CancerSchmancer.org One of the best and simplest ways to help expand the Cancer Schmancer Movement is by becoming a spokesperson for it. Help spread the message about our mission of education, legislation, and social reform by posting links on your personal blogs, social networking sites, and public forums through www.CancerSchmancer.org.
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer In 2000, a 4 year old cancer patient named Alexandra "Alex" Scott announced a seemingly simple idea -she was holding a lemonade stand to raise money to help "her doctors" find a cure for kids with cancer. The idea was put into action by Alex and her older brother, Patrick, when they set up the first "Alex's Lemonade Stand for Childhood Cancer" on their front lawn in July of 2000.
For the next four years, despite her deteriorating health, Alex held an annual lemonade stand to raise money for childhood cancer research. Following her inspirational example, thousands of lemonade stands and other fundraising events have been held across the country by children, schools, businesses, and organizations, all to benefit Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for childhood cancer. On August 1st, 2004, Alex died peacefully at the age of 8 -- she had raised over $1 million for childhood cancer research in her short lifetime.
I'm Too Young For This A TIME Magazine Best 50 Website for 2007, the I'm Too Young For This! Cancer Foundation, i[2]y, is the nation's fastest growing advocacy, support and research organization working exclusively on behalf of survivors and care providers under the age of 40.
Men Against Breast Cancer MABC recognizes breast cancer is a family issue that devastates the entire family. Our philosophy is to leverage the support of the whole family to help the patient, with special emphasis on the important role of the husband/partner in caring for the woman he loves. At the same time, MABC recognizes and supports that the ultimate decisions regarding treatment and care are those of the patient.
Environmental Oncology Newsletters Healthy choices and healthy lifestylesnewsletters published three times annually by the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute.
The National Cancer Institute Cancer Centers Program The NCI-designated Cancer Centers are a major source of discovery of the nature of cancer and of the development of more effective approaches to cancer prevention, diagnosis, and therapy. They also deliver medical advances to patients and their families, educate health-care professionals and the public, and reach out to underserved populations. They are characterized by strong organizational capabilities, institutional commitment, and trans-disciplinary, cancer-focused science; experienced scientific and administrative leadership, and state-of-the-art cancer research and patient care facilities.
The University of Colorado Cancer Center's AMC Cancer Prevention & Control Program is the umbrella for all cancer prevention, cancer control and cancer survivorship programs. The AMC Cancer Prevention & Control Program is unique in that it is a joint effort of the University of Colorado Cancer Center and the AMC Cancer Research Center, a freestanding nonprofit organization that operates under UCCC.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering offers care that is unequaled in depth of experience and skill in the treatment of cancer affecting children, teenagers, and young adults. Pediatric oncologists, surgeons, radiation oncologists, pathologists, and other sub-specialists work together to maximize each patient's chance of a cure.
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins has been dedicated to better understanding human cancers and finding more effective treatments. One of only 39 cancer centers in the country designated by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as a Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Kimmel Cancer Center has active programs in clinical research, laboratory research, education, community outreach, and prevention and control.
A new name for Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation to the Prevent Cancer Foundation to better communicate our groundbreaking work in cancer prevention. The Prevent Cancer Foundation funds vital research that has resulted in a greater understanding of the disease. They have supported more than 300 promising scientists at more than 150 leading universities and medical centers across the country. Over the years, they have provided more than $97 million in support of cancer prevention research, education and outreach programs nationwide and has played a pivotal role in developing a body of knowledge that is the basis for important prevention and early detection strategies.
The e.hormone web site, hosted and run by the Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research, is a central conduit providing accurate, timely information and educational resources to keep our international audience at the cutting edge of environmental signaling research. The site is one part of the CBR's Environmental Signaling Network, a multifaceted program that aims to integrate the vast interdisciplinary signaling field by fostering communication and promoting scientific advancements.
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in western Pennsylvania. Since 1985, the UPCI has been committed to improving the understanding of how cancer develops; to characterizing new lifesaving approaches for cancer prevention, detection, diagnosis and treatment; and to educating future generations of scientists and clinicians.
Why Pittsburgh? The University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute is the “lesscancer” frontier with some of the best and cutting edge research in the area of prevention. Pittsburgh has become the environmental health center in tackling some of the most challenging issues.
The Case for Precaution in the Use of Cell Phones
Advice from University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Based on Advice from an International Expert Panel
Studies in humans do not indicate that cell phones are safe, nor do they yet clearly show that they are dangerous. But, growing evidence indicates that we should reduce exposures, while research continues on this important question.
