Online Cancer Specific Resources
The following listing of informative websites is categorized by types of cancer. Select a cancer type below to be transferred to a listing of related websites.
ADOLESCENT & YOUNG ADULT/PEDIATRIC CANCERS
American Childhood Cancer Organization (ACCO)ACCO is one of the largest grassroots, national organizations dedicated to improving the lives of children and adolescents with cancer and their families. It produces high quality materials on childhood cancer, and has over 40 local affiliate organizations across the country providing direct services to the families in their communities.
Beyond The Cure
The mission of Beyond the Cure is to help childhood cancer survivors integrate the cancer experience into their new life as survivors and successfully handle the challenges that are ahead of them and to celebrate survivorship. Beyond the Cure is a program of The National Children’s Cancer Society.
Chai Lifeline is a not for profit organization dedicated to helping children suffering from serious illness as well as their family members. It offers a comprehensive range of services to address the multiple needs of patients, parents, and siblings.
Childhood Cancer Guides serves the childhood cancer community by providing clear explanations of the various types of childhood cancer, descriptions of state-of-the-art treatments for childhood cancers, emotional support for every member of the family and access to helpful resources.
Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation
The Foundation was founded in 1988 by dedicated parents, physicians and friends. Its mission is to improve the treatment, quality of life and the long term outlook for children with brain and spinal cord tumors through research, support, education, and advocacy to families and survivors.
CureSearch for Children’s Cancer is dedicated to raising private funds for childhood cancer research and committed to conquering childhood cancer through scientific discovery and compassionate care.
Hope Street Kids is a pediatric cancer program founded by former Congresswoman Deborah Pryce and Randy Walker, in memory of their nine-year-old daughter who died from neuroblastoma. It is engaged in eliminating childhood cancer through pioneering research, advocacy and education.
M. D. Anderson Children’s Cancer Hospital
MD Anderson ranks No. 1 in cancer care according to U.S.News & World Report’s annual “America’s Best Hospitals” survey. The same source ranks the Children’s Cancer Hospital as one of the top 15 hospitals in cancer care for children.
Melissa’s Living Legacy Teen Cancer Foundation
The Foundation provides resources to help teens living with cancer meet their life challenges in productive, creative, and satisfying ways. Melissa’s Living Legacy also addresses issues relevant to the families and friends of teens living with cancer, as well as to healthcare professionals who care for them.
National Children’s Leukemia Foundation
The Foundation supports medical research and direct patient care programs that ease the financial, social and psychological burdens of families with a diagnosis of cancer or other serious blood disorders. Through its hotline, it offers comprehensive information to any caller, and provide referrals for initial testing, physicians, hospital admissions, and treatment options.
Pediatric Oncology Resource Center
This is a website for parents, friends, and families of children who have or had childhood cancer. This resource center was created by and for people who know young people who are recovering from cancer.
Texas Children’s Cancer Center
Texas Children’s Cancer Center, world renowned for its work in pediatric cancer and hematology disorders, offers innovative therapies for all forms of childhood cancer and blood disorders. The Cancer Center works to improve the outcome for all patients afflicted with these diseases and to develop and perfect new treatment approaches that are the result of the most extraordinary scientific insights.
The Foundation’s three goals are to fund Ewing’s Sarcoma and childhood cancer research, support patients, family, and staff of pediatric oncology units, and provide funding for higher education scholarships.
The Children’s Cause for Cancer Advocacy (CCCA)
CCCA is a leading national advocacy organization working to achieve access to less toxic and more effective therapies, to expand resources for research and specialized care, and to address the unique needs and challenges of childhood cancer survivors and their families.
The National Children’s Cancer Society
The mission of The National Children’s Cancer Society is to improve the quality of life for children with cancer and their families worldwide. It serves as a financial, emotional, educational and medical resource for those in need at every stage of their illness and recovery.
The Neuroblastoma Children’s Cancer Society
This organization is an advocate for the children who suffer from neuroblastoma and is dedicated to serving as a support center for their families. The primary focus of the organization is to raise money to assist local research in neuroblastoma cancer, and to raise national awareness to focus additional research and funding until a cure can be found.
