Get Well / Stay Well

Stay Well: Fight Back Through Education

 

The American Cancer Society provides free educational programs and support services to help improve the quality of life for all cancer patients and their families.

 This includes prevention and early detection initiatives, cancer information, our toll-free 24 hour information line 1-800-ACS-2345 and Web site http://www.cancer.org/

  
 Cancer Information
The American Cancer Society can give you the information you need to make informed decisions about cancer. And we can refer you to the resources in your area that can help you cope with the disease. You can find information about various types of cancer, treatment options, ongoing research, and more.  
Find Cancer Information.

Prevention and Early Detection Initiatives
The American Cancer Society offers programs to help educate you about cancer risks, early detection methods, and prevention. What you eat and drink, how you live, where you work . . . all these factors can affect your risk for cancer.  If you can't prevent cancer, the next best thing you can do to protect your health is to detect it early. Recognizing symptoms, getting regular check-ups, and performing self-exams are just a few ways you can do this.
Learn more about prevention and detection programs.

Great American Health Challenge
Joining the American cancer Society's Great American Health Challenge can help you get and stay on the road to looking good, feeling great and reducing your cancer risk. Participant and learn more about each Great American Health Challenge:

Great American Health Check Take the Health Check. It’s quick and easy. Simply answer some questions about yourself or a loved one and instantly get a personalized health action plan to share with your doctor.   Great American Eat Right Challenge Eat your way to better health. What you eat (or don't eat) and how active you are can influence your risk of developing cancer. Learn about the best ways to reduce your risk through simple lifestyle changes. Great American Get Fit Challenge Did you know you benefit from even small amounts of moderate activity throughout the day? Regular physical activity is easier to fit in than you may realize and can significantly lower your lifetime risk for cancer. The Get Active Challenge provides you with the tools you need to get and stay active! Great American Smokeout Quitting smoking is not easy, but it can be done. To have the best chance of quitting successfully, you need to know what you're up against, what your options are, and where to go for help.

Get Well: Patient Services and Support

If you are diagnosed with cancer, where can you turn for help? The American Cancer Society offers many free programs for patients and survivors, including rides to and from treatment; the Cancer Survivors Network for support; beauty products for patients to help them restore their self-confidence after debilitating treatment; and more.  These programs and services are available because of volunteers like you! Learning About Cancer What is cancer? What causes it? How do you detect and treat it? This page will help you learn more about different types of cancer, how to prevent it, and how to detect it early. Preparing for Treatment People new to the cancer experience can get help making treatment decisions, understanding the effects of treatment, finding treatment centers and doctors, participating in clinical trials of new treatments, supporting a friend or loved one with cancer, and talking about cancer with friends and others. Coping with Treatment Treatment may affect your life in many ways. We can help you cope with side effects of treatment, feel good about your appearance, get information on financial and legal issues, and track side effects and doctor appointments. After Treatment What happens after treatment? Learn how to maintain your health, discover how you can share your experiences to help current patients cope, and find out how you can get involved in the fight against cancer.   Free Programs and Services provided by your American Cancer Society Road to Recovery Every day thousands of cancer patients need a ride to treatment, but some may not have a way to get there.  Our Road to Recovery program provides rides to and from treatment for people with cancer who do not have a ride or are unable to drive themselves. Volunteer drivers donate their time and the use of their cars so that patients can receive the life-saving treatments they need.  Learn how to volunteer as a driver, or request a ride here.   I Can Cope I Can Cope is an educational program for people facing cancer—either personally, or as a friend or family caregiver.  I Can Cope classes help dispel cancer myths by presenting straightforward facts and answers to your cancer-related questions. Learn more about how to sign up or volunteer as a facilitator here. Reach to Recovery Reach to Recovery connects breast cancer patients with breast cancer survivors.  Reach to Recovery program has helped people (female and male) cope with their breast cancer experience. This experience begins when someone is faced with the possibility of a breast cancer diagnosis and continues throughout the entire period that breast cancer remains a personal concern. Learn more here. Man to Man The Man to Man program helps men cope with prostate cancer by providing community-based education and support to patients and their family members.  Program services and activities vary depending on the location. Find more information about your local area here. Look Good...Feel Better The Look Good...Feel Better program is a community-based, free, national service. It teaches female cancer patients beauty tips to look better and feel good about how they look during chemotherapy and radiation treatments. Learn more here. This program is also avaiable in a teenage version. Learn more about Look Good Feel Better for Teens here. Information Our toll-free 24 hour information line 1-800-ACS-2345 and Web site http://www.cancer.org/ are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The American Cancer Society offers many more free programs and services. Learn more here.

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Download the California Report to Community and see what the American Cancer Society is doing to fight back against this disease in California! [Download Report to the Community- CA division.pdf]