Focus On

Prostate Cancer

CancerCare provides free resources to help you with the practical and emotional concerns that may arise from a diagnosis, including:

• Ask CancerCare — Submit a question for our expert to answer
• Living With Metastatic Prostate Cancer (pdf) — Our new Connect^® booklet, which you can download now or order online
• Medical Update on Metastatic Prostate Cancer — Sign up for this upcoming Connect^® Education Workshop on September 22
• Podcasts of recent Connect Workshops — Click on the link to listen to:
• Caring for Your Bones When You Have Prostate Cancer
• Living with Metastatic Prostate Cancer

CancerCare also offers free support groups and counseling to people with all types of cancer. Visit our website to learn more, or call 1-800-813-HOPE (4673) to speak with an oncology social worker.

What’s New

Ovarian Cancer Hope Line

CancerCare is pleased to announce a new, free telephone helpline to assist women diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Funded by L’Oréal Paris and the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF) and staffed by CancerCare’s professional oncology social workers, the L’Oréal Paris OCRF Hope Line provides counseling and practical help to anyone facing an ovarian cancer diagnosis. To reach the Hope Line, call 1-877-OV-HOPE-1 (1-877-684-6731), Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. and Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Eastern Time.

In Their Words

CancerCare helped me personally because they provided the counseling that I needed for myself and my family, and also financial aid. I think it's very important to raise awareness about CancerCare because there's a lot of people...[who are] not aware of [this] organization.

—Jacqueline A., a CancerCare client and participant in the
“Shake, Share & Care” event at ABC Studios in Times Square

Hundreds of CancerCare supporters turned out at the “Shake, Share & Care” event in Times Square on August 19, sponsored by the Tic Tac^® Brand, to try to set a new Guinness World Record for the most Tic Tac Toe games played simultaneously for charity. The event also raised funds and awareness for the CancerCare for Kids^® program, which provides free, professional support services to children and families affected by cancer.

And you can still get in the game! Visit www.tictacusa.com to play Tic Tac Toe online. Tic Tac^® will make an additional donation of $1 for every unique user who plays the game, up to $5,000.

Managing Your Cancer

Blood Cancers Connect^® Booklet

Featuring highlights from the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology, CancerCare's new Connect booklet, Latest News in Blood Cancer Research, presents information about:

• Treatment advances in blood cancers
• Medications on the horizon
• Clinical trials
• Coping tips and support services

Order your free copy today.

CancerCare Connect^®

Education Workshops

Our free Connect^® Education Workshops give you the latest cancer information straight from leading experts. Listen in by telephone and have a chance to ask the experts your own questions.

Workshop Calendar

• September 22   Medical Update on Metastatic Prostate Cancer
• September 24   Update on the Treatment of Liver Cancer
• October 8   Helping Teachers and Educators Support Siblings of Children with Cancer

Register for these workshops online, or call 1-800-813-HOPE (4673).

Miss a Connect^® Workshop? Listen to past workshops as podcasts through the CancerCare website.

Give Back to CancerCare

Cupcakes for a Cause — A Sweet Way to Help Kids

Help support children affected by cancer by participating in CancerCare's Cupcakes for a Cause™ fundraiser! Visit www.cupcakesforacause.org for more details about participating bakeries and BloomNet florists near you where you can buy specially decorated cupcakes or a Cupcake in Bloom™ arrangement. A portion of the proceeds from your purchases will directly benefit our CancerCare for Kids program.

You can also show your support by:

• Purchasing a gift for someone you love from the 1-800-FLOWERS.COM^® Cupcakes for a Cause collection
• Sending free, virtual e-Cupcakes to your friends and loved ones
• Holding a bake sale using a free, downloadable Bake Sale Toolkit, sponsored by Reynolds^® Baking Cups

You can also make a contribution directly to CancerCare to support our free services for people affected by a cancer diagnosis.

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