Cancer Resources

Links to help you find support, make informed choices and advocate for yourself:

 

Services

• True Health Center for Functional Medicine Holistic, functional, personalized health care in El Dorado Hills, CA.
• Information about caregivers
• CancerCare – free professional support services to anyone diagnosed with cancer, their friends, relatives and caregivers.
• Corporate Angel Network  530 American corporations provide cancer patients with free flights to and from approved cancer treatment facilities anywhere in the United States.
• Patient Advocate Foundation assists cancer patients with insurance, debt, employment and discrimination issues due to a cancer diagnosis.

 

Emotional and Mental Support

• Article: Cancer Patients Benefit From Therapy Dogs
  • List of Therapy Dog Organizations from AKC

•  Norman Cousins on the Power of Positive Emotions for Health 1983
• Patch Adams’ Gesundheit Institute

 

Research

• Livestrong Research Library
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Library
  • MSKCC News in Research
• Medical Library Association Recommended Websites for Cancer Information
• Cancer Information in Multiple Languages: MedlinePlus
• New Cancer Drug Approvals/FDA Updates
• PubMed: Cancer Subset – medical research papers
• Sloan Kettering: About Herbs, Botanicals, and Other Products
• Office of Cancer Complementary & Alternative Medicine: established in October 1998 to coordinate and enhance the activities of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in the arena of complementary and alternative medicine