The Foundation’s purpose is to identify and support cutting-edge research aimed at finding a cure for Ewing’s Sarcoma and other forms of pediatric bone cancer.
ANAL CANCER
The Farrah Fawcett Foundation funds alternative cancer research and treatment methods and aims to improve the quality of life of those with anal cancer.
BLADDER CANCER
Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN)
BCAN is the first national advocacy organization dedicated to improving public awareness of bladder cancer, and increasing research directed towards the diagnosis, treatment and cure of the disease.
The goal of WebCafe is to present information on current treatment options for bladder cancer in an unbiased way, and to help direct users to further information via the Web on the subjects that concern them.
BONE CANCER
The Bone and Cancer Foundation is a program of the Paget Foundation for Paget’s disease of Bone and Related Disorders, a national voluntary health agency founded in 1978. The Bone and Cancer Foundation provides information for cancer patients and family members, physicians, nurses and other health professionals on the causes and treatment of cancer involving bone.
Chordoma Foundation
Chordoma is a slow growing bone cancer that occurs in the head and spine in people of all ages. Chordoma is typically resistant to chemotherapy and radiation, and is prone to multiple recurrences. The average survival after diagnosis is 7 years. Chardoma Foundation exists to improve the lives of chordoma patients by rapidly developing effective treatments and ultimately a cure for the disease. It serves as a bridge between patients, doctors, researchers, drug companies, government and funding agencies, representing the interests of those with chordoma, and instilling a sense of urgency in the treatment development process.
BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD CANCER
American Brain Tumor Association
The American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA) provides critical funding to researchers working toward breakthroughs in brain tumor diagnosis, treatment and care, with the ultimate goal of finding a cure. The ABTA is also the recognized resource for comprehensive information and compassionate support for the brain tumor patients, families and caregivers who are living with the disease.
Brain Tumor Awareness Organization
The mission of the Brain Tumor Awareness Organization is to raise awareness for brain tumors on a local, state and national level through an online resource community for patients, advocates and caregivers and reduce the burden of this disease through interaction.
Brain Tumor Foundation of Canada
Brain Tumor Foundation of Canada is a national, not-for-profit organization dedicated to reaching every person in Canada affected by a brain tumor with support, education and information, and to funding brain tumor research.
Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation
The Foundation was founded in 1988 by dedicated parents, physicians and friends. Its mission is to improve the treatment, quality of life and the long term outlook for children with brain and spinal cord tumors through research, support, education, and advocacy to families and survivors.
Childhood Cancer Guides serves the childhood cancer community by providing clear explanations of the various types of childhood cancer, descriptions of state-of-the-art treatments for childhood cancers, emotional support for every member of the family and access to helpful resources.
NBTF is a national non-profit health organization dedicated to providing information and support for brain tumor patients, family members and healthcare professionals, while supporting innovative research into better treatment options and a cure for brain tumors.
The Michael Quinlan Brain Tumor Foundation
The Michael Quinlan Brain Tumor Foundation is dedicated to empowering those persons who have been affected by brain tumors. The Foundation provides support through educational, emotional, financial, and spiritual services.
The mission of Voices Against Brain Cancer is to find a cure for brain cancer by advancing scientific research, increasing awareness within the medical community and supporting patients and families afflicted with the disease.
BREAST CANCER
African American Breast Cancer Alliance (AABCA)
(AABCA) is dedicated to providing hope, awareness, education, emotional and social support to breast cancer survivors, their family members and the community. Information and action is particularly important because black women tend to have more aggressive breast cancers at younger ages and benefit from earlier detection and aggressive treatments.
Avon Foundation For Women Breast Health Outreach Program
The mission of the Avon Foundation for Women Breast Health Outreach Program (BHOP) is to link medically underserved women to breast health education and screening services. Low-income, underinsured, and other marginalized populations often need targeted, customized approaches to help them obtain regular mammograms and clinical breast exams.
Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer is a women’s information network for breast cancer that helps women get the information they need to make the best decisions for their health.
