Resources brought to you with the support of i[2]y:
The I'm Too Young For This! Cancer Foundation for young adults (i[2]y)
is a global support community for young adults affected by cancer.
Our mision is to improve quality of life by providing 'one-stop' access to hard
to find resources, per support and social networks. We use music and the arts
to make it hip to be a survivor and talk about cancer by advocating on behalf of
over 200 young adult support resources and 1M+ survivors aged 15-39 who are
curently living with and beyond cancer worldwide.
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Exclusive Support For Young Adults
Often founded by young adult survivors, these groups offer support specifically directed at young adults affected by cancer.
Often founded by young adult survivors, these groups offer support specifically directed at young adults affected by cancer.
Inclusive Support For Young Adults
Organizations who don't necessarily focus on young adults but who provide similar psychosocial support services.
Organizations who don't necessarily focus on young adults but who provide similar psychosocial support services.
Inclusive Support
OncoLink
Through OncoLink you can get comprehensive information about specific types of cancer, updates on cancer treatments and news about research advances. OncoLink has created an individualized plan of care called OncoLife Survivorship Care Plan. It provides cancer survivors with information regarding the health risks they face as a result of cancer therapies. It encourages them to review the plan with their healthcare team to further assess their risk and become active participants in their follow up care.
The Status
Free, easy, secure, private web communications for patients, family and friends.
CarePages
CarePages are free, easy-to-use Web pages, brought to you by Revolution Health, that help family and friends communicate when a loved one is receiving care.
Cancer 101****
GREAT SITE for the newly diagnosed. Get organized. Keep your notes organized and accessible by date and subject matter, use the calendar planner, address book, log of your medical history, medical bills, follow up appointments.
American Cancer Society
Aside from what you may already know, ACS has more than 3400 local community chapters who provide support, financial assistance and counseling for anyone affected by cancer.
Active Survivors Network
Connecting, uniting and empowering all cancer survivors through the promotion of physical fitness programming.
Cancer and Careers
A resource for working women with cancer as well as their employers, coworkers and caregivers to help deal with navigating their survivoship through self-advocacy.
Cancervive
Support, public education, media and advocacy-related programming to help cancer survivors reclaim their lives in the wake of the challenges of life after cancer.
ChemoCare
Online resources about chemotherapy treatments and managing side effects featuring survivor forums, message boards, nutritional counseling and long-term concerns.
People Living With Cancer
Oncologist approved cancer information from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
Cancer Hope Network
Confidential one-on-one cancer support and peer networking by trained volunteers who have themselves undergone and recovered from a similar cancer experience.
Corporate Angel Network
To ease the emotional stress, physical discomfort and financial burden of travel for cancer patients by arranging free flights to treatment centers, using unused seats on corporate charters.
DKMS Americas
Organizes donor drives to give every patient suffering from leukemia and equal chance to find a match. Connects marrow donors with patients in need.
Gilda's Club
Professional support services for anyone affected by cancer with an emphasis on quality-of-life survivorship issues.
Imermans Angels
A "one-on-one cancer support service" that connects a person fighting cancer with a survivor who has beaten the same type of cancer.
The Lance Armstrong Foundation
Survivorship advocacy, support materials, grant-assistance, online community forums and national visibility to motivate and educate anyone affected by cancer.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Dedicated to funding blood cancer research, education, patient services and survivorship programs for those affected.
My Life Line
Offering free, interactive social networking and Web2.0-savvy websites and spaces for cancer patients and their families.
National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
Survivor-led advocacy organization working to increase access to improved quality care through legislative and public policy change, patient empowerment and educational outreach initiatives.
Patient Advocate Foundation
Safeguarding survivors through mediation assuring access to care, maintenance of employment and preservation of financial stability.
Rise Above It
Provides grants and scholarships to cancer survivors, their families and caregivers who face financial, emotional and spiritual challenges.
Shop Well With You
Online body-image resource for women living with and beyond cancer offering services to help improve self-image and quality of life.
Vital Options
A global resource for cancer survivors featuring "The Group Room"- a weekly syndicated cancer talk radio show simulcast
Well Spouse Association
Nonprofit membership organization providing peer-to-peer support to wives, husbands, or partners of persons with any chronic illness
The Wellness Community***
Support groups, educational programming, nutrition workshops and professional social services enabling cancer survivors, families and caregivers to find hope and comfort through all stage of disease.
Blood And Marrow Transplant Resources
Learn everything you need to know about your Bone Marrow or Stem Cell Transplant.
Cancer Survivors Project
A resource for long term survivors of cancer. They have information regarding physiological and psychosocial late effects of cancer treatment, preventive care protocols, and appropriate health care
FOLO Families of Loved Ones Magazine
Focusing mostly on the elderly but helpful for everyone, the mission of Families of Loved Ones Magazine is to engage, inform, and support to the fullest the families, friends, professionals and all who care for or interact with loved ones, including those in long term care. By presenting practical as well as spiritual and emotional commentary, Families of Loved Ones' unique style and format provides options for issues families face at an ever-increasing rate.
