Overviews on Survivorship

General
Facing Forward Series: Life After Cancer Treatment - NCI
Comprehensive guide covering physical, emotional and practical issues of cancer survivorship.

Office of Cancer Survivorship – National Cancer Institute

National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship-(NCCS)

Post-treatment Care
Follow-up Care for Colorectal Cancer – People Living With Cancer (PLWC)

Follow-up Care for Breast Cancer – (PLWC)

Cancer Advances – (PLWC)

What Research Tells Us – M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Research findings on the health and well-being of cancer survivors.

Post-treatment Side Effects
Complications of Cancer Therapies – MD Anderson Cancer Center - Chart of possible complications with recommendations for care.

Websites

• American Cancer Society– Survivors
• CancerSymptoms.org
• First Descents - a kyak camp for young adults with cancer
• The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
• New England Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
• Survivorship.cancer.gov

General Websites

• American Cancer Society
• Cancer Care
• National Cancer Institute
• People Living With Cancer - an ASCO website

Connect With Others

• Cancer Survivors Network - American Cancer Society - Offers a variety of ways to communicate with others.

• Talk Back - Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

• Association of Cancer Online Resources (ACOR)
  Mailing Lists -offers a wide variety of email discussion groups on many cancer types and topics
  OncoChat - offers live chat with cancer survivors, their families and friends
  
  
• American Cancer Society
  Cancer Survivors Network offers a variety of ways to communicate with others
  
  
• Cancer Care
  Telephone Support Groups offers groups that connect by using the telephone
  Online Support Group post messages on their moderated electronic bulletin board
  
  
• CarePages
  CarePages offers a way to keep family and friends informed during medical treatment at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Revised 2008

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