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Cancer Resource Network

Cancer Resource Network. Overview of American Cancer Society programs and services for patients. The American Cancer Society is helping people…. By continuing government funding of cancer research, creating smoke-free communities, and improving access to affordable, quality healthcare.

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Cancer Resource Network

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  1. Cancer Resource Network Overview of American Cancer Society programs and services for patients.

  2. The American Cancer Society is helping people… • By continuing government funding of cancer research, creating smoke-free communities, and improving access to affordable, quality healthcare

  3. Cancer Resource NetworkHelping Patients Get Well

  4. Easy to understand information to help you make decisions about your care. Referrals to help you with day-to-day questions about finances, insurance, transportation, & lodging. The Cancer Resource Network Having cancer is hard. Finding help shouldn’t be. No matter what you need, the American Cancer Society can help. Connection to others who have been there for emotional support.

  5. Information – Answers to Your Questions The first thing most cancer patients want is more information about their cancer and answers to questions like: • How will my cancer be treated? • What questions should I ask my doctor? • Will I have side effects from the treatment? • How can ACS help?

  6. Information – Answers to Your Questions • National Cancer Information Center • 1-800-227-2345 • 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days year • Highly trained Cancer Information specialists • Provide up-to-date cancer information, connect to community resources and events, and process donations • www.cancer.org • Cancer information and resources • Personal health planners • Health risk assessment tools • Connect with other cancer survivors • And much more • Clinical Trials Matching Service • A resource enabling patients, their families and health care providers to connect to clinical trials throughout the country.

  7. Day-to-Day Help – Help to Get Through Each Day Cancer patients also need access to free resources to help address day-to-day concerns such as: • I can’t afford my cancer treatment. • I can’t afford my prescribed medications. • I can’t get to my treatments. • I don’t have a place to stay when I go out of town for my treatments. • How can ACS help?

  8. Day-to-Day Help – Help to Get Through Each Day • Lodging and transportation assistance • Help with financial and insurance questions • Prescription drug assistance

  9. Day-to-Day Help – Help to Get Through Each Day • Transportation Grants—a program administered by local health care facilities to help patients get to their treatment • Resource Database—a database of all available resources in a given community • Hope Lodge - a free lodging program for patients receiving treatment far from home. • College Scholarships—scholarships available to college students diagnosed with cancer as children • Road to Recovery— transportation program where ACS volunteers are trained to take patients to and from treatment appointments.

  10. Emotional Support – You Are Not Alone Cancer patients want to learn from others who have been there and who can help with questions like: • I’m not sure how to talk with my family and friends about my cancer. • I would like to talk with others who have had cancer. • I would like to learn from local cancer experts. How can ACS help?

  11. Emotional Support – You Are Not Alone • Help finding local support groups and services • Online community for cancer patients and their families • Cancer education classes

  12. Emotional Support – You Are Not Alone • Look Good…Feel Better—a public service program for women dealing with the appearance-related side effects of cancer • Reach to Recovery—a program matching breast cancer survivors with newly diagnosed patients • I Can Cope—an informational series for patients and their families. Available on-line @ cancer.org/onlineclasses or at designated facilities. • Camp Programs - a one-week camp for children with cancer held in Mississippi and Tennessee. A separate camp is held in Tennessee for siblings of children with cancer. A one-day camp is held in Kentucky. • Cancer Resource Centers – on-site centers within a cancer treatment facility that is run by specially trained ACS volunteers to deliver information and resources to cancer patients and their family members. • Cancer Survivors Network – an online community for patients to connect with others who’ve been there.

  13. Thank you.

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