UCSD Radiation Oncology - Advocacy Groups

Advocacy Groups

Several hundred cancer-related patient advocacy groups exist on a regional and national level in the United States. Below is a sample of the current advocacy groups in a variety of tumor sites.

General Groups

Cancer Care
http://www.cancercare.org/

Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered
http://www.facingourrisk.org/

National Coalition of Cancer Survivorship
http://www.canceradvocacy.org/

National Lymphedema Network
http://www.lymphnet.org/

Specific Cancers

Brain Tumors
American Brain Tumor Association	http://hope.abta.org/
National Brain Tumor Foundation	http://www.braintumor.org/

Breast Cancer
Avon Breast Cancer Fund	http://www.avonbreastcare.org/
National Breast Cancer Coalition	http://www.natlbcc.org/
Breast Cancer Options	http://www.breastcanceroptions.org/
Her2 Support Group	http://www.her2support.org/
Living Beyond Breast Cancer	http://www.lbbc.org/
Susan G. Komen Foundation	http://cms.komen.org/
Y-Me	http://www.y-me.org/

Pediatric (Childhood) Cancers
Candlelighters	http://www.candlelighters.org/
Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation	http://www.cbtf.org/
Kids Konnected	http://www.kidskonnected.org/

Gastrointestinal Tumors
Esophageal Cancer Awareness	http://www.ecaware.org/
Esophageal Cancer Cafe	http://www.eccafe.org/
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network	http://www.pancan.org/

Gynecologic Cancers
National Ovarian Cancer Coalition	http://www.ovarian.org/

Head and Neck Cancer
Support for People with Head/Neck Cancer	http://www.spohnc.org/
Oral Cancer Foundation	http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/

Hematologic Cancers
Lymphomation.org	http://www.lymphomation.org/
Leukemia Lymphoma Society	http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/
Lymphoma Research Foundation	http://www.lymphoma.org/
International Myeloma Foundation	http://www.myeloma.org/

Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer Alliance	http://www.lungcanceralliance.org/

Prostate & Genitourinary Tumors
Kidney Cancer Association	http://kidneycancer.org/
Male Care	http://www.malecare.com/
National Prostate Cancer Coalition	http://www.fightprostatecancer.org/
Us Too!	http://www.ustoo.com/
Testicular Cancer Resource Center	http://tcrc.acor.org/

Sarcoma
Sarcoma Alliance	http://www.sarcomaalliance.com/

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