Counseling

Oncology social workers help you cope with the emotional and practical challenges of cancer. Contact us at 800‑813‑HOPE (4673) or info@cancercare.org.
Learn more about counseling.

Financial Assistance

Find resources and support to manage your financial concerns. Limited assistance from CancerCare is available to eligible families for cancer-related costs.

Support Groups

Connect with others in our free support groups led by oncology social workers.

Telephone

• Pancreatic Cancer Caregiver Support Group
• Pancreatic Cancer Patient Support Group

Online

• Pancreatic Cancer Caregiver Support Group

Community Programs

If you live in New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut, learn about and view the full calendar of our free community programs.

Connect^® Education Workshops

Listen in by telephone or online as leading experts in oncology provide up-to-date information about cancer-related issues in one-hour workshops. Podcasts are also available.

Upcoming Workshops

General Topics

• Changing Roles and Responsibilities for Caregivers, Jun 19, 2012
• Cancer Treatments and the Risk of Blood Clots: What you Need to Know, Jun 22, 2012
• Stress Management for Caregivers: Practical Tips to Cope, Jun 29, 2012
• View all general upcoming workshops...

Podcasts

Pancreatic Cancer

• Update on the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer
• Medical Update on Pancreatic Cancer

General Topics

• Understanding the Role of Personalized Medicine
• Understanding the Importance of Clinical Trials: What You Need to Know
• Recapturing Joy and Finding Meaning
• View all general workshop podcasts...

Publications

Read or order our free Connect booklets and fact sheets offering easy-to-read information about the latest cancer treatments, managing side effects, and coping with cancer.

Pancreatic Cancer

• Medical Update on Pancreatic Cancer
• Your Guide to the Latest Cancer Research and Treatments: Highlights from 2011 Annual Meeting of ASCO

General Topics

• Caregiving for Your Loved One With Cancer
• Coping With Cancer: Tools to Help You Live
• Communicating With Your Health Care Team
• Helping Children When a Family Member Has Cancer
• Understanding and Managing Chemotherapy Side Effects
• If You've Just Been Diagnosed
• Caring Advice for Caregivers: How Can You Help Yourself?
• Finding Resources in Your Community
• Sources of Financial Assistance
• “What Can I Say to a Newly Diagnosed Loved One?”

Ask CancerCare

Every month, featured experts answer your questions about coping with cancer. View all questions and answers.

Pancreatic Cancer

• My son's partner was recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and the prognosis is not good. He is very much part of our family. Our son looks very stressed and sad and sometimes is irritable and short with me, which is very unlike him. We have talked to him about getting some help but he says no one will understand because his partner is a man. What can we do?
• I've been recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and want to know if the back pain I am experiencing worsens over time? How can I manage it?
• My husband was recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and I'm confused and frightened by all the information I'm finding on the internet. Can you help?
• I was diagnosed last fall with Stage 2 pancreatic cancer. The survival rates are not great, but I am quite hopeful. My 18-year-old daughter, however, has told me that she cannot be hopeful because she can't handle being let down if I die. While this makes sense to me, what can I do to help her?
• My husband, his mother, and her brother died of pancreatic cancer. My daughter has had breast cancer. I also have two sons, one with Crohn's disease and one with type 2 diabetes. What protocol should we be following?

Stories of Help and Hope

Read inspiring personal accounts from people affected by cancer and the ways they've found to cope.

• Mary Rose D., Coping with pancreatic cancer