The Foundation also provides co-payment assistance to people undergoing treatment for:

• non-small cell lung cancer
  
• gastric cancer
• renal cell cancer
• glioblastoma
• pancreatic cancer

Currently, the funds for breast cancer, prostate cancer, and head and neck cancer are closed. We will notify you as soon as these funds become available again.

Visit www.cancercarecopay.org to learn more about the foundation and how to apply for assistance. Learn more about our free, professional support services and resources for people facing colon or colorectal cancer.

• The Importance of Taking Your Pills Everyday on Schedule offers tips on how patients can adhere to their doctor’s instructions and remember to take their pills.
• Colorectal Cancer: The Importance of Screening and Early Detection describes the screening tests that are available to detect and also prevent colorectal cancer.
• Coping with Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma (PTCL) offers helpful tips for managing the practical and emotional concerns people may have after being diagnosed with peripheral t-cell lymphoma (PTCL).
• Update on the Treatment of Liver Cancer details the different types of liver cancer, their treatment options, how to manage side effects, and the importance of communicating with your health care support team.
• Latest News in Blood Cancer Research presents the latest research in the treatment of leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma.

Three of these new publications are in Spanish:

• Lidiando con las nauseas y vomitos inducidos por la quimioterapia (Coping with Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting) (CINV)) offers tips for coping with nausea and vomiting from chemotherapy treatment.
• Mieloma multiple: Obtenga el maximo de sus citas medicas (Multiple Myeloma: Making the Most of Your Medical Appointments) explores ways to improve communication with your health care team.  
• Sobrellevando el mieloma multiple (Coping with Multiple Myeloma) offers tips for managing multiple myeloma so that patients can feel more in control of their diagnosis.  

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When Suzanne Lindley was diagnosed with colorectal cancer and informed she had six months to live, she and her family moved to the country, where she’d always dreamed of living.  Twelve years later, Suzanne leads an amazingly active life, traveling all around the country as a colorectal cancer advocate.

She credits her current quality of life to hitchhiking treatments, as well as to her CancerCare social worker Keith Lyons, who provided her with essential support and motivation through individual counseling and a support group.  “[Keith] said I could see cancer as a death sentence or I could celebrate the fact that I was very much alive and experience now,” Suzanne recalls.

The complete article is available here.

CancerCare offers online, telephone and face-to-face support groups that connect you with people who are in a similar situation. All support groups are free and led by professional oncology social workers who are experienced with cancer-related issues and concerns.

The CancerCare Co-Payment Assistance Foundation provides up to $10,000 per year in co-payment assistance to eligible individuals facing renal cell carcinoma or colorectal cancer.

CancerCare has also responded to the needs of people facing kidney cancer by hosting Connect Education Workshops that offer information about research and treatment in kidney cancer and offering informative kidney cancer publications in our ever-expanding online reading room.

To learn about treatment updates for colorectal cancer, listen to our most recent Connect Education Workshop, Emerging Treatments for Colorectal Cancer: What’s New? Other Connect Education Workshops have explored colorectal cancer topics such as improved treatment options through clinical trials and updates on genetic testing for recurrence.

Additionally, this month’s Ask CancerCare column gives you an opportunity to ask any questions you may have about coping with colorectal cancer.

For more resources on these cancers, visit the diagnoses pages on our website.