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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
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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
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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.
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