Resources
These links are ones some of our members have found helpful. UsTOO does not endorse the content or services provided.
Use these links to skip ahead to sections of interest:
- Getting started
- Testing
- About prostate cancer & treatment
- Financial & legal
- For veterans
- Alaska-specific
- Survivorship
- Other resources and support organizations
Getting started
- Prostate Cancer Glossary: definitions of terms you may hear and read about prostate cancer
- Types of cancer care specialists and their roles in treating cancers
- National Cancer Institute Designated Cancer Centers (if this page is missing, download a pdf of the page as it existed on Feb. 2, 2025)
- How to evaluate information, from social media to scholarly articles from Johns Hopkins
Testing
- Your doctor’s office can write an order for a lab test and you can have your blood drawn in a lab — may be covered by insurance
- No-doctor self-pay lab tests by Jason Health
- No-doctor self-pay lab tests by Quest
- No-doctor self-pay at Alaska Health Fairs
About prostate cancer & treatment
- Prostate Cancer, Early Stage: Free booklet about treatment from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (English, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Ukranian)
- Prostate Cancer, Advanced Stage: Free booklet about treatment from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (English, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Ukranian)
- Assistance Speaking to Your Doctor about Treatment
- Balancing Work & Cancer webinars
- Brotherhood of the Balloon
- Build My Patient Treatment Binder
- Eating Hints: Before, during, and after Cancer Treatment
- Evaluating Supplements and Integrative Therapies
Financial & legal
- CancerCare Co-Payment Assistance Foundation
- Cure Magazine Financial Assistance Guide
- Financial Assistance at Providence
- Financial Resources for Cancer Patients
- Legal Resources for Cancer Patients
- Medical Assistance Tool (learn about and access pharmaceutical patient assistance programs)
- Triage Cancer finances toolkit
- ProPublica’s Claim File Helper
Alaska-specific
- List of all 28 hospitals in Alaska with links to their websites
- Alaska Cancer Partnership
- Alaska Cancer Partnership Support Links
- Alaska Cancer Survivors Day
- Alaska Health Fairs low cost blood tests in a variety of communities statewide (scroll to bottom of page)
- WOW Fund: financial assist grants for those who live on the Kenai Peninsula; contact Box 39653, Ninilchik 99635 or lopemank@yahoo.com
For veterans
- ZERO Veterans Resource Page
- ZERO’s Veterans Prostate Cancer 101 Brochure, a comprehensive starting point for veterans managing prostate cancer.
- ZERO’s Webinars for Veterans:
Survivorship
- Cancer and diet
- The Cancer Survival Toolbox
- Care Planning for Cancer Survivors
- Consumer Reports Guide to Stronger Bones
- Live Strong
- National Institute on Aging Four Types of Exercise Can Improve Your Health and Physical Ability
- Strong Women Strong Bones (weights and balance workout to maintain bone strength)
Other resources and support organizations
- CANCERcare’s A Helping Hand: The 2025 Resource Guide for People with Cancer
- American Cancer Society
- Male Care
- National Alliance of State Prostate Cancer Coalitions
- Oncology Association of Naturopathic Physicians
- Urology Care Foundation
- UsToo National Headquarters (ZERO Prostate Cancer)
If you find any of these links no longer active or containing other than the expected material, please let us know at ustooak@gmail.com.