Resource Hub
A Library of Cancer Support Resources
Use the tabs below to access a collection of digital resources, conveniently organized by category. Please reach out if you’re looking for something specific and unable to find it.
- By Cancer Type
- Just Diagnosed
- In Treatment
- Caregivers
- Survivorship
- Diet & Nutrition
- Educators
- Finances & Legal
- Health Equity
- Health Professionals
- LGBTQ+
- Complementary Therapy
- Palliative Care & Grief
- Screening & Risk Reduction
- Tobacco & Vaping
- Sexual Health & Fertility
- Youth & AYA
- Workplace Support
- Podcast Resources
- Support Organizations
- Brain
–Brain Tumors (NCI) - Breast
- –Breastcancer.org
- –Community Breast Reconstruction Alliance
- –Northwest Hope and Healing
- –National Breast Cancer Foundation
- Blood
- –Fact Sheets (Yale Medicine)
- Cervical
- –National Cervical Cancer Coalition
- –CERVIVOR
- Colorectal
–Colorectal Cancer Alliance - Lung
–American Lung Association
–LUNGevity - Ovarian
–National Ovarian Cancer Coalition - Pancreatic
–Pancreatic Cancer Action Network - Prostate
–Prostate Cancer Foundation - Skin
–The Skin Cancer Foundation - Testicular
–Testicular Cancer Society - Uterine
–Uterine Cancer (NCI)
Looking for information on other cancer types? Visit the American Cancer Society Cancer A-Z
Medical
- Understanding Tumor Grade (NCI)
- Patient Programs and Services (American Cancer Society)
Social/Emotional/Educational
- Support Groups (Cancer Pathways)
- Managing Emotions (Cancer.Net)
- Tips for Newly Diagnosed (Cancer Support Community)
- Education Classes and Events (Fred Hutch Cancer Center)
Communication/Support
- Telling Your Employer (Cancer and Careers)
- The Best (and Worst) Ways to Support a Friend With a Serious Illness (Northwestern Medecine)
- When Your Spouse Has Cancer (Stanford Medicine)
- How to Share a Cancer Diagnosis (Macmillan Cancer Support)
General
- Types of Cancer Treatments (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)
- Coping and Living Well During Cancer Treatment (American Cancer Society)
- Parenting While Living With Cancer (Cancer.net)
- Depression: Cancer’s Invisible Side Effect (Fred Hutch Cancer Center)
Clinical Trials
- Information for Patients and Caregivers (National Cancer Institute)
- Finding a Clinical Trial (Cancer.net)
Side Effects
- Chemotherapy Side Effects (CancerCare)
- Chemotherapy and Hair Loss (Mayo Clinic)
- Coping with Hair Loss (American Cancer Society)
- Nutrition Recomendations During and After Treatment (Cancer.net)
Community Resources
- Shine (Fred Hutch Cancer Center): head coverings, wig fittings, sexual intimacy, skin health
- Support for Caregivers of Cancer Patients (National Cancer Institute)
- Caregivers and Family (American Cancer Society)
- Resources for Caregivers (CancerCare)
- Ten Tips for Caregivers (Cancer Support Community)
- Caring for a Loved One (Cancer.Net)
- Lotsa Helping Hands: App for care coordination and meal calendar
Support
- Survivorship Care Plan (Cancer.Net)
- Post-Treatment Survivorship (Cancercare.org)
- Caregivers and Family (American Cancer Society)
Organizations
- The Nutrition Source (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)
- Cook For Your Life (Fred Hutch Cancer Center)
- ChooseMyPlate.gov
- Cancer Happens (Cancer Pathways): Cancer risk-reduction curriculum for teens, offered in classroom or online
- Association of Washington School Principals
- Triage Cancer
- Patient Financial Assistance Fund (Cancer Lifeline)
- Financial Support (Leukemia & Lymphoma Society)
- About Cancer Disparities (National Cancer Institute)
- Racial Disparities in Cancer Outcomes, Screening, and Treatment (Kaiser Family Foundation)
- Educational Materials for Your Patients (American Cancer Society)
- Education and Training Resources (American Cancer Society)
- National LGBT Cancer Project
- Live Through This
- Know Your Healthcare Rights (National Center for Transgender Equality)
- National LGBT Cancer Network
- National Coalition for LGBTQ Health
- Gay City (Seattle)
- Lambert House (Seattle)
- Gentle Yoga (Cancer Pathways)