Breast Cancer Action carries the voices of people affected by breast cancer to inspire and compel the changes necessary to end the breast cancer epidemic.
Breast Cancer Network of Strength (formerly Y-ME)
The mission of Breast Cancer Network of Strength is to ensure, through information, empowerment and peer support, that no one faces breast cancer alone.
Launched in 2009, Breast Cancer Sisterhood is an online resource that provides information and support to breast cancer patients, survivors, families and caregivers.
The mission is to educate breast cancer patients about effective treatment options, to advocate for and support informed patient choice and to promote public awareness regarding cancer risk reduction.
The organization’s mission is to provide an opportunity for metastatic breast cancer patients’ dream or wish to be fulfilled by providing a special time of ‘Making Memories’ together with their families, a chance that might not have become a reality without the assistance of the Making Memories Breast Cancer Foundation.”
Bright Pink exists to enlighten and empower high risk individuals to take control of their breast and ovarian health by providing education, support and a sense of community for a better, brighter future.
FORCE – Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered
ORCE provides women with resources to determine whether they are at high risk for breast and ovarian cancer due to genetic predisposition, family history, or other factors
Hope Afloat USA’s® mission is to help survivors of breast cancer make positive emotional, spiritual, and physical changes in their lives through the ancient sport of Dragon Boat Racing. It encourages survivors, regardless of age or athletic ability, to “awaken the dragon within” by providing them with hope, support, camaraderie, and adventure.
An organization that plants gardens free of charge at the homes of women and men undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Healing gardens have been proven to be therapeutic sanctuaries offering both comfort and hope to meet the emotional and psychological needs of patients and their families.
Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Foundation
The IBC Research Foundation is dedicated to researching the cause of Inflammatory Breast Cancer, IBC, an advanced and accelerated form of breast cancer usually not detected by mammograms or ultrasounds. Inflammatory breast cancer requires immediate aggressive treatment with chemotherapy prior to surgery and is treated differently than more common types of breast cancer.
The mission of Keep A Breast is to help eradicate breast cancer by exposing young people to methods of prevention, early detection and support. Through art events, educational programs and fundraising efforts, it seeks to increase breast cancer awareness among young people so they are better equipped to make choices and develop habits that will benefit their long-term health and well-being.
LBBC Living Beyond Breast Cancer
As a national education and support organization, LLBC seeks to improve quality of life and help patients take an active role in their ongoing recovery or management of the disease, regardless of educational background, social support or financial means.
National Breast Cancer Coalition
The National Breast Cancer Coalition is a grassroots advocacy effort in the fight against breast cancer. In 1991, the Coalition was formed with one mission – to eradicate breast cancer through action and advocacy.
National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc.
The National Breast Cancer Foundation mission is to save lives through early detection and to provide mammograms for those in need. Its mission includes increasing awareness through education, providing diagnostic breast care services for those in need, and providing nurturing support services.
SHARE’s mission is to create and sustain a supportive network and community of women affected by breast or ovarian cancer. It brings affected women and their families and friends together with survivors to provide participants with the opportunity to receive and exchange information, support, strength and hope.
Sharsheret is the only national not-for-profit organization dedicated to addressing the concerns and issues that are unique to young Jewish women facing breast cancer. By pairing those who share similar life experiences as well as diagnoses, Sharsheret provides support and resources for young Jewish women fighting breast cancer. Through the Sharsheret Education and Outreach Program, the organization also educates health care professionals and community leaders about the culturally specific needs of Jewish women
Founded in 1994, Sisters Network Inc. (SNI) is the first national African American breast cancer survivorship organization. Since, the organization has solidified its position as the national voice and a leader in the African American woman’s fight against breast cancer.
For more than 28 years, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure® has been a global leader in the fight against breast cancer through its support of innovative research and community-based outreach programs. The Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Foundation® is fighting to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease by funding research grants and supporting education, screening and treatment projects in communities around the world.
The mission of the The Mary Kay Foundation is to eliminate cancers affecting women by supporting top medical scientists who are searching for a cure for breast, uterine, cervical and ovarian cancers.