The National Cancer Institute states that 2/3 of all cancers have an environmental cause. For more information about the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute's Center for Environmental Oncology.Karmonos Cancer Institute Wayne State University Detroit Michigan is designated by the National Cancer Institute as among the very best cancer centers in the United States. Ranked by the National Research Corporation as metro Detroit's most preferred cancer center.
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center provides its patients comprehensive diagnostic, treatment and support services. Drawing on the strengths of the U-M faculty, the Cancer Center has assembled a team of specialists who are leaders in their fields to unravel the threat of cancer and to provide care and comfort to those it afflicts.
Camp Mak-A-Dream first welcomed cancer patients to it's beautiful facility in western Montana back in July of 1995. This year marks the 12th Camp season offering cost-free programs for children, teens and young adults with cancer. The camp is operated by Children's Oncology Camp Foundation and is a medically supervised, cost-free camp for children (ages 6-13), teens (ages 14-18) and young adults (ages 18-25) with cancer and their siblings (ages 6-17). The facility is located approximately 65 miles east of Missoula, Montana on I-90 at the Gold Creek exit, just 3/4 of a mile south of the Interstate.
Ecologist, author, and cancer survivor, Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized expert on the environmental links to cancer and reproductive health. She received her doctorate in biology from the University of Michigan and master's degree in English from Illinois State University.
Steingraber's highly acclaimed book, Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment presents cancer as a human rights issue. It was the first to bring together data on toxic releases with newly released data from U.S. cancer registries. Living Downstream won praise from international media, including The Washington Post, the Nation, The Chicago Tribune, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, The Lancet, and The London Times. In 1997, Steingraber was named a Ms. Magazine Woman of the Year. In 1998, she received from the Jenifer Altman foundation the first annual Altman Award for "the inspiring and poetic use of science to elucidate the causes of cancer," and from the New England chapter of the American Medical Writers Association, the Will Solimene Award for "excellence in medical communication." In 1999, the Sierra Club heralded Steingraber as "the new Rachel Carson." And in 2001, Carson's own alma mater, Chatham College, selected Steingraber to receive its biennial Rachel Carson Leadership Award.
The National Cancer Institute's research programs are extensive and contain many innovative initiatives.
The Commonweal Cancer Help Program (CCHP) is a week-long retreat for people with cancer. Their goal is to help participants live better and, where possible, longer lives. The Cancer Help Program addresses the unmet needs of people with cancer. These include finding balanced information on choices in healing, mainstream and complementary therapies; exploring emotional and spiritual dimensions of cancer; discovering that illness can sometimes lead to a richer and fuller life; and experiencing genuine community with others facing a cancer diagnosis.
Washington Toxics Coalition protects public health and the environment by eliminating toxic pollution. WTC promotes alternatives, advocates policies, empowers communities, and educates people to create a healthy environment.
The overarching mission of the Harvard School of Public Health is to advance the public's health through learning, discovery, and communication. Their objectives are:
- to provide the highest level of education to public health scientists, practitioners, and leaders
- to foster new discoveries leading to improved health for the people of this country and all nations
- to strengthen health capacities and services for communities
- to inform policy debate, disseminate health information, and increase awareness of public health as a public good and fundamental right.
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health As the world's population and consumer demand continue to grow, there is urgent need to improve human health, prevent disease, and meet basic needs for food, water and shelter equitably for all people. The challenge of our time is to meet these goals as population increases while protecting the environment, preserving biodiversity, and conserving finite resources to meet the needs of future generations.
The Collaborative on Health & the Environment The new CHE Toxicant and Disease Database is a searchable database that summarizes links between chemical contaminants and approximately 180 human diseases or conditions.
Cancer Clusters is a term used by epidemiologists, statisticians, and public health workers to define an occurrence of a greater-than-expected number of cancer cases within a group of people in a geographic area over a period of time.
The Clean Air Council is the leading environmental organization in Pennsylvania forcing the state and federal government to fully implement the Clean Air Act.
Ralph Lauren works to improve community understanding about cancer risks and prevention by reaching out to individuals, community leaders, community groups and religious institutions in and around Harlem.
National Geographic's Healthy Living As part of its ongoing mission to inspire people to care about the planet, National Geographic Society acquired the Green Guide in March 2007. Dubbed the "green living source for today's conscious consumer , The Green Guide is an invaluable resource for men and women, from young adults to grandparents, striving for a healthy and “ "greener" lifestyle. It is our collective vision that one day The Green Guide will be, for millions of consumers, the go-to source of information about practical everyday, environmentally responsible and health-minded product choices and actions. The goal is to ensure that The Green Guide and www.thegreenguide.com serve as your most practical, reliable, and trustworthy content source for product choices and daily practices that are better for health and the environment.
