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  • ​Sexual and Reproductive Health
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These groups offer a wide range of information about cancer. This includes education, support, coping with treatment and more.
American Cancer Society (ACS)
1-800- 227-2345
A nationwide, community-based health organization dedicated to preventing cancer, saving lives and diminishing the suffering from cancer.
Cancer Support Community
1-888-793-9355
Information on living with cancer, whether you are newly diagnosed, a survivor, or a family member or friend of someone who is living with cancer.
Levine Cancer Center 
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
1-800-422-6237
The nation’s trusted source for cancer information.  Provides information about cancer and how to find quality care. Offers education material online or mailed to your home at no charge.
UNC Mary Anne Long Patient and Family Resource Center
​984-974-8100
Offers a library, business center, boutique for head coverings, relaxation rooms, patient & family education and referrals to hospital and community resources and support
CancerCare
1-800-813-4673
Provides free professional support services to people whose lives are affected by cancer.  They offer individual and group counseling, online and telephone support groups, financial assistance and teleconferences.
Cancer.net
888-651-3038
Provides information about cancer treatment, clinical trials, coping, and side effects as well as a “find an oncologist” database and online message boards.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
1-800-232-4636
Cancer prevention and control information, statistics and what CDC is doing about this.
National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)
Easy to understand resources to help you better communicate with your physician and health care team.
MedlinePlus
​888-346-3656
Information from NIH in easy to understand language
Novant Health 
Vidant Health ​
Duke Cancer Institute
Chemocare.com
Drug information, side effect management, practical tools
North Carolina Health Info – Cancer
Website managed by the Health Sciences Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  Special feature where consumers may ask a librarian a health related question.
Mission Health 
UNC Cancer Network
Free, monthly lectures about cancer-related topics
Wake Forrest Baptist Medical
The groups below focus on certain types of cancer.  It usually depends on where your cancer begins. They may offer information about special treatments, research and programs in your community.
Brain Cancer
Gynecologic Cancer
Breast Cancer
Head, Neck, Oral, and Thyroid Cancers​
Metastatic Breast Cancer
Leukemia, Lymphoma, and Myeloma​
Gastrointestinal Cancer​
Melanoma​
Genitourinary Cancer​
Thoracic Cancer​
​Children, teens and young adults need different types of support depending on their age and life stage.  These groups can help you cope and connect to help.
Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation (CBTF)
1-866-228-4673
Funds basic research on pediatric brain tumors.  They offer additional support including a parent-to-parent support network and telephone support group.
Fertility Preservation
Information about the freezing of human reproductive tissues.
Stupid Cancer
Largest charity that "makes cancer suck less" for those touched by young adult cancer. 
NCCN Guidelines for Patients
Guidelines to help you get the best care plan for adolescents and young adults with cancer
Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults
Critical Mass Mission Control
Find programs, services and resources in your local area.
Genevieve’s Helping Hands
Support for young women with breast cancer; personalized help to find needed financial resources, connections to other groups, family and caregiver support groups, other cancer patients, nutritional support and more.
Life After Treatment – Cancer in Young Adults & Teens
American Society of Clinical Oncology
(571) 483-1300
Young Survival Coalition
Young women (18-40) facing breast cancer together
Cure Search for Children’s Cancer
1-800-458-6223
Resources and education so no child faces a cancer diagnosis without a fully equipped support team.
Hope for Young Adults with Cancer
Provide direct financial support to young adults, ages 18-40 through our “Giving Hope Fund”
LIVESTRONG:  A Podcast Series for Young Adults with Cancer
1-866-673-7205
The SAMFUND
Financial support for young adult cancer survivors.
UNC Fertility
Information on fertility preservation
Clinical Trials are studies that involve people. You can learn about research and testing of new cancer treatments.
Association of Cancer Online Resources
This web site offers hundreds of online support groups related to cancer.  Click on “Mailing Lists” to find groups focused on such issues as Clinical Trials.
Cancer Research Institute
Funds cancer and immunology research, and provides information on clinical trials.
EmergingMed
877-601-8601
Provides a free, confidential, clinical trials matching and referral service for cancer patients.
BreastCancerTrials.org
Specifically designed for breast cancer patients, this site offers information about clinical trials and a clinical trials matching service.
Centerwatch
Lists available clinical trials and has an e-mail notification service that can inform you of a new clinical trial for your disease.
National Cancer Institute
800-422-6237
NCI supported clinical trials and cancer related information.
Cancer.net
From the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), this site offers oncologist-approved information on many types of cancer and treatment, clinical trials and more.
Clinical Trials from the National Institute of Health
Registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the U.S. and around the world, and also contains information about understanding clinical trials.
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
919-966-4432
​877-668-0683
UNC Lineberger offers many clinical trials, which can be searched by disease type, physician or course of treatment
It is common for people to have body changes and problems with sex due to cancer and treatment. There is also help available for people who want to have children after cancer treatment.
Fertile Action
Charity work to ensure fertile women touched by cancer can become mothers.
Oncofertility
866-708-3378
Provides patients, parents and partners with cancer-related advice, animations, survivor videos and other resources.
Sexuality for the Man with Cance
LIVESTRONG
Contain articles about female and male sexual health during and after cancer
Oncolink
Women's and men’s guides to sexuality during and after cancer treatment
Sexuality for the Woman with Cancer
Livestrong Fertility
Resources for Combatting Sexual Dysfunction after Cancer
Save My Fertility
866-708-3378
For adult cancer patients and the parents of children with cancer who want to learn more about preserving their fertility before and during cancer treatment