• RESOURCES
• WASHINGTON, DC AREA
  
• BLADDER CANCER
• BLOGS
• BLOOD CANCERS
• BRAIN TUMORS
• BONE CANCER
• BREAST CANCER
• CHILDREN'S HEALTH
• CLINICAL TRIALS
• COLORECTAL CANCER
• DYING AND GRIEF
• FAMILY SUPPORT
• FERTILITY PRESERVATION
• FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
  
• GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS
• GENERAL
• GYNECOLOGIC
• KIDNEY CANCER
• LUNG CANCER
• MEN'S HEALTH
• MESOTHELIOMA
• MULTIPLE MYELOMA
• NUTRITION
• ORAL CAVITY CANCER
• OSTOMY
• PAIN MANAGEMENT
• PANCREATIC CANCER
• RESEARCH INFORMATION
• SARCOMA
• SKIN CANCER
• SUPPORT GROUPS
• THYROID CANCER
• TRAVEL ASSISTANCE
• WOMEN'S HEALTH
• YOUNG ADULTS

Resources

Visit the resource library at Hope Connections. We have a wealth of information on cancer and general health. We have books you can borrow, free educational materials, and information about other programs available in our community for people with cancer and their loved ones.

 

Resources in Greater Washington, DC

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Bladder Cancer

• Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN)
• Cancer.gov
• American Bladder Cancer Society

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Blogs

• Women With Cancer
  
• Living Beyond Breast Cancer
  
• Cancer Hawk
  
• I Had Cancer
• Katie Evans
• Life Beyond Cancer
• Nancy’s Point
• Eyes Peeled Always
  

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Brain Tumors

• American Brain Tumor Association
• National Brain Tumor Society

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Bone Cancer

• Cancer.net

 

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Breast Cancer

• Breastcancer.org
• Celebrating Life
• Men Against Breast Cancer
• National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations (NABCO)
• National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC)
• Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
• The Sister Study Breast Cancer Research

 

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Children's Health

• AboutHealth
• Children's Brain Tumor Foundation
• Children's Cancer Network
• Children's Cause Cancer Advocacy
• CureSearch National Childhood Cancer Foundation
• American Childhood Cancer Organization

 

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Clinical Trials Information

• Coalition of National Cancer Cooperative Groups, Inc.
• CCR Clinical Trials at NIH

 

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Colorectal Cancer

• American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons
  
• Chris4Life.com
• Colon Cancer Alliance
• Colorectal Cancer Coalition (C3)
• United Ostomy Associations of America

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Dying and Grief

• Caring Connections
• Crossings
  
• Hospice Caring
  
• Jewish Social Services Agency
  
• Montgomery Hospice
  
• National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
• The Wendt Center
  

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Family Support

• Caring Bridge
• Care Pages
  
• KidsCope
• Kids Konnected
• Lots of Helping Hands
  
• National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA)
• Supersibs
• Well Spouse Association

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Fertility Preservation

• Fertile Hope
• MyOncofertility.org
  
• The Testicular Cancer Resource Fertility Page
  

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Financial Assistance

• Cancer Financial Assistance Coalition
  
• FinAid - Student Aid
  
• Patient Advocate Foundation
  
• Cancer Care Inc.
  
• Blue Note Fund -Colon Cancer Alliance
  
• Ostogroup -Free Ostomy supplies
  
• Convotec- Ostomy Access Program
  
• CancerCare Copay Assistance Foundation
  
• Hopkins Breast Cancer Inc.
  
• NeedyMeds -Medication Cost support
  
• Partners for Prescription Assistance
  
• Patient Advocate Foundation
• Patient Service Inc.
  