The Rose
The mission of The Rose is to reduce deaths from breast cancer by providing screening, diagnostics and access to treatment for all women regardless of their ability to pay.
Young Survival Coalition (YSC) is dedicated to the critical issues unique to young women and breast cancer. YSC works with survivors, caregivers and the medical, research, advocacy and legislative communities to increase the quality and quantity of life for women diagnosed with breast cancer ages 40 and under.
COLORECTAL CANCER
The Colon Cancer Alliance (CCA) is the oldest and largest national patient advocacy organization dedicated to ending the suffering caused by colorectal cancer. In order to increase rates of screening and survivorship, the CCA provides patient support, public education, supports research and conducts advocacy work across America.
C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition
C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition is a nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy organization that fights colorectal cancer through research, empowerment and access. C3 pushes for research to improve screening, diagnosis, and treatment of colorectal cancer; for policy decisions that make the most effective colorectal cancer prevention and treatment available to all; and for increased awareness that colorectal cancer is preventable, treatable, and beatable.
Colorectal CareLine is a patient/provider hotline designed to provide assistance to patients who have been diagnosed with colorectal cancer and are seeking education and access to care.
National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance (NCCRA)
Co-founded in 2000 by Katie Couric, Lilly Tartikoff, and EIF, the National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance (NCCRA) is dedicated to the eradication of colorectal cancer by promoting the importance of early medical screening and funding research to develop better tests, treatments, and ultimately a cure.
The Colon Club is a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness of colorectal cancer in out-of-the-box ways. Its goals are to educate as many people as possible, as early as possible, about the risk factors and symptoms of colorectal cancer, and for people to get screened when it’s appropriate for them.
ESOPHAGEAL CANCER
Esophageal Cancer Awareness Association (ECAA)
ECAA is a nonprofit organization to help esophageal cancer patients, survivors and their caregivers deal more effectively with the uncertainties of this disease and its consequences.
Esophageal Cancer Education Foundation
The Esophageal Cancer Education Foundation’s goals are to bring awareness and educate the public and medical community about the disease, to walk the journey with patients who have the disease and to financially support research projects that focus on the development of an early warning test for this disease.
Gastro Esophageal Cancer Foundation
The Gastro Esophageal Cancer Foundation provides guidance and support for those suffering from esophageal or gastric cancers.
GASTRIC CANCER
The Gastric Cancer Fund is the first organization dedicated to helping people fight gastric cancer. Through education, research, support and advocacy, the organization is dedicated to improving the lives of those affected by gastric cancer and working with leading researchers to find a cure to this disease. The Gastric Cancer Fund has joined with The V Foundation for Cancer Research, creating a powerful relationship for both organizations to achieve their common goal of fighting cancer.
Gastro Esophageal Cancer Foundation
The Gastro Esophageal Cancer Foundation provides guidance and support for those suffering from esophageal or gastric cancers.
GIST Support International
GIST Support International (GSI) is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization that reaches out to GIST patients and their families and friends to provide education and support. GSI promotes and encourages ongoing research in the quest for a cure for Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor, a rare cancer affecting the digestive tract or nearby structures within the abdomen.
GYNECOLOGIC CANCER
Bright Pink exists to enlighten and empower high risk individuals to take control of their breast and ovarian health by providing education, support and a sense of community for a better, brighter future.
CONVERSATIONs! The International Ovarian Cancer Connection
CONVERSATIONS! The International Ovarian Cancer Connection, is an organization for the support of those fighting ovarian cancer. It functions on the national and international level to increase public and professional awareness and understanding of ovarian cancer and related illnesses, to advocate for increased research and funding for more effective diagnostics and treatment, and to provide tips for coping with the side effects of ovarian cancer and its treatment
Eyes On The Prize.org
The mission of EyesOnThePrize.org, a nonprofit corporation, is to provide information and emotional support from the survivors’ perspective to families, friends and healthcare providers of women with cervical, endometrial, ovarian, gestational, tubal, vaginal, vulvar, peritoneal, and uterine sarcoma cancers.
