Support and Online Communities

The National Cancer Information Center provides information and support to those facing cancer 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Trained cancer information specialists are available via phone, live chat, and now video chat, providing accurate, up to date cancer information to patients, family members, and caregivers and connecting them with valuable services and resources in their communities.

If you have breast cancer, you may want to connect with someone who knows what you're feeling - someone who has "been there." Through our Reach To Recovery website and app, you can have an online chat with a trained volunteer who has survived breast cancer and understands what you are going through.

Join our online community by and for people with cancer and their families. Find and connect with others through our member search, discussion boards, chat rooms, and private CSN e-mail. Create your own personal space to tell us about yourself, share photos, audio, etc, start an online journal (blog), contribute resources, and more.

A new online tool for survivors during and after treatment created by the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute helps them create personalized Action Decks. These collections of selected information help survivors better communicate with caregivers and their care teams to manage their physical and emotional care after a cancer diagnosis.

Belong is an app that provides people with cancer and their families a unique and innovative personalized solution to help manage cancer. On the app, the American Cancer Society has a forum called American Cancer Society4U. Belong users will be able to read relevant information that connects them to American Cancer Society information and help, along with accessing Belong’s other wide range of features.