American
Association for Cancer Research Survivor &
Patient Advocacy Program
www.aacr.org
Clear and accurate information
about research findings, support and advocacy
groups, clinical trials and biomedical terminology. |
American
Cancer Society
www.cancer.org
Overview and detailed guide
to lung cancer. Offers basic information about
treatment, what lung cancer is, questions a lung
cancer patient might ask his/her doctor, and other
information. |
American
Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
www.cancer.net
Cancer.net, formerly People Living With Cancer (PLWC), brings the expertise and resources of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the voice of the world’s cancer physicians, to people living with cancer and those who care for and care about them. |
Association
of Cancer Online Resources (ACOR)
www.acor.org
Information and support to cancer patients and their
caregivers through cancer-related Internet mailing
lists and Web-based resources; promotes improved
communication between patients and health care professionals
through advocacy in a variety of public forums,
including the media and professional journals. |
Cancer411
www.cancer411.org
Dedicated to helping cancer patients and their families
find the information they need, including listings
of clinical trials sortable by cancer type, phase
and location of study. |
Cancer
and Careers
www.cancerandcareers.org
A resource for working women with cancer, their
employers, co-workers and caregivers. |
CancerCare
www.cancercare.org
CancerCare provides professional support services—including
counseling, education, financial assistance and
practical help—free to people with cancer,
their loved ones, bereaved family members, and health
care professionals. |
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Research and Prevention Foundation
www.preventcancer.org
Focused on the prevention and early detection
of cancer through scientific research and education,
with a focus on those cancers—including
lung, breast, prostate, colorectal, cervical,
skin, oral and testicular—that can be prevented
through lifestyle changes or detection and treatment
in their early stages.
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Caring Ambassadors Lung Cancer Program
www.LungCancerCAP.org
The Caring Ambassadors Program, Inc. (CAP) is a nonprofit, umbrella organization that establishes, oversees, and supports the work of disease-specific programs, including lung cancer. The Caring Ambassadors Program recognizes that different diseases present very different challenges. Therefore, each division’s activities are tailored to meet disease-specific challenges. Each disease-specific program is spearheaded by a Program Director under the guidance of the Board of Directors and Medical Advisory Board. |
Gilda’s Club
www.gildasclub.org
The mission of Gilda's Club is to provide meeting places where men, women and children living with cancer and their families and friends join with others to build emotional and social support as a supplement to medical care. |
The Healing Project
www.thehealingproject.org
An online resource with companion books by disease state, including lung cancer, for individuals suffering from life-threatening illnesses and chronic diseases and their caregivers; provides unique avenues for sharing their perspectives and stories while providing access to current information pertaining to their illnesses. |
Lungcancer.org
www.lungcancer.org
Lungcancer.org is a program of CancerCare, a national nonprofit organization that provides free, professional support services to anyone affected by lung cancer. Free services are provided by trained oncology social workers and include counseling, education, financial assistance and practical help. |
Lung
Cancer Alliance
www.lungcanceralliance.org
Education, support and advocacy
programs for lung cancer patients, survivors, their
loved ones and those at-risk for the disease. |
Lung Cancer Foundation of America
www.lcfamerica.org
The purpose of the Lung Cancer Foundation of America (LCFA) is to save lives by improving the survival rate of lung cancer by raising money from the private sector and channeling those funds to lung cancer researchers, so that researchers find effective ways to predict, detect, and treat lung cancer. |
Lung
Cancer Awareness Month
www.lungcanceralliance.org/involved/lcam_month.html
A 30-day national campaign dedicated to increasing
attention to lung cancer issues by organizing rallies,
distributing educational material, holding fund-raising
events, contacting Congress, and speaking to the
media. |
Lung
Cancer Online
www.lungcanceronline.org
A comprehensive, annotated directory to Internet
information and resources for people with lung cancer
and their families. |
The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (MARF)
www.curemeso.org
The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation is the national non-profit dedicated to ending the suffering caused by mesothelioma by funding mesothelioma research, by educating patients, and by advocating for federal mesothelioma funding. |
My Life Line
www.mylifeline.org
MyLifeLine was founded in 2006 by Marcia Donziger, who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 1997, when she was 27 years old. Marcia saw the benefit for cancer patients to communicate via a personal website—Sharing updates and managing caring messages via one central website can help everyone touched by cancer to deal with it. Thus MyLifeLine was born as a non-profit organization offering free, personal websites to all cancer patients. |
National
Cancer Institute (NCI)
www.nci.nih.gov
Basic information about treatment, prevention, genetics,
causes, screening and testing, clinical trials,
statistics, and research. The NCI is the Federal
Government's principal agency for cancer research
and training. |
National
Lung Cancer Partnership
www.nationallungcancerpartnership.org
Founded by physicians and researchers, the Partnership’s
mission is to decrease deaths due to lung cancer,
and help patients live longer and better, through
research, awareness, and advocacy. (Formerly Women
Against Lung Cancer) |
OncologySTAT
www.oncologystat.com
OncologySTAT offers an unprecedented array of professional cancer research, information, and education resources in a single online destination, Lung Cancer Resources from OncologySTAT. |
Thomas G.
Labrecque Foundation
www.tglclassic.com
Sponsors annual TGL
Classic races & walks in New York and Washington,
DC, to raise funds for education and research. |
The
Wellness Community
www.thewellnesscommunity.org
Provides free emotional support, education and hope
for people affected by cancer through 21 communities
nationwide, 5 in development, 2 international locations
in Tel Aviv and Tokyo, and The Virtual Wellness
Community online. |
With Every Breath: A Lung Cancer Guidebook
www.lungcancerguidebook.org
One of the most difficult and yet changeable circumstances of dealing with lung cancer is a lack of knowledge. It can be very intimidating to be faced with potentially life-changing decisions while feeling you do not have the information you need to choose wisely. Filling that gap by providing you with medical and practical information is what this book is all about. |