Gynecologic Cancer Foundation
The Gynecologic Cancer Foundation (GCF) was established as a public charity in 1991 by the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists (SGO) to promote public awareness about the prevention, early detection and treatment of gynecologic cancers.
NCCC National Cervical Cancer Coalition
As a primary clinical and public education resource clearinghouse on cervical cancer, HPV related topics, NCCC maintains on-going support systems for women, family members and friends facing issues related to cervical cancer, HPV and other HPV cancers. It also advocates for patient access to quality care and regular testing and vaccination to prevent cervical cancer/HPV disease.
NOCC National Ovarian Cancer Coalition
The mission of the NOCC is to raise awareness and promote education about ovarian cancer. The Coalition is committed to improving the survival rate and quality of life for women with ovarian cancer.
Ovarian Cancer National Alliance
The Ovarian Cancer National Alliance is the foremost advocate for women with ovarian cancer in the United States. To advance the interests of women with ovarian cancer, the organization advocates at a national level for increases in research funding for the development of an early detection test, improved health care practices, and life-saving treatment protocols.
Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, Inc.
The mission of the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund is to fund research to find a method of early detection and ultimately a cure for ovarian cancer. In support of our mission, we help patients and their loved ones understand the disease and its treatment, and provide outreach programs to raise public awareness.
SHARE’s mission is to create and sustain a supportive network and community of women affected by breast or ovarian cancer. It brings affected women and their families and friends together with survivors to provide participants with the opportunity to receive and exchange information, support, strength and hope.
Tamika & Friends, Inc. is a national non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness about cervical cancer and its link to HPV (human papillomavirus).
The Lynne Cohen Foundation For Ovarian Cancer Research
The Lynne Cohen Foundation for Ovarian Cancer Research is a national nonprofit organization positioned to fight ovarian cancer. A network of preventive care clinics, a consortium of physician scientists from prestigious cancer centers around the country, and a national data registry of high-risk patients from diverse communities comprise the core of its direct efforts.
The mission of the TMKF is to eliminate cancers affecting women by supporting top medical scientists who are searching for a cure for breast, uterine, cervical and ovarian cancers.
KIDNEY CANCER
American Kidney Fund
The mission of the American Kidney Fund is to fight kidney disease through direct financial support to patients in need; health education; and prevention efforts.
The Kidney Cancer Association (KCA) is a charitable organization made up of patients, family members, physicians, researchers, and other health professionals globally. It educates families and physicians, and serve as an advocate on behalf of patients at the state and federal levels.
The National Kidney Foundation, a major voluntary nonprofit health organization, is dedicated to preventing kidney and urinary tract diseases, improving the health and well-being of individuals and families affected by kidney disease and increasing the availability of all organs for transplantation.
LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA
Childhood Cancer Guides serves the childhood cancer community by providing clear explanations of the various types of childhood cancer, descriptions of state-of-the-art treatments for childhood cancers, emotional support for every member of the family and access to helpful resources.
Lymphoma Foundation of America
Founded in 1986, the Lymphoma Foundation of America is the national organization devoted to helping lymphoma patients and their families, offering advice, experience, and a helping hand.
LymphomaInfo.net is an Internet-based lymphoma community. Its goal is to bring people together around lymphoma-related issues by providing concise, up-to-date information and a meeting place for lymphoma patients and those who care about them.
The Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF) is the nation’s largest non-profit organization devoted to funding innovative research and providing people with lymphoma and healthcare professionals with up-to-date information about this type of cancer. LRF provides a comprehensive series of programs and services for the lymphoma community.
National Children’s Leukemia Foundation
The Foundation supports medical research and direct patient care programs that ease the financial, social and psychological burdens of families with a diagnosis of cancer or other serious blood disorders. Through its hotline, it offers comprehensive information to any caller, and provide referrals for initial testing, physicians, hospital admissions, and treatment options.
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is the world’s largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research, education and patient services. LLS’s mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.
The Max Foundation is committed to advancing the cause of people worldwide living with blood cancer or other rare cancers. Its services and programs reflect a diversified approach in achieving our mission, including engaging in public private partnerships, designing programs to develop resources for local communities, and providing support services directly to individual patients and their families.
