• 8/3/2006
  • Newport Beach, CA
  • press release
  • U.S. Newswire (releases.usnewswire.com)

If you are one of the more than 300,000 people worldwide affected by oral cancer each year, http://www.oralcancer.org could be your new best friend.

At http://www.oralcancer.org patients, caregivers, and health care professionals alike are finding answers, support, and new allies in their struggle against this deadly disease.

The web has changed our world in many ways, but one of the most positive examples is the ability for oral cancer patients to connect with others who are fighting the same battle, or with survivors who have been down this difficult road ahead of them. Through real time exchanges of experience and knowledge on The Oral Cancer Foundation’s web site, they are supported with empowering information and the emotional understanding of individuals who have shared their experience.

Currently receiving about 15 million hits per month, the OCF website, in addition to the interactive support forum it contains, has brought together hundreds of pages of useful information and facts reviewed by a science advisory board consisting of doctors from the worlds of treatment, education, research, and public health. Access to the site and its contents are provided at no cost.

OCF founder, and a late stage oral cancer survivor himself, Brian Hill knows personally the need for information and support. “After a diagnosis of cancer, your world becomes one of terminology that you do not understand, decision making that must be based on sound information and emotional support as the impact of the word ‘cancer’ takes hold,” says Hill. “Often, time is of the essence. We have tried to bring together a resource that will help patients with facts in the crucial early decision making process, provide support as patients encounter the physical and emotional effects of treatment, and link people to additional resources that will be of value to them as the go through the treatment process and finally enter the world of survivorship.”

The Oral Cancer Foundation is a 501(c)3 national non-profit charity.