SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS

Here is a LONG list of contact information about Cancer 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!

How to Start A Cancer Hot Line

Recognizing the need: One out of every four Americans will get cancer. The diagnosis and treatment can be very traumatic experiences. Many people equate cancer with death, not realizing that with prompt, proper care and a positive outlook many cancers can be cured. Some people are so fearful of cancer and its treatments that they [...]

Cancer check list

Checking this page could save your life! Cancer Facts: There is no type of cancer from which someone has not been cured! There is no type of cancer for which there are no treatments! Cancer is the most curable of all chronic diseases! ACTIONS: Make a commitment. The most important single factor is to do [...]

Selecting a Doctor

Do you ever wonder why some oncologists are so bright and cheerful and optimistic with their patients while others are negative, discouraging and sometimes downright frightening. I call these others, “Play it safe doctors”. Their patients very rarely win because the doctor is afraid to take a chance. They want to play a no-lose game! [...]

The doctor says…

Newly diagnosed cancer patients are sometimes told they are terminal with 3 or 6 months or a year or two to live. Why does the physician say this? Because, they say, they must be honest, they must be frank, and the patient and their family has a right to know and must prepare for death. [...]

Physician-Patient Statement of Mutual Commitment

WE SUGGEST YOU DISCUSS THIS WITH YOUR PHYSICIAN Cancer is a complex disease with numerous treatment options. Often there is only one opportunity for success. Effective treatment requires effort by both the patient and physician. A clear understanding of what each can expect of the other will help. Thoughts and feelings of the doctor are [...]

Commitment

Dear Fellow Cancer Patient: No one likes to read a lengthy letter, but maybe this will help you have a better chance of conquering your cancer and improving the quality of your life. I’m Dick Bloch. In March, 1978 I was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and given 3 months to live by an outstanding [...]

Knowledge Heals – Ignorance Destroys

Being diagnosed with cancer is the most traumatic event that can happen to an individual. Someone who has not been there cannot possibly appreciate the gravity of this event. Normally, the diagnosis comes from a visit to a physician for a supposedly innocuous illness while the patient feels relatively healthy. All of a sudden they [...]

Emergency!

For years we have preached to cancer patients to find a qualified oncologist who believed he could successfully treat you. Now, more than ever, those words are vital! Curable individuals are being told, “There is nothing that can be done” or “The treatments are worse than death.” It is terrible to believe that individuals might [...]

Stress Reduction Through Support Groups

An individual diagnosed with cancer today has slightly better than a 50% chance of being cured. Your goal must be to swing that pendulum as far toward 100% as possible. This must be your aim regardless of the statistics for your particular type of cancer. If yours is readily curable, then less effort is necessary [...]

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