LIVER CANCER
The mission of the American Liver Foundation is to facilitate, advocate and promote education, support and research for the prevention, treatment and cure of liver disease.
The Answer to Cancer Foundation was created to: (1) provide funding and assistance to research-based cancer programs and institutions as well as educationally-focused cancer programs, associations and organizations; (2) to garner awareness and public focus on the necessity for cancer research, trials and experiments in developing treatments and an eventually finding a cure for cancer; and, (3) educate the public about screening, high-risk factors and potential preventable measures associated with primary liver cancer.
Childhood Cancer Guides
Childhood Cancer Guides serves the childhood cancer community by providing clear explanations of the various types of childhood cancer, descriptions of state-of-the-art treatments for childhood cancers, emotional support for every member of the family and access to helpful resources.
LUNG CANCER
The mission goals of The American Lung Association are to eliminate tobacco use and tobacco-related lung disease, improve the air quality so it will not cause or worsen lung disease, and reduce the burden of lung disease on patients and their families.
Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation
The Foundation’s mission is to eradicate lung cancer among patients, survivors, and their families through research, early detection, awareness, education, prevention, and treatment.
Caring Ambassadors Lung Cancer Program
Recognizing that different diseases present very different challenges, the Caring Ambassadors Program, Inc. is a nonprofit, umbrella organization that establishes, oversees, and supports the work of disease-specific programs. The two current programs are the Caring Ambassadors Lung Cancer Program and the Caring Ambassadors Hepatitis C Program.
Lung Cancer Alliance is the only national non-profit organization devoted solely to support and advocacy for all those living with or at risk for lung cancer.
Lungcancer.org is a program of CancerCare, a national nonprofit organization that provides free, professional support services to anyone affected by cancer. The goal of lungcancer.org is to be a source of support and information for our lung cancer patients and their loved ones.
Lung Cancer Foundation of America
The purpose of the Lung Cancer Foundation of America is to save lives by improving the survival rate of lung cancer through funding lung cancer researchers, so that researchers find effective ways to predict, detect, and treat lung cancer.
Lung Cancer Online
The mission of The Lung Cancer Online Foundation is to improve the quality of care and quality of life for people with lung cancer by funding lung cancer research and providing information to patients and families via Lungcanceronline.org, a comprehensive, annotated directory of Internet information and resources for patients and families.
Lung Cancer Research Foundation
The mission of the Lung Cancer Research Foundation is to support national research studies and activities focused on developing innovative strategies for better treatments, screening, and prevention of all cancers of the lung.
National Lung Cancer Partnership
The mission of the Partnership is to decrease deaths due to lung cancer, and help patients live longer and better, through research, awareness, and advocacy.
Uniting Against Lung Cancer (formerly The Thomas G. Labrecque Foundation)
Founded in 2001, Uniting Against Lung Cancer is the largest source of private funding for lung cancer research in North America. Uniting funds innovative research to find a cure for lung cancer, and also works to increase awareness of the disease, including in people who have never smoked.
MELANOMA AND SKIN CANCERS
Aim at Melanoma is the largest international melanoma organization focused on research, education, awareness, and legislation. Its mission is to provide comprehensive online melanoma information for patients and caregivers, support melanoma research; and promote prevention and education among the general public and medical professionals. The website also provides the following resources: “Nurse on Call” hotline, discussion board, breaking news, and clinical trials matching service.
The American Melanoma Foundation mission is to increase the general awareness of melanoma with the specific intent on reducing the incidence of the deadly, but preventable disease.
The Foundation’s mission is to support medical research for finding effective treatments and eventually a cure for melanoma, to educate patients and physicians about the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of melanoma, and to act as an advocate for the melanoma community to raise the awareness of this disease and the need for a cure.
The mission of the Foundation is to eradicate melanoma through the education of children and the community in the prevention and detection of skin cancer and the promotion of sun safety.
The Melanoma Education Foundation
The Melanoma Education Foundation is a non-profit preventive health organization that saves lives by promoting greater awareness of melanoma and the importance of early self-detection.
