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Online Support Groups for Children with Cancer and/or Their Parents

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Support Groups for Children and Teens Currently Receiving Treatment for Childhood Cancers

  • 2bMe: A site for teens with cancer to address issues related to social issues related to treatment and post treatment issues
  • ALL-Kids ALL-kids is an Internet mailing list providing support for families and caregivers of children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, or ALL
  • Cancer Care: is a non-profit organization that provides free professional support services for anyone affected by cancer
  • Cancer Hope Network: provides free confidential, one on one support for people with cancer and their families
  • Coping With Chemo a support site for Teens to assist them to better cope with their cancer treatment
  • Groop Loop: Professionally Mentored online Teen support groups and discussion board for educational and informational purposes
  • I'm Too Young For This! : A Place For Young Adults Affected By Cancer
  • PatchWorx, Inc: Where kids with illnesses or disabilities discover a circle of support
  • Planet Cancer: a community of young adults with cancer that shares insights and laughs and explores fears. A safe place for teens with cancer (and their parents) to build an online community and find support
  • RealTime Cancer Online community forums, survivor retreats, discussion rooms, blogs and informational links for adolescents and young adults with cancer.
  • Re-Mission: a game & community for young people with cancer A community for teens and young adults with cancer. Re-Mission is a challenging, 3D "shooter" with 20 levels that takes the player on a journey through the bodies of young patients with different kinds of cancer. Players control a nanobot named Roxxi who destroys cancer cells, battles bacterial infections, and manages realistic, life- threatening side effects associated with the disease
  • Teens Living with Cancer: A site for teens with cancer "who have a lot of living to do,"

 

 

 

 

 

Support Sites for Parents and Families of Children receiving Treatment for Cancer

 

 

 

Support Groups for Survivors of Childhood Cancers

  • 2bMe: A site for teens with cancer to address issues related to social issues related to treatment and post treatment issues
  • Cancer Care: free professional-support services for anyone affected by cancer
  • Groop Loop: Professionally Mentored online Teen support groups and discussion board for educational and informational purposes
  • I'm Too Young For This! : A Place For Young Adults Affected By Cancer
  • Planet Cancer: a community of young adults with cancer that shares insights and laughs and explores fears. A safe place for teens with cancer (and their parents) to build an online community and find support
  • RealTime Cancer Online community forums, survivor retreats, discussion rooms, blogs and informational links for adolescents and young adults with cancer.
  • Teens Living with Cancer: A site for teens with cancer "who have a lot of living to do,"

 

 

 


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