Links Related to Cancer Survivorship

Support Programs and Services

Road to Recovery: Provides transportation to and from treatment for people who have cancer who do not have a ride or are unable to drive themselves.
Hope Lodge: Offers cancer patients and their caregivers a free, temporary place to stay when their best hope for effective treatment may be in another city.
Online Communities and Support
Reach to Recovery: Helps people (female and male) cope with their breast cancer experience through face-to-face visits or by phone.
Man to Man: Helps men cope with prostate cancer by offering community-based education and support for patients and their family members.
Look Good...Feel Better: Teaches female cancer patients beauty tips to look better and feel good about how they look during chemotherapy and radiation treatments.
Look Good...Feel Better for Teens: Helps cancer patients ages 13 to 17 cope with how cancer treatment and side effects can change the way they look.

Counseling by Professional Oncology Social Workers: Available over the telephone or in person in New York City, Long Island, New Jersey, and Connecticut.
Support Groups: Online, by telephone, or face-to-face.
Connect Education Workshops: Oncology experts provide information about various cancer topics in one-hour workshops over the telephone or online.
Financial Assistance: Offers limited assistance for cancer-related costs, and helps you find resources.

Patient Financial Aid: Provides a limited amount of financial assistance to help patients with significant financial need who are under a doctor's care for a confirmed blood cancer diagnosis.
Family Support Groups: Gives patients and their families a place to go where they can share information, education, and feelings in a comfortable and caring environment.

Case Management: Helps patients with specific issues they are facing with their insurer, employer, and/or creditor regarding insurance, job retention, and/or debt crisis matters.
Co-Pay Relief: Provides financial assistance to patients who meet certain qualifications to help them pay for the prescriptions and/or treatments they need.

Cancer Legal Resource Center: Provides free information and resources on cancer-related legal issues to cancer survivors, caregivers, health care professionals, employers, and others.
Cancer Support Community Local Affiliates
Patient and Liaison Services (PALS): A free information service for pancreatic cancer patients, their families, and health professionals.
Sharing Hope Financial Assistance Program: Financial assistance for fertility preservation, including sperm banking and egg and embryo freezing.
The Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults offers patient navigation services and a peer mentor network.
Us TOO International: Local chapters hold regular meetings for men living with prostate cancer and their families.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control
4770 Buford Hwy NE
MS K-64
Atlanta, GA 30341
800-CDC-INFO
(800-232-4636)
TTY: (888) 232-6348
8am–8pm ET
Monday–Friday
Closed on Holidays
cdcinfo@cdc.gov