Referrals
In this section, you will find a list of organizations that serve as resources for lives that have been impacted by cancer.
Please remember there is a lot of very helpful information available on the Internet, but there is also a lot of misinformation as well. Gilda’s Club Westchester does not endorse or have control over the contents of these sites and their external links to other Internet sites.
Cancer Specific Organizations
- Alliance for Lung Cancer
- American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA)
- American Foundation of Urologic Disease (AFUD)
- American Liver Foundation
- Breast Cancer Research Foundation
- Colon Cancer Alliance (CCA)
- Colorectal Cancer Network
- International Myeloma Foundation (IMF)
- The Kidney Cancer Association
- Lance Armstrong Foundation
- Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
- Mesothelioma Aid
- Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
- National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations
- National Childhood Cancer Foundation
- National Ovarian Cancer Coalition
- The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN)
- Prostate Cancer Research Institute
- Skin Cancer Foundation
- Susan G. Komen for the Cure
- The Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults
Symptom Management
- The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
- American Chronic Pain Association
- American Pain Society
- Cancer Information Services – National Cancer Institute
- Children's Hospice International (CHI)
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
National Cancer Organizations
- American Cancer Society
- CancerCare
- Cancer Research Institute (CRI) The Children's Cause, Inc.
- Cancer and Careers
- Partnership for Caring
- SHARE
National Medical Institutions
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Mayo Clinic
- MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
United States Government Sites
- National Institute of Health (NIH)
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- National Library of Medicine (NLM)
Other Resources
- Association of Cancer Online Resources (ACOR)
- Caring Connections
- National Cancer Institute
- Physicians Data Query (PDQ)
- WebMD
- Wig List
State
Local Organizations
- Ann's Place, The Home of ICAN
- Cancer Coalition of Westchester
- Cancer Support Team
- Stern Chiropractic & Integrative Wellness, P.C.
- Support Connection
- Westchester End of Life Coalition
- Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS)
- Women At Risk
Local Hospice Organizations
- Calvary Hospital Hospice
- Dominican Sisters Family Health Service
- Hospice Care in Westchester & Putnam
- Hospice and Palliative Care of Westchester, Inc.
- Jansen Hospice and Palliative Care
- The Mollie & Jack Zicklin Jewish Hospice Residence
- Phelps Hospice
- Rosary Hill Home
- Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) of Hudson Valley
- Visiting Nurse Service of New York
- Visiting Nurse Services in Westchester