Cancer Resource Archives
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Web Site for the Melanoma Community Created
(updated March 2009)
AimAtMelanoma.org is a one-stop melanoma resource center offering breaking research news, an on-call oncology nurse available by calling (877) AIM-2MEL, a virtual support network, and a clinical trial matching and referral service.
New CancerCare Connect® Booklets Available - Liver/Sarcoma
(updated March 2009)
CancerCare’s new Connect booklet Update on the Treatment of Liver Cancer provides information on types of liver cancer, treatment options, and tips for managing side effects. In the new booklet Sarcoma Treatment Update, you’ll find information about different types of sarcomas, treatment options, and pain and symptom management. To order, call (800) 813-HOPE or visit CancerCare.org.
New Coalition Created to Help Breast Cancer Survivors Gain Access to Needed Products
(updated March 2009)
A national coalition, Because We CARE (Breast Cancer Survivor Coalition for the Advancement, Reform and Equity), has been created to help breast cancer survivors gain better access to high quality prostheses and related post-surgical items. Learn more at BecauseWeCareCoalition.com.
Initiative to Provide Follow-Up Care for Cancer Survivors Launched
(updated March 2009)
Journey Forward will distribute survivorship kits to healthcare providers and cancer survivors in select states. The kits will explain the importance of follow-up care plans, offer tools for providers to generate these plans, and offer interactive tools for cancer survivors to participate in the process. The kits are also available at JourneyForward.org.
The "New" Prostate Cancer InfoLink
(updated March 2009)
The "New" Prostate Cancer InfoLink has been developed to become a primary source of accurate, current, and topical information about prostate cancer for patients and their families.
ProstateCancerInfoLink.net
Advanced Breast Cancer Community
(updated March 2009)
The recently launched website is an online clearinghouse of information for women with advanced (or metastatic) breast cancer, which also offers these women, their caregivers, families, and friends a privacy-protected place to connect online.
www.advancedbreastcancercommunity.org
Resource for People with Kidney Cancer
(updated March 2009)
The Kidney Cancer Association is publishing a new print edition of Kidney Cancer News, which will be mailed periodically to people with kidney cancer and their families. The newsletter will include updates on new therapies, highlights of research efforts, and a calendar of important events. Sign up online or by calling.
www.kidneycancer.org
Wallet Card Helps Doctors and Patients Stay Connected
(updated March 2009)
The American Society of Clinical Oncology and the National Cancer Institute have developed a card that patients can carry in their wallets that will guide them to ASCO’s patient information Web site and NCI’s Cancer Information Service where doctors and patients can connect with each other if they are displaced from their homes due to a disaster situation.
www.cancer.net
Online Help for Caregivers
(updated March 2009)
The Ask Medicare website, launched by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, includes information on navigating through Medicare, health care services, links to partner organizations that assist caregivers, and personal caregiver anecdotes.
www.medicare.gov/caregivers
Social Security Compassionate Allowances - Fast Track Application ProcessFor People with Cancers and Rare Diseases
(updated March 2009)
Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, announced the national rollout of the agency’s Compassionate Allowances initiative, a way to expedite the processing of disability claims for applicants whose medical conditions are so severe that their conditions obviously meet Social Security’s standards. Social Security is launching this expedited decision process with a total of 50 conditions. Over time, more diseases and conditions will be added. A list of the first 50 impairments -- 25 rare diseases and 25 cancers -- can be found at:
www.socialsecurity.gov/compassionateallowances
