ResourcesStater Bros. Charities & Inland Women Fighting Cancer has compiled public resources and have included them on this website in hopes that it will be valuable information that you can use in your cancer journey or a resource that you can share with others.
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Good Reads
When It's Cancer: The 10 Essential Steps to Follow After Your Diagnoses by Toni Bernay Ph.D. and Saar Porrath M.D. (Paperback - Apr. 4, 2006)
There's No Place Like Hope: A Guide to Beating Cancer in Mind-sized Bites by Vickie Girard (Hardcover - Sept. 2008)
Anticancer, A New Way of Life, New Edition by David Servan-Schreiber (Hardcover - Dec. 31, 2009)
Power Up: Unleash Your Natural Energy, Revitalize Your Health, and Feel 10 Years Younger by Woodson C. Merrell (Paperback - Sept. 8, 2009)
After Surgery Through Chemotherapy & Treatment
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.
Breast Support Pillow 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.
Caregiver and Family Support180 Montgomery Street, Suite 1100 San Francisco, CA 94104 415.434.3388 www.caregiver.org 27071 Cabot Road, Suite 102 Laguna Hills, CA 92653 949.582.5443 www.kidsconnected.orgMen Against Breast Cancer (MABC) Post Office Box 150 Adamstown, MD 21 866.547.6222 www.menagainstbreastcancer.orgMothers Supporting Daughters with Breast Cancer (MSDBC) 21710 Bayshore Road Chestertown, MD 21620 410.778.1982 www.mothersdaughters.orgNational Family Caregivers Association (NFCA) 10400 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 500 Kensington, MD 20895 301.942.6430 www.thefamilycaregiver.org 4300 Lincoln Avenue, Suite 1 Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 866.444.7427 www.supersibs.org 63 West Main Street, Suite H Freehold, NJ 07728 732.577.8899 www.wellspouse.org
Complementary and Alternative TreatmentsNational Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) Post Office Box 7923 Gaithsburg, MD 20898 888.644.6226 866.464.3615 TTY www.nccam.nih.govOffice 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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National Organizations1599 Clifton Road, N.E. Atlanta, GA 30328 800.227.2345 866.228.4327 www.cancer.orgNational 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.govNational 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/cancerCity of Hope National Medical Center & Beckman Research Institute 1500 East Duarte Road Duarte, CA 91010 626.256.4673 www.coh.orgJonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Los Angeles 8-684 Factor Building, Box 951781 310.825.2631 www.cancer.mednet.ucla.eduMoores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego 3855 Health Sciences Drive La Jolla, CA 92093 858.534.7600 www.cancer.ucsd.eduUniversity of California, Davis Cancer Center 4501 X Street ,Suite 3003 Sacramento, CA 95817 916.734.5900 www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/cancerUniversity of California, San Francisco Comprehensive Cancer Center Box 0128 UCSF San Francisco, CA 94143 415.885.7777 www.cancer.ucsf.eduUniversity of Southern California, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center 1441 Eastlake Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90033 323.865.3000 www.uscnorriscancer.usc.eduNational Organizations - Breast Cancer Box 414 15 East Putnam Avenue Greenwich, CT 06830 203.698.0014 www.breastcanceralliance.orgBreast Cancer Resource Committee (BCRC) 2005 Belmont Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20009 202.463.8040 www.bcresource.orgFacing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered (FORCE) 16057 Tampa Palms Boulevard West PMB 373 Tampa, FL 33647 886.824.7475 www.facingourrisk.orgInflammatory Breast Cancer Research Foundation 321 High School Road, N.E., 149 Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 877.786.7422 www.ibcresearch.orgLiving Beyond Breast Cancer (LBBC) 10 East Athens Avenue, Suite 204 Ardmore, PA 19003 610.645.4567 www.lbbc.orgMen Against Breast Cancer (MABC) Post Office Box 150 Adamstown, MD 21 866.547.6222 www.menagainstbreastcancer.orgMothers Supporting Daughters with Breast Cancer (MSDBC) 21710 Bayshore Road Chestertown, MD 21620 410.778.1982 www.mothersdaughters.orgNational Breast Cancer and Cervical Cancer Detection Program (NBCCEDP) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Mail Stop K-64 4770 Buford Highway, NE Atlanta, GA 30341 800.232.4636 www.cdc.gov/cancer/nbccedpNational Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC) 1101 17th Street, N.W., Suite 1300 Washington, DC 20036 202.296.7477 www.natlbcc.org www.knowbreastcancer.orgNational Lymphedema Network (NLN) Latham Square 1611 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 1111 Oakland, CA 94612 510.208.3200 www.lymphnet.orgSHARE: Self Help for Women with Breast or Ovarian Cancer 1501 Broadway, Suite 704 A New York, NY 10036 212.719.0364 www.sharecancersupport.orgSusan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation (SGKBCF) 5005 LBJ Freeway, Suite 250 Dallas, TX 75244 972.855.1600 www.komen.orgYoung Survival Coalition (YSC) 155 Sixth Avenue, 10th Floor New York, NY 10013 www.youngsurvival.orgNational Organizations - Gynecological Cancers Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered (FORCE) Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered 16057 Tampa Palms Boulevard West PMB 373 Tampa, FL 33647 886.824.7475 www.facingourrisk.org 230 West Monroe Chicago, IL 60606 312.578.1439 www.foundationforwomenscancer.orgGilda Radner Familial Ovarian Cancer Registry Roswell Park Cancer Institute Elm and Carlton Street Buffalo, NY 14263 716.845.2300 www.ovariancancer.comNational 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-64 4770 Buford Highway, NE Atlanta, GA 30341 800.232.4636 www.cdc.gov/cancer/nbccedpNational Ovarian Cancer Coalition (NOCC) 500 N.E. Spanish River Boulevard, Suite 8 Boca Raton, FL 33431 561.393.0005 www.ovarian.orgOvarian Cancer National Alliance (OCNA) 910 17th Street, N.W., Suite 413 Washington, DC 20006 202.331.1332 www.ovariancancer.orgSHARE: 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 OrganizationsNational Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) 1700 Diagonal Road, Suite 625 Alexandria, CA 22314 703.837.1500 www.nhpco.orgHospice Foundation of America (HFA) 1621 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 300 Washington, DC 20009 800.854.3402 www.hospicefoundation.orgNational Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) 228 Seventh Street, S.E. Washington, DC 20003 202.547.7424 www.nahc.orgVisiting Nurse Association of America (VNAA) 99 Summer Street, Suite 1700 Boston, MA 02110 617.737.3200 www.vnaa.org
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