Cancer Support Groups


National Organizations Gynecological Cancers
Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered (FORCE) Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered 16057 Tampa Palms Boulevard West PMB 373Tampa, FL33647 886.824.7475 www.facingourrisk.org
Foundation for Women’s Cancer 230 West MonroeChicago, IL 60606 312.578.1439 www.foundationforwomenscancer.org
Gilda Radner Familial Ovarian Cancer Registry Roswell Park Cancer InstituteElm and Carlton StreetBuffalo, NY 14263 716.845.2300 www.ovariancancer.com
National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) National Breast Cancer and Cervical Cancer Detection Program Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Mail Stop K-644770 Buford Highway, NE Atlanta, GA 3034 1800.232.4636 www.cdc.gov/cancer/nbccedp
National Ovarian Cancer Coalition (NOCC) 500 N.E. Spanish River Boulevard, Suite 8Boca Raton, FL 33431 561.393.0005 www.ovarian.org
Ovarian Cancer National Alliance (OCNA) 910 17th Street, N.W., Suite 413Washington, DC 20006 202.331.1332 www.ovariancancer.org
SHARE: Self Help for Women with Breast or Ovarian Cancer 1501 Broadway, Suite 704 A New York, NY 10036 212.719.0364 www.sharecancersupport.org
Hospice and Palliative Care Organizations
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) 1700 Diagonal Road, Suite 625Alexandria, CA 22314 703.837.1500 www.nhpco.org
Hospice Foundation of America (HFA) 1621 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 300Washington, DC 20009 800.854.3402 www.hospicefoundation.org
National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) 228 Seventh Street, S.E.Washington, DC 20003 202.547.7424 www.nahc.org
Visiting Nurse Association of America (VNAA) 99 Summer Street, Suite 1700 Boston, MA 02110 617.737.3200 www.vnaa.org
|
National Organizations
American Cancer Society 1599 Clifton Road, N.E. Atlanta, GA 30328 800.227.2345 866.228.4327
www.cancer.org
National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Cancer Information Services Building 31, Room 10A24 9000 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD 20892 800.422.6237 800.332.8615 TTY www.cancer.gov
National Cancer Institute (NCI) Cancer Centers in California
Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Irvine 101 The City Drive South, Building 23, Route 81, Room 406 Orange, CA 92868 714.456.7890
www.ucihealth.com/cancer
City of Hope National Medical Center & Beckman Research Institute 1500 East Duarte Road Duarte, CA 91010 626.256.4673
www.coh.org
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Los Angeles 8-684 Factor Building, Box 951781 310.825.2631/>
www.cancer.mednet.ucla.edu
Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego 3855 Health Sciences Drive La Jolla, CA 92093 858.534.7600
www.cancer.ucsd.edu
University of California, Davis Cancer Center 4501 X Street ,Suite 3003 Sacramento, CA 95817 916.734.5900 www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/cancer
University of California, San Francisco Comprehensive Cancer Center Box 0128 UCSF San Francisco, CA 94143 415.885.7777 www.cancer.ucsf.edu
University of Southern California, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center 1441 Eastlake Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90033 323.865.3000 www.uscnorriscancer.usc.edu
National Organizations Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer Alliance Box 41415 East Putnam AvenueGreenwich, CT 06830203.698.0014 www.breastcanceralliance.org
Breast Cancer Resource Committee (BCRC) 2005 Belmont Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20009202.463.8040 www.bcresource.org
Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered (FORCE) 16057 Tampa Palms Boulevard West PMB 373Tampa, FL33647886.824.7475 www.facingourrisk.org
Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Foundation 321 High School Road, N.E., 149 Bainbridge Island, WA 98110877.786.7422 www.ibcresearch.org
Living Beyond Breast Cancer (LBBC) 10 East Athens Avenue, Suite 204Ardmore, PA 19003610.645.4567 www.lbbc.org