California Breast Cancer Research Program, University of California located in Oakland, CA, United States
The Cancer Prevention and Education Society — Stopping Cancer At Its SourceThe Cancer Prevention Coalition which opened its national office in Chicago in July 1994, is a unique nationwide coalition of leading independent experts in cancer prevention and public health, together with citizen activists and representatives of organized labor, public interest, environmental, and women's health groups. The Coalition has about 100 local offices in the U.S., as well as international offices. Chairman: Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., Founder of the Coalition, is an expert on the causes and prevention of cancer.
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Scientific PublicationsThe Sunwise Program is an environmental and health education program that aims to teach the public how to protect themselves from overexposure to the sun through the use of classroom-, school-, and community-based components.
The Center for Health, Environment and Justice is the only national environmental organization that was founded and is led by a grassroots leader. Lois Gibbs founded CHEJ after winning the nation's first community relocation of 900 families due to a leaking toxic waste dump in Love Canal, New York. Through this effort she also woke up the nation to recognize the link between people's exposures to dangerous chemicals in the community setting and serious public health impacts.
Children's Health & Pediatric Cancer
The Children's Hospital Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders
Our Center garners local, regional, national and international respect for its treatment and care of children, adolescents and young adults with cancer and non-malignant blood diseases, such as hemophilia and sickle cell anemia. The Center is the only dedicated pediatric cancer center in the Rocky Mountain region, and it is home to numerous specialized programs, which provide state-of-the-art methods for diagnosing and treating complex diseases.Healthy Child Healthy World is dedicated to protecting the health and well being of children from harmful environmental exposures. We educate parents, support protective policies, and engage communities to make responsible decisions, simple everyday choices, and well-informed lifestyle improvements to create healthy environments where children and families can flourish.
Healthy Toys developed because children's products should not contain toxic chemicals! No government agency is adequately assuring that children's products do not contain harmful chemicals. Nor does any agency require labeling or disclosure to inform consumers about the chemical components of children's products. HealthyToys.org was launched to address the failures of our current system to regulate chemicals in products.
HealthyToys.org is a first step in providing parents, grandparents, and others who care about children with the information they need to make better choices when purchasing toys and other children's products.
St. Jude is unlike any other pediatric treatment and research facility anywhere. Discoveries made here have completely changed how the world treats children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases.
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center For fifty years the Children's Cancer Hospital has focused on just that through pediatric cancer research and programs research into preventing as well as treating cancer and programs to restore balance to a child's life after a cancer diagnosis.
Sloan Kettering offers care that is unequaled in depth of experience and skill in the treatment of cancer affecting children, teenagers, and young adults. Pediatric oncologists, surgeons, radiation oncologists, pathologists, and other sub-specialists work together to maximize each patient's chance of a cure.
Johns Hopkins The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Care Center has been dedicated to better understanding human cancers and finding more effective treatments. One of only 39 cancer centers in the country designated by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as a Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Kimmel Cancer Center has active programs in clinical research, laboratory research, education, community outreach, and prevention and control.
Childrens Hospital of Michigan Hematology/Oncology The Division of Hematology/Oncology at Children’s Hospital of Michigan is a national and international leader in the field. Over the years, the program has made major contributions to the understanding and treatment of pediatric blood diseases and cancer.
For More information on the care and cure for pediatric cancer go to Cure Search
Susan G. Komen for the Cure — Komen for the Cure wanted to understand the relationship between environmental factors and breast cancer, and where additional research or improved research methods are needed.
Add More Voices to the Breast Cancer MovementThe purpose of the Center for Environmental Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute is to promote further research on the environmental causes of cancer and educate the public about what we already have learned. Specific goals of the Center for Environmental Oncology include: promoting and performing research that identifies causes of cancer in the environment; teaching health professionals how to look for environmental risk factors in their patients; informing patients, their families and communities about cancer risks and ways to reduce their chance of recurrence; providing healthy options regarding exercise, nutrition and avoidable chemical exposures; evaluating public policies to determine how they affect the environment and health; and testing ways of reducing cancer risk through "greening" buildings, including hospitals.
HuffPost Green features up-to-the-minute news stories, blog posts, video, and community forums. The focus is on eco news and trends -- from the latest scientific findings and environmental legislation to the latest green lifestyle tips. The section will also feature advice on sustainable investing and highlight eco-friendly businesses such as renewable energy, green building, recycling and organics.
