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

2. The American Cancer Society is helping people…
By educating them on steps they can take to prevent cancer and find it early
Stay Well
By providing accurate and timely informational, emotional, and practical support services
Get Well
To further understand its causes, determine how best to prevent it, and discover new ways to cure it.
Find a Cure
Fight Back
By continuing government funding of cancer research, creating smoke-free communities, and improving access to affordable, quality healthcare

3. Cancer Resource Network Helping Patients Get Well

4. The Cancer Resource Network
Having cancer is hard. Finding help shouldn’t be.
No matter what you need, the American Cancer Society
can help.
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.
Connection to others who have been there
for emotional support.

6. 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?

7. National Cancer Information Center
Information – Answers to Your Questions
National Cancer Information Center
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
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.
Show NCIC DVD here. If internet and time are available, show a quick demo of cancer.org.

8. 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?

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

10. 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.

11. How can ACS help? 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?

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

13. 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 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.

14. Thank you.