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.

Anal
-Awareness Infographic and Video
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)
- Questions to Ask Your Doctor

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)
Patient Guide to Clinical Trials (Fred Hutch Cancer Center)
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)
- Survivorship: During and After Treatment

Organizations

The Nutrition Source (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)
Cook For Your Life (Fred Hutch Cancer Center)
Glycemic Load Table (PDF)
U.S. FDA Interactive Nutrition Label – Fiber
ChooseMyPlate.gov
- Interactive MyPlate Game

Cancer Happens (Cancer Pathways): Cancer risk-reduction curriculum for teens, offered in classroom or online
Association of Washington School Principals
Vaping Resources and Communitcation Tips (Cancer Pathways)

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)
Naturopathic Cancer Treatment

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)

Cancer Screening

About Screening Tests (National Cancer Institute)
How to do a Breast Self-Exam (BreastCancer.org)
How to do a Skin Self-Exam (American Cancer Society)
How to do a Testicular Self-Exam (Mayo Clinic)

Healthy Living

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)
Vaping Resources and Communication Tips

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

Washington Breathes

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
Young Survival Coalition
Beads of Courage: integrates the use of beads, as visible, tangible symbols of human experiences that deserve to be expressed (i.e. one unique bead for each time a patient receives a transfusion or chemotherapy, etc.)