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KC Cancer Survivors Park on ABC’s Home Show 1990

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Cathy Masamitsu’s 1990 report for ABC’s program ‘Home’ features Kansas City, Missouri and the Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Survivors Park there. Continue Reading…

A Video Portrait of Cancer Survivors Parks

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Building Hope – Inspiring Lives | Monuments to the Living: A Portrait of Cancer Survivors Parks.

Produced by the Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc in association with the R. A. Bloch Cancer Foundation, 1996 Continue Reading…

Annette Bloch co-chairs cancer survivorship effort.

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Annette Bloch co-founder of the R. A. Bloch Cancer Foundation, is helping lead this year’s  drive to help Kansas City breast cancer survivors after treatment Continue Reading…

Visit to Jacksonville Florida Park

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My wife Polly and I visited the Cancer Survivors Park in Jacksonville, FL on the day before my last of 39 radiation treatments at the University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute. The park is on the route we took to the treatment center so we drove by it each day on the way to treatment.  Continue Reading…

DVD Helps Prepare for a Bone Marrow or Cord Blood Transplant

National Marrow Donor Program: The National Marrow Donor Program’s Office of Patient Advocacy has created a DVD to help prepare for a marrow or cord blood transplant. “Words of Experience, Stories of Hope: A Guide to Marrow and Cord Blood Transplant for Patients and Caregivers” explores the transplant experience from the perspective of patients, caregivers and transplant professionals. The DVD covers the topics of orientation, conditioning, transplant, engraftment and recovery. Order a free copy at www.marrow.org/patient or call 888-999-6743.

Cancer and Careers

Cancer and Careers: This program, begun by executives in the cosmetics, fragrance and related industries, addresses the needs of more than 80 percent of cancer survivors who return to work after treatment. Cancer and Careers provides a comprehensive website, free publications and a series of support groups and educational seminars. A free workbook, “Living and Working with Cancer” is available in English and Spanish. The group’s website is www.cancerandcareers.org

SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS

SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS (organized by type of cancer) We want to help you find what you need and we try hard to keep this information up to date, accurate, and current. Please let us know if you feel we should revise our list in any way by emailing us at hotline@blochcancer.org QUICK INDEX (click to jump to specific cancer): Continue Reading…

Fighting Cancer Woodblock Prints by Dale Phelps

“Buddha, My Inner Advisor # 3” 24" x 18" Dale Phelps, is a retired Iowa orthopedic surgeon and prostate cancer survivor. “Reduction woodcut print, limited edition of 22, signed and numbered.”

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This series of woodblock prints concerns visualization during meditation for the treatment of cancer. I have been living with prostate cancer since 1993 but it has recently increased its activity. Along with traditional medical treatments I have been utilizing guided imagery in meditation. I produced these images to help me with visualization during imaging. With this and other modalities I have brought my cancer under reasonable control. Continue Reading…

Multidisciplinary second opinion centers

Many cancer patients are dying, not because treatments are not available, but because the initial physician failed to offer the best possible treatment. Cancer is an unusual disease for many reasons – if you don’t treat it properly the first time, often there is no second chance because cancer grows geometrically. Continue Reading…

2008 Cancer Survivors Parks Tour

Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Survivors Parks 2008

Here’s a tour in photos of many of the Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Survivors Parks. Continue Reading…

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