- Mindfulness-based Art Therapy (Cancer Pathways)
- Hypnosis Health Info (Roger Moore)
Palliative Care
- What is Palliative and Supportive Care? (Cancer.net)
- How Can Palliative Care Help Cancer Patients? (Vitas Healthcare)
Grief
- Coping With the Loss of a Loved One (American Cancer Society)
- Grief and Cancer (Canadian Cancer Society)
- Grief and Loss (CancerCare)
Education
- Cancer Happens eLearning Course (Cancer Pathways): E-cigarettes and Vaping
- Stanford’s Tobacco Prevention Toolkit
- The Vape Talk (American Lung Association)
- Truth Initiative
- Choose You (WA Dept. of Health)
Cessation/Quitting
- Quit Tobacco Workshops (Cancer Pathways): Tobacco and vaping cessation/quitting program for adults
- Tobacco Quitline: 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669)
- Not on Tobacco- N-O-T (American Lung Association): Tobacco and vaping cessation/quitting program for teens; online and in-person options
- Smokefree Teen
- 2Morrow Health app
- NRT (Nicotine Replacement Therapy) Guide (WA Department of Health)
Organizations/Coalitions
Sexual Health
- Sexual Health, Intimacy, and Cancer (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute)
- How Cancer Changes Your Sex Life—and What You Can Do About It (Yale Medicine)
- Sexual Health Issues in Women with Cancer (National Cancer Institute)
- Addressing Common Sexual Health Concerns During Cancer Survivorship (Cancer.net)
Fertility
- How Cancer and Cancer Treatment Can Affect Fertility (American Cancer Society)
- Fertility and Cancer: What Are Your Options? (Johns Hopkins Medicine)
- About In vitro fertilization (IVF) (Mayo Clinic)
- Fertility Issues in Girls and Women with Cancer (National Cancer Institute)
- Having a Baby After Cancer: Fertility Assistance and Other Options (Cancer.net)
- Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer (National Cancer Institute)
- Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Program (Seattle Children’s)
- AYA Stats (National Cancer Institute)
- Cactus Cancer Society
- Cancer in the Workplace and the ADA (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
- Workplace Protections for Individuals Impacted by Cancer (U.S. Department of Labor)
- Cancer in the Workplace: HR Tip Sheet (American Cancer Society)
- Going to Work During and After Cancer (Cancer.net)
- Employment and Cancer (Cancer Support Community)
- At Work – variety of resources (Cancer and Careers)
Our podcast, Encompassing Cancer, features many topics and resources that can be accessed here (organized alphabetically by topic area):
Blood and Organ Donation (Ep. 13 and 22)
- Cord Blood Donation (Be the Match)
- Blood Donation (American Red Cross and Bloodworks Northwest)
Breast Cancer (Ep. 15, 16, and 27)
- National Breast Cancer Foundation
- Breast Cancer Clinical Trials (NCI)
- National Comprehensive Cancer Network
- FORCE (Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered)
- Breastcancer.org
Cancer Alley (Ep. 28)
- Rise St. James
- Inclusive Louisiana
- Louisiana Cancer Center
- Louisiana Cancer Prevention & Control Program
- Louisiana Breast and Cervical Health Program
HIV/AIDS (Ep. 19)
- HIV/AIDS Basics (CDC)
- HIV Treatment as Prevention (CDC)
- HIV Infection and Cancer Risk (NCI)
HPV, HPV Vaccination, and Cervical Cancer (Ep. 11 and 21)
- About Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccines (NCI)
- HPV Vaccination and Cancer Prevention (American Cancer Society)
- About Project CHAMP (Cancer Pathways)
- Cervical cancer and HPV Awareness Days (Cancer Pathways)
- National HPV Vaccination Roundtable
Screening (Ep. 8 and 24)
- Cancer Screening Overview (NCI)
- Screening Recommendations (U.S. Preventive Services Task Force)
- Cancer Screening Tests (NCI)
- About Cancer Previvors (City of Hope)
- Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening program locator (CDC)
- Lung Cancer screening resources (American Lung Association)
- Colorectal cancer resources (CDC)
- Free Skin Cancer screenings and other resources (American Academy of Dermatology)
Skin Cancer (Ep. 4 and 29)
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