Since its founding in 1979, The Skin Cancer Foundation has served to educate the public and the medical profession about skin cancer, its prevention by means of sun protection, the need for early detection, and prompt, effective treatment. It is the only international organization devoted solely to combating skin cancer.
MESOTHELIOMA
Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation
The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation is the nonprofit collaboration of patients and families, physicians, advocates, and researchers dedicated to eradicating the life-ending and vicious effects of mesothelioma.
MULTIPLE MYELOMA
International Myeloma Foundation
Founded in 1990, the International Myeloma Foundation is the oldest and largest myeloma organization, reaching more than 165,000 members in 113 countries worldwide. Dedicated to improving the quality of life of myeloma patients and their families, the IMF focuses in four key areas: research, education, support and advocacy.
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF)
The MMRF relentlessly pursues innovative means that accelerate the development of next-generation multiple myeloma treatments to extend the lives of patients and lead to a cure.
ORAL, HEAD AND NECK CANCER
Fight Oral Cancer Foundation
There is not a cure for oral cancer; the key for life saving treatment lies in early detection, which is the mission of The Fight Oral Cancer Foundation.
Head and Neck Cancer Alliance (formerly The Yul Brenner Head and Neck Foundation)
The Head and Neck Cancer Alliance seeks to enable an organized and strategic alliance of all stakeholders to dramatically shift the stage of discovery of head and neck cancers through united and collaborative efforts in prevention, early detection and research.
Support for People with Oral and Head and Neck Cancer (SPOHNC)
SPOHNC raises awareness of oral, head and neck cancer. Through Outreach Program, it provides information, support, encouragement and hope to cancer patients.
The American Oral Cancer Foundation
The Foundation provides information for identifying the behaviors that can contribute to oral cancer, including the use of tobacco, and ways that can reduce chances for developing this disease.
The Oral Cancer Foundation is a national public service, non-profit entity designed for advocacy and service, created to promote change, through proactive means, in both the public and medical/dental professional sectors. At the forefront of its agenda is the firm establishment in the minds of the American public for the need to undergo an annual oral cancer screening, combined with an outreach to the dental and medical communities to provide this service as a matter of routine practice.
Thyroid Head and Neck Cancer Foundation (THANC)
The Foundation is committed to supporting research and education in the early detection and treatment of thyroid and head and neck cancer, to advancing new therapies, and to alleviating the suffering and functional impairment of patients who undergo treatment.
PANCREATIC CANCER
Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research
Founded in 1997, the Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research is a national, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing pancreatic cancer research, and providing information, resources and support to pancreatic cancer patients and their families.
Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research
The mission of The Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research is to advance the scientific and medical research related to the diagnosis, treatment, cure and prevention of pancreatic cancer.
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN)
The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is a national organization creating hope in a comprehensive way through research, patient support, community outreach and advocacy for a cure. The organization raises money for direct private funding of research, and advocates for more aggressive federal research funding of medical breakthroughs in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic cancer.
The purpose of PANCREATICA is to serve as a worldwide gathering point on the Internet for the latest news and disinterested information in regard to clinical trials and other responsible medical care in the treatment of pancreatic cancer.
PROSTATE CANCER
Founded in 1998, Malecare is the largest all volunteer nonprofit organization for men diagnosed with cancer in the United States.
PAACT
For over 25 years, PAACT has been providing reliable, unbiased information and support for prostate cancer patients, survivors and their doctors, companions and families. The non-profit serves men who are newly diagnosed, dealing with recurrent, or metastatic or advanced.
Founded in 1993, the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) is the world’s largest philanthropic source of support for prostate cancer research to discover better treatments and a cure for prostate cancer. PCF pursues its mission by reaching out to individuals, corporations and others to harness society’s resources.
Prostate Cancer Research Institute
The Prostate Cancer Research Institute mission is to improve the quality of men’s lives by supporting research and disseminating information that educates and empowers patients, families and the medical community.
