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Kaleidoscope Resources

Courtesy of our Survivorship Support Network, Kaleidoscope offers free resources on various issues for cancer survivors and their loved ones. In this section you will find resources to help navigate through your journey of survivorship.

Cancer Transitions 

An evidence-based program for survivors of any cancer diagnosis who have completed treatment within the last 24 months. The program covers the benefits of exercise, nutrition, emotional support, and medical management—core issues for cancer survivors.

To Learn More About Cancer Transitions

Survivorship: Next Steps to Take 

Once your active treatment is complete, you may wonder what happens after cancer treatment (listen to a podcast of this topic). The following list provides information and resources that offer answers to common questions people may have after treatment, from America's cancer doctors at ASCO.  

Next Steps to Take 

Cancer Survival Toolbox 

The award-winning Cancer Survival Toolbox® is a free, self-learning audio program to help people develop important skills to better meet and understand the challenges of their illness. The audio programs address scenarios for many topics and issues cancer patients and survivors face during their cancer journey. The conversations touch on issues from how to communicate with your doctor, family and loved ones, to understanding the importance of finding information and taking charge of your cancer care. Each scenario is inspired by true stories of real cancer patients and survivors.

Open the Cancer Survival Toolbox Here

The Cancer Journey

Finding practical and reliable information to help guide healthcare decisions is a great challenge for patients with cancer and their caregivers. The Cancer Journey was created for patients and caregivers through the expertise and resources of the Oncology Nursing Society. 

Begin The Cancer Journey Here

Cancer.Net Mobile app

Cancer.Net Mobile is a free companion to the Cancer.Net website that includes guides on 120 types of cancer, interactive tools to keep track of questions to ask healthcare providers, save information about prescribed medications, track symptoms and side effects.

 To learn more about Cancer.Net Mobile click here

CancerSupportSource

A free new service, CancerSupportSource™ is an innovative mobile application providing cancer patients, survivors and caregivers with a unique set of tools addressing their physical, social and emotional concerns related to living with cancer and its treatment. The app is available for download via the iTunes Store

To Learn More About CancerSupportSource

NCCS Pocket Cancer Care Guide Mobile App 

NCCS has created the Pocket Cancer Care Guide, an iPhone app for you and your family, friends and loved ones to quickly and easily build lists of practical questions used to guide conversations between you and your doctor.

Get your NCCS Pocket Cancer Care Guide Mobile App Here

Chemocare 

Welcome to Chemocare.com, my new website designed to provide the latest information about chemotherapy to patients and their families, caregivers and friends. We are here to help by supplementing what you may already have learned from your healthcare professional. -- Scott Hamilton

Visit Scott's site for Care During Chemotherapy and Beyond

Survivor Support Groups 

These vary by location. To find a Cancer Support Community affiliate near you, visit

To Learn More About Survivor Support Groups

Journey Forward 

NCCS believes every person with cancer should receive written care plans and summaries that follows them from the time they are diagnosed through all their years of their survivorship.  These plans can help survivors and their loved ones understand their cancer treatment and follow-up needs. Journey Forward promotes the use of treatment summaries and follow-up plans that give clear steps for care and monitoring after active cancer treatment.  Journey Forward’s custom-made Survivorship Care Plan Builder is available for use by any oncologist.

Build Your Survivorhip Care Plan Here

Disease Specific Resources

Need to talk to somebody about Blood Cancers?

To Speak To A Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Information Specialist

Life after diagnosis and treatment?

The cancer experience doesn't end when treatment ends. No one forgets that he, she or a loved one once had cancer.

To View The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Survivorship Information

Support groups for Blood Cancers

Find An LLS Family Support Group In Your Area

 

Colorectal Cancer

Newly diagnosed, or do you have questions about colorectal cancer?

Fight Colorectal Cancer can help Click Here

Survivorship:  Colorectal Cancer

Survivorship Care Plan, Healthy Living after Colorectal Cancer and Life after Cancer

Click Here Survivorship help specific to colorectal cancers   

 

Breast Cancer

At the heart of Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization™ is the YourShoes® 24/7 Breast Cancer Support Center, the only place in the world where someone can call – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year – and talk to a breast cancer survivor and be understood in 150 languages: 

1-800-221-2141 

You can also connect with other breast cancer survivors on our online Forums, at: forums.y-me.org

 And learn more about Y-Me at their newly redesigned website:  www.y-me.org

 


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