Men Against Breast Cancer (MABC) Post Office Box 150Adamstown, MD 21866.547.6222 www.menagainstbreastcancer.org
Mothers Supporting Daughters with Breast Cancer (MSDBC) 21710 Bayshore Road Chestertown, MD 21620410.778.1982 www.mothersdaughters.org
National Breast Cancer and Cervical Cancer Detection Program (NBCCEDP)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Mail Stop K-644770 Buford Highway, NEAtlanta, GA 30341800.232.4636 www.cdc.gov/cancer/nbccedp
National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC) 1101 17th Street, N.W., Suite 1300Washington, DC 20036202.296.7477 www.natlbcc.org www.knowbreastcancer.org
National Lymphedema Network (NLN) Latham Square1611 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 1111Oakland, CA 94612510.208.3200 www.lymphnet.org
SHARE: Self Help for Women with Breast or Ovarian Cancer 1501 Broadway, Suite 704 A New York, NY 10036212.719.0364 www.sharecancersupport.org
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation (SGKBCF) 5005 LBJ Freeway, Suite 250Dallas, TX 75244972.855.1600 www.komen.org
Young Survival Coalition (YSC) 155 Sixth Avenue, 10th FloorNew York, NY 10013 www.youngsurvival.org
Caregiver and Family Support
Family Caregiver Alliance 180 Montgomery Street, Suite 1100 San Francisco, CA 94104 415.434.3388 www.caregiver.org
Kids Konnected 27071 Cabot Road, Suite 102 Laguna Hills, CA 92653 949.582.5443 www.kidsconnected.org
Men Against Breast Cancer (MABC) Post Office Box 150 Adamstown, MD 21 866.547.6222 www.menagainstbreastcancer.org
Mothers Supporting Daughters with Breast Cancer (MSDBC) 21710 Bayshore Road Chestertown, MD 21620 410.778.1982 www.mothersdaughters.org
National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA) 10400 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 500 Kensington, MD 20895 301.942.6430 www.thefamilycaregiver.org
Supersibs! 4300 Lincoln Avenue, Suite 1 Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 866.444.7427 www.supersibs.org
Well Spouse Association 63 West Main Street, Suite H Freehold, NJ 07728 732.577.8899 www.wellspouse.org
Complementary & Alternative Treatments
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) Post Office Box 7923 Gaithsburg, MD 20898 888.644.622 866.464.3615 TTY www.nccam.nih.gov
Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine (OCCAM) National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health 6116 Executive Boulevard, Suite 609 MSC 8339 Bethesda, MD 20892 800.422.6237 800.332.8615 TTY www.cancer.gov/cam
|
After Surgery ThroughChemotherapy & Treatment
TLC Catalog

American Cancer Society offers head wraps and wigs through the TLC Catalog.
Armpit Comfort Pillow
Your lymph node status is important – and will be determined by a sentinel node biopsy or an axillary lymph node dissection. Those procedures, while critical to your diagnosis and staging, leave tender scars in an area where you have plenty of nerves. Having a little pillow between your arm and chest can ease the pain of axillary and mastectomy incisions. Use a rounded or rectangular pillow to cushion your armpit area. You can add a shoulder strap to this pillow, so you don't have to carry it all the time.
After a lumpectomy or breast reconstruction, your breast may feel very tender. Having breast surgery changes the balance of weight on your chest muscles. Until you adjust to your new architecture, you might like to use a crest-shaped pillow to support your breast or your reconstruction, until the incisions heal and your muscles adjust. You can also use a crest-shaped pillow to comfort any underarm incisions
Safety Belt Pillow
After a lumpectomy, mastectomy, your chest area will be tender anywhere you have incisions. Use a small square or rectangular pillow to place between you and that upper-body seat belt. This comfort pillow will protect you from chafing and will distribute the pressure on your chest. Add a Velcro loop on one side of the pillow, if you want to secure it to the seat belt while you travel in the car.
|