Face In The Mirror Foundation, Phoenix, AZ
CancerCare, New York, NY
ChemoChic  Atlanta, Georgia
Flying Colors, Memphis, TN
Gilda’s Club Worldwide
Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Iowa
Lance Armstrong Foundation - Live Strong
Mayo Clinic
Planet Cancer
Scripps Cancer Center
Sharsheret
Shop Well With You, New York, NY
Strike at Cancer, Franklin Park, IL
The Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health, New York, NY
University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Vital Options® International TeleSupport® Cancer Network
Wellness House, Hinsdale, IL

Face In The Mirror Foundation, Phoenix, AZ Back to top
Face In The Mirror is committed to a very personal and supportive philosophy of improving the outer well-being of cancer patients who continue to face the challenges of their disease. As the patient's outward appearance declines from chemotherapy, medications, and radiation, one's morale and mental toughness can suffer greatly. As confirmed by Internist, Dr. Arthur Pelberg, of Phoenix, Arizona, "How you look, directly affects how you feel. We know there is a direct correlation between a person's emotional and physical health. Illness can consume ones energy; appearance can easily fall by the wayside. Helping a patient look better can give them the extra boost they need to actually be better."
www.faceinthemirror.org

CancerCare, New York, NY Back to top
CancerCare is dedicated to helping people face the many challenges of a cancer diagnosis. CancerCare provides the highest-quality professional support services-including counseling, education, financial assistance and practical help-free to people with cancer, their loved ones, bereaved family members, and health care professionals across the country. Founded in 1944, CancerCare now serves more than 80,000 people each year, of all ages, with all types of cancer and at any stage of the disease. More information about CancerCare can be found online at www.cancercare.org or by calling (800) 813-HOPE (4673).
www.cancercare.org

ChemoChic  Atlanta, Georgia Back to top
ChemoChic is a program by women for women to enhance both the inner and outer beauty of patients undergoing hair loss due to cancer treatment.  Established by dynamic cancer survivor, Cookie Aftergut, ChemoChic seeks to empower women to "fight back" against the effects of cancer treatment that alter their self-image.  The program teaches participants how to transcend from being victims to women who are survivors in the battle against a potentially deadly enemy.  Utilizing makeup techniques, head covering suggestions, relaxation resources and donated materials, ChemoChic supplies women with tools to increase their self-confidence during one of life’s most difficult times.

ChemoChic is sponsored by the Georgia Cancer Foundation, a nonprofit organization providing community and professional education, early detection programs, and support for patients and families throughout the continuum of cancer care.  The Foundation’s mission serves Georgians who are affected by all types of cancer.  Funding raised in Georgia stays in Georgia to help its residents and communities. www.gacancerfoundation.org

Flying Colors, Memphis, TN Back to top
The survivors who created Flying Colors believe that each person has within a number of valuable resources.....physical, mental and spiritual.....and our goal is to see each person utilize them all to enhance the healing process. At Flying Colors we greet each new survivor with a message of hope....hope for healing from cancer, hope for limiting the side effects of treatment and the assurance that there can be laughter and a better life as a result of this cancer journey. Look into the faces and read the stories of women who know just what you're facing. Send someone an encouraging eCard. Read the daily affirmations and add your name to the Chain of Hope. At www.flyingcolors.org we're getting through cancer together. Take our hands and join us.
www.flyingcolors.org

Gilda’s Club Worldwide Back to top
Gilda Radner, comedian and star of ‘Saturday Night Live’, died of cancer at age 42 - it was her wish that no one should have to face cancer alone. Today, her wish is reality in 17 cities across North America (with 11 additional cities in development). Gilda’s Clubs are non-residential meeting places that offer a planned program of emotional and social support as a supplement to medical care. Each club is open to men, women and children regardless of income, type of cancer or stage of illness. Family members and caring friends are equal members. Each club has a homelike environment and is guided by a common program, shared values and core beliefs that stress the importance of community in learning to live with cancer, whatever the outcome. Everything is free and nothing is compulsory. Gilda’s Club offers members the ability to choose the activities appropriate for their needs, and stresses the importance of support that members offer each other.
www.gildasclub.org

Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Iowa Back to top
The Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at The University of Iowa site provides information about different types of cancer as well as different treatments, ongoing research, and support offered through Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center. With links to various hospital departments, patient and provider educational materials, and national resources, the site connects cancer-related activity at The University of Iowa.
http://uihealthcare.com/cancer

Lance Armstrong Foundation - Live Strong Back to top
Survivorship begins with the diagnosis of cancer, but it doesn't end with your last treatment. You are a survivor from the moment of your cancer diagnosis, for the rest of your life. Live Strong offers you an opportunity to learn about topics that may affect your life after treatment ends. The cancer community is currently researching the long-term effects of cancer treatments. Some side effects have been identified, but they do not apply to every survivor. Live Strong provides resources that can help you understand some of the physical, emotional and practical topics that may apply to your survivorship experience.

Live Strong is a program of the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF), created to educate cancer survivors, their friends and family, and health care professionals about topics of survivorship.
www.livestrong.org

Mayo Clinic Back to top
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center is a leader in translating knowledge gained from cancer research into effective improvements in the care of patients with cancer and their families. To visit their Web site, please click here.
www.mayoclinic.org/cancercenter/

Planet Cancer Back to top
Planet Cancer is a community of support by and for young adults in their 20s and 30s with cancer, providing critical peer support in the face of a life-threatening illiness. Through a dynamic online community and face to face retreats, Planet Cancer brings young adults together to help each other address the unique issuses that arise from facing cancer at this age and stage of life.
www.planetcancer.org

Scripps Cancer Center Back to top
The Scripps Cancer Center unites major elements of the world renowned Scripps Research Institute with the respected cancer care programs of the ScrippsHealth and Scripps Clinic systems in San Diego. In-patient oncology care is provided at all of the hospitals in the Scripps system: Scripps Memorial La Jolla, Scripps Memorial Encinitas, Scripps Mercy, and Scripps Mercy Chula Vista. Outpatient oncology care is provided in private physician offices located near the Scripps hospitals, and at Scripps Clinic. Radiation therapy services are available at Scripps Memorial La Jolla and at Scripps Clinic. An active Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, established in 1980, is located on a dedicated unit in Scripps Green Hospital. The Scripps Cancer Center offers a wide range of support services, support groups and patient assistance programs.

Sharsheret Back to top
Thank you for your interest in Sharsheret, a national not-for-profit organization linking young Jewish women in their fight against breast cancer. Sharsheret (Hebrew for chain) pairs young women facing breast cancer with volunteers who can share their experiences, both personal and medical. Since the organization’s founding in 2001, Sharsheret has received over 3,000 phone calls from those affected by breast cancer, health care professionals, women’s organizations, Jewish organizations, and others interested in learning more about the important services we provide nationwide.

In response to the needs of the young women we serve, Sharsheret has launched three programs:

• The Link Program, a peer support network connecting young women newly diagnosed or at high risk of developing breast cancer with others who share similar diagnoses and experiences.

• Education and Outreach Programs, including health care symposia addressing the concerns of young women facing breast cancer. Recent events addressed the subjects of breast cancer and fertility, and breast cancer genetics. Transcripts of all symposia are available on Sharsheret’s website, www.sharsheret.org.

• Quality of Life Programs, including the Busy Box for young parents facing breast cancer and Best Face Forward to address the cosmetic side effects of treatment.

Shop Well With You, New York, NY Back to top
Shop Well with You is a not-for-profit organization that helps women, with a history of cancer, improve their body image and quality of life by using clothing as a means toward wellness. Through education, outreach and personalized services, Shop Well with You focuses on the woman, not the cancer, in order to provide support and promote survivorship. All programs are offered free of charge. To learn more about Shop Well with You,
www.shopwellwithyou.org, email info@shopwellwithyou.org or call (212) 226 0466

Strike at Cancer, Franklin Park, IL Back to top
Strike At Cancer is a not-for-profit foundation dedicated to the emotional support of cancer patients and their families in the Chicagoland community. The Foundation's Healing Arts program pairs artists in the community from a variety of disciplines with area cancer treatment centers, as a way to provide cancer patients and caregivers guidance in finding expression through an art form. The Foundation also partners in programs with other area organizations that share our mission.
www.strikeatcancer.org

The Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health, New York, NY Back to top
The Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health is a clinical center of two highly esteemed institutions: New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Medical College of Cornell University. The Monahan Center is a unique model of integrated care, focusing on prevention, screening, treatment, support, research, and education for individuals who have or are at risk for developing gastrointestinal cancers. These cancers include those of the colon, rectum, pancreas, esophagus, liver, bile duct, gallbladder, stomach, small intestine, and anus.

With excellence and compassion as our cornerstones, the Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health mission includes:

• Providing state-of-the-art prevention, screening, treatment, and care services, based on the latest academic and scientific research, for our patients who have or are at risk for gastrointestinal cancer and their families.
• Providing a multidisciplinary approach to care, with the convenient and seamless coordination of all needed health and support services for our patients with gastrointestinal cancers and their families.
• Conducting cutting-edge prevention, screening, diagnosis, and treatment research to help lead the way toward advances in the prevention and treatment of gastrointestinal cancers.
• Providing reliable and up-to-date education on the prevention, screening, and treatment of gastrointestinal cancers and on gastrointestinal wellness-not only for our own patients and their families, but also for the public and for other health professionals worldwide.
• Collaborating with professional societies, outreach organizations, patient advocacy groups, and others to achieve the eradication of gastrointestinal cancer as a major cancer-related killer in the United States and around the globe.
  

University of Chicago Cancer Research Center Back to top
Established in 1973, The University of Chicago Cancer Research Center (UCCRC) is one of 61 nationally designated Clinical Cancer Centers by the National Cancer Institute. This prestigious designation is awarded to cancer centers that have strong research programs in basic and clinical sciences. These programs must be fully integrated through productive collaborations between cancer center members. The UCCRC conducts innovative clinical trials, and provides cancer education and outreach to the surrounding community.
http://uccrc.uchicago.edu/
http://www.uchospitals.edu/specialties/cancer/

University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Back to top
UM/Sylvester was founded in 1992 to provide comprehensive cancer services and today serves as the hub for cancer-related research, diagnosis, and treatment at the University of Miami School of Medicine. UM/Sylvester handles more than 1,100 inpatient admissions annually, performs 2,800 surgical procedures, and treats 2,900 new cancer patients. All UM/Sylvester physicians are on the faculty of the University of Miami School of Medicine, South Florida’s only academic medical center. In addition, UM/Sylvester physicians and scientists are engaged in more than 150 clinical trials and receive more than $30 million annually in research grants. UM/Sylvester at Deerfield Beach recently opened to better meet the needs of residents of Broward and Palm Beach Counties.
http://www.sylvester.org

Vital Options® International TeleSupport® Cancer Network Back to top
Vital Options® International TeleSupport® Cancer Network is a not-for-profit cancer communications, support and advocacy organization whose mission is to facilitate a global cancer dialogue by using communications technology to reach every person touched by cancer. Vital Options: Support For Young Adults With Cancer was originally founded in 1983 as the first organization for young adults with cancer and now in addition to serving as a resource for this special patient population, Vital Options provides a variety of cancer communications projects for patients of all ages and disease types, as well as for their families, friends and healthcare providers. In particular, The Group Room® radio show, a weekly syndicated cancer talk show that is also simulcast on the world wide web and XM Satellite.
www.vitaloptions.org

Wellness House, Hinsdale, IL Back to top
The Wellness House website at www.wellnesshouse.org provides an overview of the free programs offered by Wellness House, designed to complement conventional medical treatments while concentrating on the psychological and emotional needs of participants and their families. In addition to networking and support groups, licensed professionals at Wellness House lead educational classes on coping well with cancer, nutrition, exercise, stress reduction, and programs for children and teens who have a family member with cancer. A founding member of the Cancer Health Alliance of Metropolitan Chicago, Wellness House is: Challenging Cancer, Creating Community, Changing Lives.
www.wellnesshouse.org