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Lung Cancer
Resources
Alliance for Lung Cancer
Advocacy, Support, and Education (ALCASE)
Telephone: 800-298-2436 or 360-696-2436
Fax: 360-699-1944
E-mail: info@alcase.org
Internet: www.alcase.org
ALCASE offers many services specifically designed
to meet the needs of people living with lung cancer and their loved ones.
Services include the Phone Buddies Program (a peer-to-peer support program),
Spirit and Breath (a quarterly newsletter), patient education materials, and
lung cancer awareness materials
Cancer News: Lung Cancer
Information Internet:
www.cancernews.com/category.asp?cat=12
Cancer News on the Net® is dedicated to bringing patients and their families the
latest news and information on cancer diagnosis, treatment and prevention. This
is a free service.
iAround.org
Internet: www.iaround.org
Non-profit organization working to create a lung cancer resource guide so
patients and caregivers can get the critical yet sufficient resources quickly,
easily, and achieve the best possible outcome.
Lung Cancer Caring
Ambassadors Program (LCCAP) Telephone: 770-393-0739
Internet: www.lungcancercap.org
The Lung Cancer Caring Ambassadors Program is a nonprofit organization dedicated
to assisting people facing the challenges of living with lung cancer and their
loved ones. The organization offers support and information. LCCAP believes in
the power of people working together to help one another.
Lung Cancer Information
Library
Internet:
www.meds.com/lung/lunginfo.html
This site offers an electronic library of educational materials on lung cancer
for health care professionals and patients. It also has links to many Internet
sites containing useful information about lung cancer.
Lung Cancer Online Internet:
www.lungcanceronline.org
Lung Cancer Online is an Internet-based clearinghouse for information about lung
cancer created by a lung cancer survivor. The site is a gateway to lung cancer
resources that is intended to facilitate the time consuming and
often-frustrating process of learning about lung cancer, treatment options, and
support services.
National Comprehensive
Cancer Network Lung Cancer Treatment Guidelines
Internet:
www.nccn.org/patient_gls/_english/_lung/index.htm
The NCCN site contains information about the function of the lungs, types of
lung cancer, lung cancer stages, and a glossary of medical terms. One feature of
the site takes you through an interactive treatment decision tree based on your
stage of disease and other specific circumstances.
New York Times, Women’s
Health: Lung Cancer Internet:
www.nytimes.com/specials/women/whome/lung_cancer.html The New York Times sponsors this site,
which contains information on lung cancer and women's health including links to
other useful sites.
