Consumer Health Guide

If you’ve been recently diagnosed, or know someone who has, we’re here with answers, guidance, and support. You’ll also learn about the causes of cancer and what you can do to lower your risk of getting cancer or find it early, when it’s easier to treat.

From the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, provides expert information presented in plain language with visuals, charts, and definitions to empower people with cancer and caregivers to talk with their clinicians about the best treatment options.

Information on a wide variety of cancer types.

General information on a wide variety of cancer topics including types of cancer, what happens after the diagnosis, and treatment options.

Provides access to a wide variety of resources including books, webinars, and caregiver information.

OncoLink® content is continually updated and ranges from treatment and disease information for a newly diagnosed patient, support through the side effects of treatment, and into survivorship.

The National Cancer Institute develops booklets for the public on a variety of topics related to cancer. Booklets are available as PDFs to read online or print. Some are also available as e-books.

From the National Cancer Institute - Cancer and its treatment can impact your quality of life and overall wellbeing. It is important to take care of yourself, though it can be hard to know what to do or where to start.

A resource for Black women and men to learn about breast cancer and connect with other patients or survivors. Information includes materials on education, support, and survivorship, and a listing of both national groups and those in Minnesota.

Created to provide emotional and educational community support for Asian Americans affected by cancer in the California Bay Area, this site lists local workshops and resources as well as general information about navigating a cancer diagnosis.

A community network aimed at reducing cancer incidence and mortality for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. Its goals are to develop culturally appropriate resources on cancer treatment and services, and increase the capacity of research to reduce cancer health disparities.

A Latina-run organization in San Jose, CA with the mission to improve cancer awareness and the quality of cancer care within the Latino community. Programs include health education, survivor support, and patient navigation.

A community-based organization in Colorado that develops and evaluates programs surrounding Native Americans, and supports various groups, including patients. Topics for this group include survivorship support and questions to ask a healthcare team.

The mission of this group is to eliminate the prostate cancer disparity amongst African American men, but efforts also include support, resources, and advocacy for all men affected by this disease. National initiatives include a survivor network, support groups, and increased access to clinical trials and treatments.

From the American Cancer Society

Provided by the US National Library of Medicine, this resource has information on hundreds of clinical studies going on around the world. Look for studies that are recruiting or ones that are in progress.

The Belong app creates a wide social network for cancer patients and their families. Users can connect with others with cancer to receive support, tips and advices. The app also provides access to leading health care professionals to answer questions and tools that help organize and securely manage needed health care documents.

CancerCare’s mission is to provide free professional support services to anyone diagnosed with cancer, their friends, relatives and caregivers. The CancerCare website provides links to the Reading Room that contains PDF brochures discussing various cancer types and their medical, emotional and practical concerns in English and Spanish. An online community message board is available as well as links to information about support groups and monthly schedules for telephone education sessions.

Macmillan Cancer Support aims to provide comprehensive high quality, expertly developed information about cancer, and make it available to everyone who needs it. The resource offers extensive cancer information, support services and the UK’s largest online cancer community.