.livestrong.org - Life Beyond Cancer Foundation
www.lifebeyondcancer.org - Life with Cancer
www.lifewithcancer.org - National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
www.nccam.nih.gov - National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA)
www.caregiveraction.org - Nutrition Information
https://www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org/ - People Living Through Cancer
www.pltc.org - US TOO Prostate Cancer Support Group
www.ustoo.com - The Wellness Community
www.thewellnesscommunity.org
