When you have cancer, it's important to arm yourself with information. Visit the sites below to learn more about Cancer, treatments, support services and chemotherapy and radiation therapy-induced nausea and vomiting.

Cancer Site and Symptom Web Sites

www.cancernausea.com provides clear, useful information to people who are experiencing nausea and vomiting due to chemotherapy or radiation therapy treatments.

www.youngsurvival.org is the only international, non-profit network of breast cancer survivors and supporters dedicated to the concerns and issues that are unique to young women and breast cancer.

www.Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization ensures, through information, empowerment and peer support, that no one faces breast cancer alone.

www.cancersymptoms.org was developed by the Oncology Nursing Society and provides tips and background information about fatigue, anorexia, pain, depression, neutropenia and cognitive dysfunction caused by cancer and its treatment. Cancer patients and caregivers can submit personal questions about these symptoms and receive answers, by e-mail, from oncology nursing experts. [from www.cancer.gov ]

www.wcn.org was developed by the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation and CancerSource for women and their families.

www.leukemia.org is The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society — the world's largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research, education and patient services.

www.4npcc.org is committed to reaching out to men at risk for prostate cancer, advocating to increase funding for prostate cancer research and creating awareness about the disease.

www.prostate-cancer.org.uk is the largest and most comprehensive of the charities working specifically in the field of prostate cancer, providing hope through research and supportive services.

www.alcase.org is a national not-for-profit organization dedicated solely to helping people with lung cancer, and those who are at risk for the disease, improve the quality of their lives through advocacy, support and education.

www.lbbc.org empowers all women affected by breast cancer to live as long as possible with the best quality of life.

www.nabco.org is the leading non-profit information and education resource on breast cancer in the U.S.

www.ccalliance.org is an organization of colon and rectal cancer survivors, their families, caregivers, people genetically predisposed to the disease and the medical community.

www.cancerandcareers.org is a resource and community for working women with cancer and their employers, coworkers and caregivers.

www.ibcresearch.org is dedicated to the advancement of research of inflammatory breast cancer, leading to finding its causes and increasing the effectiveness of its treatment.

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Supportive Care Web Sites

www.blochcancer.org offers support to cancer patients with information, moral support and treatment assistance.

www.painfoundation.org aims to improve the quality of life for people with pain by raising public awareness, providing practical information, promoting research and advocating to remove barriers and increase access to effective pain management.

www.uoa.org is the United Ostomy Association’s site. It is a volunteer-based organization dedicated to providing education, information, support and advocacy for people who have had or will have intestinal or urinary diversions. [from www.cancer.gov]

www.hospiceweb.com provides a concise introduction to hospice care and a tool for searching the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization's hospice database.

www.nhpco.org is the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s site that includes detailed information on hospice care, a checklist of questions to ask when selecting a hospice program and a search tool for finding a hospice. Some Spanish-language information is available.


Caregiver Web Sites and Web Sites with Dedicated Caregiver Sections

www.caregiver.org The Family Caregiver Alliance is a public voice for caregivers, illuminating the daily challenges they face, offering them the assistance they so desperately need and deserve, and championing their cause through education, services, research and advocacy.

www.cancer.org The American Cancer Society is dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem through research, education, advocacy and service.

www.cancer.gov The National Cancer Institute coordinates the National Cancer Program, which conducts and supports research, training, health information dissemination and other programs with respect to the cause, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of cancer, rehabilitation from cancer and the continuing care of cancer patients and the families of cancer patients.

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