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Cancer support groups can provide both emotional and informational support. However, many online cancer support groups skew towards providing more informational support. [4] For example, cancer support groups may also share information regarding available treatments, managing side effects, or negotiating accommodations from a workplace.
The Cancer Support Affiliate Network consists of 42 licensed affiliates, 150 satellite locations and a growing number of health care partnerships. [10] [11] Affiliates provide programs free of charge to anyone affected by cancer, including patients, survivors, caregivers, loved ones and children. [12]
The charity was founded 1911 [4] as the Society for the Prevention and Relief of Cancer, by Douglas Macmillan following the death of his father from the disease. In 1924, the name was changed to the National Society for Cancer Relief, which it retained until 1989 when it was changed to Cancer Relief Macmillan Fund, later changed again to Macmillan Cancer Relief.
EORTC Cancer Research Fund (ECRF) The EORTC Cancer Research Fund (ECRF) was created in 1976 to collect the necessary funds for the EORTC to function with the cooperation of national cancer leagues involved in the fight against cancer (Germany, Belgium, Denmark, France, Hong Kong, Norway, The Netherlands, The UK, Switzerland, Sweden, etc.).
Alison Hitchcock, 56, is co-founder of From Me To You Letters, a charity supporting people living with cancer by sending them letters, and has created a 24-hour event to mark World Cancer Day ...
The DRKS is an open access, free of charge online register for clinical trials and is available both in English and German. DRKS is part of the WHO's ICTRP. The DRKS works with two partner registries in Germany, DeReG (German Registry for Somatic Gene-Transfer Trials) and Clinical Trial Registry of the University Medical Center Freiburg. [4]
Cancer Research UK (CRUK) is the world's largest independent cancer research organisation. [2] [3] It is registered as a charity in the United Kingdom [1] and Isle of Man, and was formed on 4 February 2002 by the merger of The Cancer Research Campaign and the Imperial Cancer Research Fund. [4]
Bianca Perea is now cancer free after she was diagnosed in 2021 (Phil Tragen/The Christie NHS Foundation Trust/PA)