Taking Charge of Your Health: A Guide to Medical Follow-up for Young Adults Who Had Cancer in Childhood

RESOURCE LIST

American Cancer Society
1599 Clifton Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30329-4251
(800) ACS-2345
http://www.cancer.org/

Cancer Care
275 7th Avenue
New York, NY 10001
(800) 813-HOPE or (212) 302-2400
http://www.cancercare.org/
A non-profit organization committed to helping people with cancer and their families. It provides a variety of services, including counseling, education, referrals, publications, and financial assistance.

National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
1010 Wayne Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 650-8868
http://www.canceradvocacy.org/
Organization that addresses the needs of long-term cancer survivors, and advocates for changes in health care to maximize survivors' access to optimal treatment and support. The coalition has an extensive publication list.

Amputee Coalition of America (ACA)
900 East Hill Avenue, Suite 285
Knoxville, TN 37915-2568
(888) 267-5669 or (423) 524-8772
http://www.amputee-coalition.org/
The mission of the ACA is to reach out to people with limb loss, to education and empower them to lead rich, productive lives, to advocate on the behalf, and to develop and disseminate the resources necessary to accomplish these goals. The new ACA web site features information about the Amputee Coalition of America, access to the National Limb Loss Information Center, the ACA National Peer Network and sites concerned with limb loss research and statistics.

Cancer Cured Kids
PO Box 189
Old Westbury, NY 11568
(516) 484-8160
Organization dedicated to the quality of life of kids who have survived cancer. Cancer Cured Kids supplies information about the educational and psychosocial needs of survivors.

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Cancer Information Service
Building 31, Room 10A16
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20892
(800) 4-CANCER
CANCERFAX: (301) 402-5874
http://www.nci.nih.gov/

NCI's PDQ (Physician Data Query)
(800) 4-CANCER
http://cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/cancerdatabase
PDQ is the National Cancer Institute's computerized listing of accurate and up-to-date information for patients and health professionals. PDQ provides information on the latest cancer treatments, research studies, and clinical trials.

NCI Facing Forward Series: Life After Cancer Treatment
http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/life-after-treatment
Web page for survivors.

OncoLink
http://www.oncolink.com
Extensive cancer site with many links.

Stanford's SURVIVING! Newsletter
http://www-radonc.stanford.edu/surviving.html