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AmericanCancer
Society - 2003 edition of "Nutrition
and Physical Activity During and After Cancer Treatment: An American Cancer
Society Guide for Informed Choices" - available to read and download
for free. |
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The
American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR)
The American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) has recently launched
a new section on their web site with helpful cancer survivor information
related to nutrition and exercise. |
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Association
of Cancer On-line Resources (ACOR)- a comprehensive web site
with information about most types of cancer along with an extensive
number of very helpful on-line discussion groups. |
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Cancer and Careers a resource and community for working women with cancer and their employers, co-workers, and caregivers. |
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Cancer
Care, Inc. this organization gives cancer
survivors access to updated information along with the opportunity to participate
without charge in teleconferences with medial experts about their own type
of cancer. The entire teleconference is also available to be listened
to later on their Web site. |
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Cancer
Guide an excellent site, maintained by
cancer survivor Steve Dunn, which is dedicated to helping you find answers
to your questions about cancer, and especially to help you find the questions
you need to ask. |
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Cancer
Survivors Project a new web site devoted to informing people about
issues of concern for long-term cancer survivors (both children and adults) |
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Cancer
Hope Network an organization that will find a cancer survivor (whose
cancer and treatment matches yours) as a trained support buddy |
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Cancer
Recovery Foundation This non-profit organization offers both
knowledge and hope to cancer survivors to augment the benefit of their conventional
cancer treatments. Founded by Greg Anderson, cancer survivor and author
of 9 helpful books, including "The Cancer Conqueror" and "50
Essential Things to do When the Doctors Says, 'It's Cancer'". |
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Cancer
Survivor Retreats - a sampling of some of the residential retreats
available around the country: |
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- Commonweal
(West Coast) Smith
Farm (East Coast)
Both of these organizations offer a week-long retreat experience dedicated
to people seeking physical, emotional, and spiritual healing in the
face of cancer.
- Harmony
Hill in Union, Washington, the Pacific Northwest’s only wellness
and retreat center with a focus on providing assistance to those challenged
by life-threatening or chronic disease, including cancer
- Life
Beyond Cancer - sponsored by US
Oncology held at Miraval
Resort near Tucson, AZ
- Sunstone
Cancer Support Foundation - an organization that offers day classes
like yoga, meditation, healing touch, and general supportive care to
cancer survivors in Tuscon, AZ. In addition, extended retreats for people
diagnosed with cancer who can travel to Tuscon are scheduled several
times each year.
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Cancer
Survivor's Bill of Rights |
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Cancer
Survivors Network (sponsored
by The American Cancer Society) call toll-free 877/333-4673 - communicate
with others who have your type of cancer. You may also set up your own webpage
through this website to communicate with your supporters. |
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Center
for Patient Partnerships at the University of Wisconsin-Madison-
An organization that helps patients with cancer and other serious
or chronic diseases make informed decisions and get the care they
need - acting in real partnership with health care providers. There
is no charge for services and phone consultations are possible. |
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The
Group Room®
- the only live radio/web talk show specifically for those people diagnosed
with cancer. This 2-hour call-in show is broadcast from many cities throughout
the country, and is also simulcast over the web each Sunday afternoon. The
Vital Options® website has an international list of cancer resources. |
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Magazines
- Cancer
& You this
magazine is this lifestyle publication on cancer and caregiving. It
is available at all K-Mart, Rite-Aid & Meijers pharmacy locations
nationwide.
- Coping
a
consumer magazine for those whose lives are touched by cancer - subscriptions
available - also found in oncology waiting rooms
- CURE
(Cancer Updates, Research, and Education) - a
new quarterly magazine - Sign up for a free subscription here.
Published by physicians with information about new treatments for cancer.
- MAMM
Magazine
- a consumer magazine focused on women, cancer and community, available
in many large bookstores or call 1-888-901-MAMM or click here to subscribe.
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MD
Anderson Cancer Center's Medical Clinic for Cancer Survivors
focuses on potential health problems that may arise from cancer or its treatments. |
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National
Coalition of Cancer Survivorship the BEST place to start
to learn a process for gathering reliable information regarding cancer treatment
options from the Internet. Sign up on their web site to be kept informed
about legislation and issues affecting cancer survivors.