• Social Security Adminstration
  
• State Health Insurance Assistance Program
  
• Patient Advocate Foundation Copay Relief Program
  
• Women of Virtue Financial Assistance Fund
  

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Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors

• GIST Support International

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General

• American Cancer Society
• American Institute for Cancer Research
• American Society of Clinical Oncology
• Association of Residents in Radiology Oncology.
• Association of American Cancer Institutes
• Cancer and Careers
• CancerCare, Inc.
• Cancer Hope Network
• Cancer Support Community
• CureSearch for Children's Cancer
  
• Fertile Hope
• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
• National Cancer Institute
• National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
• National Lymphedema Network
• National Patient Advocate Foundation (NPAF)
• Oncolink
• Oncology Nursing Society
• On Top of Cancer
  
• R.A. Bloch Cancer Foundation

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Gynecologic Cancers

• Conversations! (Ovarian Cancer Newsletter)
• Facing our Risk of Cancer Empowered
  
• Foundation for Women's Cancer
• National Cervical Cancer Coalition
• National Ovarian Cancer Coalition
• Ovarian Cancer National Alliance
• Tamika and Friends
• Ovarian & Gynecologic Cancer Coalition of Greater Washington (Rhonda's Club)
• Women's Cancer Network

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Kidney Cancer

• Kidney Cancer Association

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Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma

• International Myeloma Foundation (IMF)
• Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
• Lymphoma Research Foundation of America
• Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF)

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Lung Cancer

• American Lung Association
• Lung Cancer Alliance
• Lung Cancer Online
• Lung Cancer.org

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Men's Health and Prostate Cancer

• National Alliance of State Prostate Cancer Coalitions (NASPCC)
• Prostate Cancer Foundation
• US TOO! International, Inc.
• ZERO — The Project to End Prostate Cancer

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Mesothelioma

• Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization
• Mesothelioma Information Resource Group
• Pleural Mesothelioma

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Multiple Myeloma

• International Myeloma Foundation
• Multimple Myeloma Research Foundation

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Nutrition and the Mind/Body Connection

• Cancer Nutrition Center
• Center for Mind-Body Medicine
• Holistic Healing Web Page
• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• Natural Healing and Longevity Resource Center
• Sharing Health Awareness Resources, Share Guide, The Holistic Health Magazine
• The World Wide Online Meditation Center
• Yoga Central

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Oral, Head & Neck Cancer

• Oral Cancer Foundation
• Support for People with Oral and Head and Neck Cancer

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Ostomy

• United Ostomy Associations of America, Inc.

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Pain Management

• American Pain Society
• Pain Connection

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Pancreatic Cancer

• Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
• Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Foundation
• Pancreatic.org - Confronting Pancreatic Cancer

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Research Information

• American Institute for Cancer Research
• American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
• Cancer Index
• Cancer Research Institute
• Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
• International Cancer Research Portfolio
• Prevent Cancer Foundation

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Sarcoma

• The Sarcoma Alliance

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Skin Cancer

• Aim at Melanoma
  
• American Academy of Dermatology
• Melanoma Hope Network
  
• Melanoma International Foundation
  
• National Library of Medicine
• NIH Melanoma Page
• Skin Cancer Foundation

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Support Groups

 

• Life with Cancer
• Smith Center for Healing and the Arts
  

 

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Thyroid Cancer

• American Thyroid Association
  
• Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Association
  

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Travel Assistance

• Angel Airlines for Cancer Patients
• Air Charity Network
  
• Corporate Angel Network
• Raquel's Wings for Life
  
• Road to Recovery - Provides local transportation to and from cancer treatments

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Women's Health

• Mautner Project - The National Lesbian Health Organization
• Pregnant With Cancer

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Young Adults with Cancer

• Cancer and Careers
  
• Crazy Sexy Cancer
  
• Fertile Hope
  
• Stupidcancer.org
  
• Imerman Angels
  
• Lance Armstrong Foundation Virtual Networking for YACS
  
• Planet Cancer
• The SAMFund for Young Adult Survivors of Cancer
• The Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults
• Young Adult Cancer Survivors of Smith Center
  
• Young Survival Coalition
  

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