Partners

The Cancer Support Community (CSC) is proud to belong to a number of national cancer coalitions and partnerships.

Patient Advocacy Partners - CSC is a proud member of the following national advocacy coalitions:

The Alliance for Childhood Cancer aims to provide a forum of national patient advocacy groups and medical and scientific organizations which meets regularly, shares ideas and concerns, and works collaboratively to advance research and policies to prevent cancer, and improve public education, and the diagnosis, treatment, supportive care and survivorship of children and adolescents with cancer.

Formed in 1993, the Cancer Leadership Council (CLC) is a policy and advocacy group currently comprised of 27 cancer patient organizations, professional societies, and research organizations. Initially, the CLC focused on initiatives that would guarantee cancer survivors access to high quality care provided by cancer specialists. The agenda of the CLC, which is patient-centered, is set by the participating organizations, and CLC positions represent the consensus of the groups.

C-Change is comprised of the nation's key cancer leaders from government, business, and nonprofit sectors who share the vision of a future where cancer is prevented, detected early, or is managed successfully as a chronic illness. Former President George Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush are Co-chairs of C-Change; Senator Dianne Feinstein serves as Vice Chair. Currently there are about 130 C-Change participants, all of whom are central figures from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors.

The National Quality Caregiving Coalition of the Rosalynn Carter Institute is a coalition of national associations, groups, and individuals with interests in and active agendas that promote caregiving across all ages and disabilities throughout the life span.

 Research Partners – CSC actively conducts research to quantify and document the benefits of psychosocial support for people affected by cancer.  TWC conducts research studies in collaboration with:

• Catholic University
• Centers for Disease Control 
•  M.D. Anderson Cancer Center 
• Rutgers University 
•  Stanford University 
• University of California, Los Angeles
• University of California, San Francisco 

General Services Partners - CSC has general partnerships with:

 
CR, the American Association for Cancer Research’s award-winning magazine about people and progress in cancer, connects patients, caregivers and researchers to share essential information and perspectives on survivorship, research and advocacy. CR delivers information about cancer research in a language that we can all understand, and connects all groups of people who are personally affected by cancer, caring for patients and working toward preventing and curing the disease. Click here to subscribe and 20% of your subscription price will be donated to the Cancer Support Community. To read select contents from the current issue, visit www.crmagazine.org.  

Funders

CSC’s free emotional, educational, and support services are made possible by the support and generosity of our many partners and funders:

Contact CSC

If you would like more information about our partnerships, or if you would like to learn how to become a sponsor of the Cancer Support Community, please email help@cancersupportcommunity.org or call us at 888-793-WELL