More information from your American Cancer Society

The following related information may also be helpful to you. These materials may be ordered from our toll-free number, 1-800-227-2345.

• Talking With Friends and Relatives About Your Cancer (also available in Spanish)

• Helping Children When a Family Member Has Cancer: Dealing With Diagnosis

• Home Care Agencies (also available in Spanish)

• Listen With Your Heart (also available in Spanish)

• Pain Control: A Guide for Those With Cancer and Their Loved Ones (also available in Spanish)

• Health Insurance and Financial Assistance for the Cancer Patient (also available in Spanish)

• When Your Cancer Comes Back: Cancer Recurrence

• Financial Guidance for Cancer Survivors and Their Families: Advanced Illness

• Advanced Cancer

• Nearing the End of Life

• Helping Children When a Family Member Has Cancer: Dealing With a Parent's Terminal Illness

• Hospice Care (also available in Spanish)

• Coping With the Loss of a Loved One (also available in Spanish)

Books

The following books are available from the American Cancer Society. Call us at 1-800-227-2345 to ask about costs or to place your order.

• Caregiving: A Step-By-Step Resource for Caring for the Person with Cancer at Home, Revised Edition

• When the Focus Is On Care: Palliative Care and Cancer

• Cancer in the Family: Helping Children Cope With a Parent's Illness

National organizations and Web sites*

Along with the American Cancer Society, other sources of information and support include:

Caring Connections, from the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO)
Toll-free number: 1-800-658-8898 (answers as "End-of-Life Consumer Helpline")
Web site: www.caringinfo.org/AdvanceDirectives
This site lists each states' requirements for advance directives. The "free downloads" section has a link to "state-specific advance directives"

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Toll-free number: 1-800-422-6237 (1-800-4-CANCER) (answers as "Cancer Information Service")
Web site: www.cancer.gov
The NCI has information on advance planning and advance directives on their Web site.

AARP
Toll-free number: 1-888-687-2277 (1-888-OUR-AARP)
Web site: www.aarp.org
AARP provides information on a variety of topics (aimed at people age 50 and older) including advance directives, caregiving, and more.

Cancer Legal Resource Center
Toll-free number: 1-866-843-2572 (1-866-THE-CLRC)
Web site: www.disabilityrightslegalcenter.org
Offers free and low-cost legal information and referrals to people with cancer. If no one answers the phone, leave a number and message for call back.

*Inclusion on this list does not imply endorsement by the American Cancer Society.

No matter who you are, we can help. Contact us anytime, day or night, for cancer-related information and support. Call us at 1-800-227-2345 or visit cancer.org.

Last Medical Review: 06/15/2009
Last Revised: 06/15/2009