Cancer Care really cares

[Guest guest]

Your doctor is only the beginning. The physical and emotional effects of cancer

and treatment can be significant. The good news is that

help is available from the different people who make up your health care team.

http://www.cancercare.org/pdf/fact_sheets/fs_healthcare_team.pdf

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Cancer Financial Assistance Coalition (CFAC)

CFAC is a group of organizations that offers financial help and resources. The

coalition aims to educate patients and providers about existing resources

through an online database.

http://www.cancercare.org/get_help/assistance/index.php

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The report, " Cancer Care for the Whole Patient: Meeting Psychosocial Health

Needs, " is now available on the IOM website at www.iom.edu/cancerwholecare.

For more information about CancerCare's role in the IOM report, contact Jeanie

M. Barnett, director of outreach and marketing, at 212-712-6137. To obtain a

copy of the report, call the National Academies' Office of News and Public

Information at 202-334-2138 or e-mail news@....

http://www.cancercare.org/about_us/press_releases/pr_2007_10_23.php

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Cancer Care has a network of professional people who can give you information on

where to find the help that you need. I have just copied a few to give you a

general idea of what is offered. You may find some of your needs met by going

to this website:

http://www.cancercare.org/get_help/pwc.php

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FYI,

Lottie Duthu