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Nueva Vida – a support network for Latinas with cancer. |
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Office
of Cancer Survivorship (within The National Cancer Institute) The mission
of the OCS is to enhance the quality and length of survival of all persons
diagnosed with cancer and to minimize or stabilize adverse sequelae of cancer
survivorship. |
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Patient
Advocate Foundation a national non-profit organization that serves as
an active liaison between the patient and their insurer, employer, and/or
creditors to resolve insurance, job retention and/or debt crisis matters
relative to their diagnosis through case managers, doctors and attorneys.
Patient Advocate Foundation seeks to safeguard patients through effective
mediation assuring access to care, maintenance of employment, and preservation
of their financial stability |
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OncoLink
(University of Pennsylvania) one of the premier Internet sites for an extensive
archive of reliable information about cancer. The site is
very easy to search. Typing in "Nutrition and Cancer" brings
up 400 pieces of information. |
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RA
Bloch Cancer Foundation Richard A. Bloch (co-founder of H&R Bloch
and head of the RA Bloch Cancer Foundation) provides an important message
of HOPE
for all cancer patients, no matter what your diagnosis, no matter what
you have been told regarding your prognosis. The
full text of the following three book titles listed below are available
online thru the R.A.
Bloch Cancer Foundation, or you can call them and they will send you
the the books FREE of charge (800-433-0464). This organization is truly
committed to patient empowerment!
- Guide for Cancer
Supporter
- Fighting Cancer,
A step-by-step guide to helping yourself fight cancer
- Cancer, There's
Hope
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Young
Adult Cancer Resources |
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General Resources
Retreats/camps
with programs for young adult cancer survivors:
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Complementary
and/or Alternative Therapies:
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Alternative
Medicine Sources (University of Pittsburgh) |
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Alternative
Therapies in Health and Medicine peer-reviewed journal edited by
Larry Dossey, MD, this journal is often available at large book stores. |
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Ask
Dr. Weil |
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BC
Cancer Agency - this web site has extensive scientific reviews of
many types of complementary therapy for cancer |
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CAM
on PubMed a new access to a comprehensive database of medical and scientific
journal citations directly related to complementary and alternative
medicine (CAM), is now offered through the |
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- PubMed
When searching from the NCCAM Website, your searches will be automatically
limited to CAM-related citations. If you search directly from PubMed,
you need to limit the search to the CAM subset. First, click on
the "Limit" function. Next, select "Complementary
Medicine" on the Subsets pull down menu.
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Cancer
Decisions by Ralph Moss - sign up for his free email newsletter
that includes his assessment of various conventional, complementary,
and alternative cancer therapies. |
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Center
for Mind-Body Medicine - sponsors an annual conference open to both
the public and health care practitioners that features information about
complementary and alternative therapies for cancer. |
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Choices
of Healing by Michael Lerner, PhD; the entire book is on the Internet.
In my opinion, it is the fairest analysis of many alternative strategies
for cancer treatment. |
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Dietary
Supplement Information |
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- ConsumerLab.com
this new company's mission is to provide consumers and health care
professionals with results of independent tests of dietary supplement
products that affect health and well-being. Results of testing dietary
supplements, by specific brand name and product, are posted on this
website to help you choose a product that provides the full and
accurate content of what is listed on the label. However, no claims
for safety or efficacy of specific products are made on this website.
ConsumerLab.com recently added two new services to its website:
- search
feature
- section
on recalls and warnings
- Natural
Health Encyclopedia - extensive information about herb-drug
interactions and other information about dietary supplements.
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Some information on this web site is available free of charge, but
viewing full reports requires a reasonable annual fee.
- The
Natural Database this is a very thorough subscriber (ie, pay
for view) website that is updated daily with scientific information
about dietary supplements.
- NSF
International A non-profit organization, well regarded for
its development of standards for certification of many different
products,
has developed a new standard for dietary supplements. As manufacturers
choose to have their dietary supplement products certified for
accuracy
of their contents by this very rigorous initial and on-going evaluation
process, those that pass will be listed by brand name on NSF's
website and will also have the NSF seal on their label.
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Herbal
Information - These websites give you helpful
and reliable information
about herbs. |
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Nutrition
Resources:
Miscellaneous:
All links
last checked December 2003, updated 4/04, 8/04,
1/06, 1/07
Diana
provides these links for informational purposes. She reviews
the information
found in all links, but as the content of websites is constantly changing,
she can not guarantee its accuracy. In addition, as Diana is
a strong
believer in the benefit of second medical opinions, she recommends that
you never rely on only one source of information on the Internet
for your
important decision-making."
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