Toxic chemical pollution threatens every American family and every community. In 2005 alone, more than 923 million pounds of cancer-causing chemicals were released into our air and water. Sierra Club's Toxics website provides information on a variety of toxics-related subjects including lead in kids products, Superfund, Brownfields redevelopment, hazardous substances, public health as related to toxics in our environment and many other issues.
Does your sunscreen work? An investigation of nearly 1,000 brand-name sunscreen products finds that 4 out of 5 contain chemicals that may pose health hazards or don't adequately protect skin from the sun's damaging rays. Some of the worst offenders are leading brands like Coppertone, Banana Boat, and Neutrogena. More than a million cases of skin cancer are diagnosed in the U.S. every year, but FDA still hasn't finalized sunscreen standards first announced 30 years ago. Meanwhile, companies are free to claim but not provide broad spectrum protection. Until FDA requires that all sunscreens be safe and effective, Environmental Working Group's comprehensive sunscreen guide—including a list of 143 products that offer very good sun protection—fills in the gaps.
Ideal Bite offers bite-sized ideas for light green living. Would you just love to "do the right thing" for yourself and the planet if it were convenient, fun, inexpensive, and made you feel good? But until now you have lacked a good source of advice for real people leading busy lives.
National Geographic's Healthy Living As part of its ongoing mission to inspire people to care about the planet, National Geographic Society acquired the Green Guide in March 2007. Dubbed the "green living source for today's conscious consumer , The Green Guide is an invaluable resource for men and women, from young adults to grandparents, striving for a healthy and " "greener" lifestyle. It is our collective vision that one day The Green Guide will be, for millions of consumers, the go-to source of information about practical everyday, environmentally responsible and health-minded product choices and actions. The goal is to ensure that The Green Guide serves as your most practical, reliable, and trustworthy content source for product choices and daily practices that are better for health and the environment.
Environmental News Network — Health & Lifestyle Channel provides news and information about how to live a healthier more environmentally friendly lifestyle.
SafeLawns.org for a healthier planet hopes to create a broad-based coalition of non- and for-profit organizations committed to educating society about the benefits of organic lawn care and gardening, and effect a quantum change in consumer and industry behavior.
Local Motion — Better health through fewer toxins
About the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics — a coalition of women’s, public health, labor, environmental health and consumer-rights groups. Our goal is to protect the health of consumers and workers by requiring the health and beauty industry to phase out the use of chemicals linked to cancer, birth defects and other health problems, and replace them with safer alternatives.
Personal care products like shampoo, conditioner, after shave, lotion and makeup are not regulated by the FDA or any other government agency. It is perfectly legal and very common for companies to use ingredients that are known or suspected to be carcinogens, mutagens or reproductive toxins in the their products. Consumers buy these products at drug stores, grocery stores, online or in salons, usually without questioning the product’s safety.
The mission of the Environmental Working Group (EWG) is to use the power of public information to protect public health and the environment. EWG is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, founded in 1993 by Ken Cook and Richard Wiles. EWG specializes in providing useful resources (like Skin Deep and the Shoppers' Guide to Pesticides in Produce to consumers while simultaneously pushing for national policy change.
CHEC was founded in 2004 under a grant from the Heinz Endowments at the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public Health. Our mission is to improve environmental health in Western Pennsylvania. We take a community-based approach to social as well as physical aspects of local environmental health. Our aim is to offer access to local environmental health data, opportunities for collaboration and conferencing, and outreach that helps people improve their lives and neighborhoods.
National Cancer Institute's Research Programs
Cancer Centers exist to foster cancer-focused research, in part through the creation of formal programs. A program comprises the activities of a group of investigators who share common scientific interests and goals and participate in competitively funded research. Programs should be highly interactive and lead to exchange of information, experimental techniques, and ideas that enhance the individual productivity of scientists and result in collaborations and joint publications.Stand Up To Cancer, a new initiative to raise philanthropic dollars for accelerating ground-breaking research, launches today through an unprecedented collaboration uniting the major television networks, entertainment industry executives, celebrities and prominent leaders in cancer research and patient advocacy. ABC, CBS and NBC will donate one hour of simultaneous commercial-free primetime for a nationally televised fundraising event to air on September 5, 2008 (8 pm EDT and PDT), aimed at rallying the public around the goal of ending cancer's reign as a leading cause of death.
Network evening news anchors Charles Gibson, Katie Couric and Brian Williams will announce the initiative together during live appearances today on ABC's "Good Morning America," CBS's "The Early Show," and NBC's "TODAY show."
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