Resources for young adults
Here are some Web sites that may be helpful to adolescents and young adults with cancer:
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People Living with Cancer
PLWC is a comprehensive Web site for patients that includes a whole section for young adults with practical information, support and resources.
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Planet Cancer
Probably the best Internet resource for 18-30+ year-olds. Online support, professional medical access, advice, humor (irreverent as appropriate). Hosts weekend retreats in central Texas/
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Ulman Fund
General information for young adults with cancer. Offers college scholarships to those with or who had cancer.
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Vital Options
Founder Selma Schimmel started Vital Options as one of the first organizations to support young adults with cancer. Listen online to The Group Room®, a nationally syndicated radio call-in talk show about cancer.
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Lance Armstrong Foundation
The Lance Armstrong Foundation's mission is to "enhance the quality of survival of those diagnosed with cancer," through support programs, survivorship resources, advocacy and clinical research. LiveStrong.org is an educational program of the Lance Armstrong Foundation that addresses the physical, emotional, and practical needs of cancer survivors.
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Surviving and Moving Forward
This is a unique non-profit organization created to assist young adult survivors of cancer with a successful transition into their post-treatment life by providing financial support through the distribution of grants and scholarships.
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Realtime Cancer
This is a Canadian young adult cancer support site founded by Geoff Eaton, a leukemia survivor. RTC focuses on facing cancer with a positive attitude.
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Cancer and Careers
A great resource for working women with cancer, their employers, co-workers and caregivers.
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A Touch of the Cancer
A Web site by a young woman with Hodgkin's interested in compiling art and writing by woman with cancer under 40.
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Cancer Care
CancerCare is a national non-profit organization that provides free professional support services to anyone affected by cancer: people with cancer, caregivers, children, loved ones, and the bereaved. They have a section (under "Cancer Care services") for young adults.
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American Cancer Society Cancer Survivors' Network
This site has at least two relevant chat rooms: adult survivors of childhood cancer and young cancer survivors.
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Fertile Hope
A comprehensive fertility preservation resource for patients whose medical treatments present the risk of infertility.
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Rolling to Recovery
Colon cancer and general information for young adults