The Prostate Net
The Prostate Net Today is a website where men diagnosed with prostate cancer can readily access information empowering them to make treatment decisions that ensure a desirable quality of life
Us TOO was founded in 1990. Its mission is to help men and their families make informed decisions about prostate cancer detection and treatment through support, education and advocacy.
Zero The Project to End Prostate Cancer
The goal of Zero is to provide comprehensive treatment information to patients, education to those at risk and conduct free prostate cancer testing throughout the country.
RARE & ORPHAN CANCERS
International Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia Foundation
The mission of the non-profit Foundation is to provide a means for those with Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia, their family members, doctors and others with an interest in the disease to find mutual support and encouragement.
National Institutes of Health, Offices of Rare Diseases Research
The National Institutes of Health provides information and links to a broad range of topics about rare diseases including definitions, causes, treatments, and publications about rare diseases.
National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)
The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD), a 501(c)3 organization, is a unique federation of voluntary health organizations dedicated to helping people with rare “orphan” diseases and assisting the organizations that serve them. NORD is committed to the identification, treatment, and cure of rare disorders through programs of education, advocacy, research, and service.
Research Fund for Waldenstrom’s
The Research Fund for Waldenstrom’s exclusive purpose is to find a cure for Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia.
SARCOMA
Amschwand Sarcoma Cancer Foundation
The Foundation was founded for the purpose of educating the public about sarcoma, supporting those with the disease, and encouraging sarcoma-specific research.
Childhood Cancer Guides serves the childhood cancer community by providing clear explanations of the various types of childhood cancer, descriptions of state-of-the-art treatments for childhood cancers, emotional support for every member of the family and access to helpful resources.
Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative
The Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative undertakes activities that help improve the quality of life for people dealing with sarcoma through increasing public awareness of sarcoma and the lack of young adults in cancer-based clinical trials and raising funds for sarcoma-related research.
The Northwest Sarcoma Foundation is a nonprofit foundation focused on sarcoma that provides quality education, financial assistance, and social support to patients and their families living in the Pacific Northwest, and support research toward a cure for sarcoma.
The Sarcoma Alliance strives to improve the lives of people affected by sarcoma through accurate diagnosis, improved access to care, guidance, education and support.
The mission of the Sarcoma Foundation of America is to advocate for increased research to find new and better therapies with which to treat patients with sarcoma.
The Foundation’s three goals are to fund Ewing’s Sarcoma and childhood cancer research, support patients, family, and staff of pediatric oncology units, and provide funding for higher education scholarships.
TESTICULAR CANCER
Forever Sunshine Foundation (Testicular Cancer Awareness Foundation)
Forever Sunshine Foundation is a non-profit, 501(c) (3) corporation, that is dedicated to educating men of the importance of monthly self-examinations through educational materials and marketing efforts.
The Craig D. Tifford Foundation
The Craig D. Tifford Foundation exists to provide funding for research, to increase public awareness and to further patient education and support for men with testicular cancer. It is dedicated to improving the lives of patients and their families during and after cancer care.
The Sean Kimerling Testicular Cancer Foundation
The Sean Kimerling Testicular Cancer Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness of testicular cancer and the importance of early diagnosis and treatment. Its goal is to increase early detection of testicular cancer.
The Testicular Cancer Resource Center
The Testicular Cancer Resource Center is a charitable organization devoted to helping people understand testicular and extragonadal germ cell tumors. Specifically, we provides information for patients, caregivers, family, friends, and physicians.
THYROID CANCER
The mission of the Light of Life Foundation is to improve the quality of life of thyroid cancer patients through continual education of the lay public and the medical community, and by promoting research and development to improve thyroid cancer care.
Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association (ThyCa)
ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc. is a national non-profit 501(c)(3) organization of thyroid cancer survivors, family members, and health care professionals dedicated to the support, education, and communication of thyroid cancer survivors, their families and friends.
Thyroid Head and Neck Cancer Foundation (THANC)
The Foundation is committed to supporting research and education in the early detection and treatment of thyroid and head and neck cancer, to advancing new therapies, and to alleviating the suffering and functional impairment of patients who undergo treatment.