For Healthcare Professionals
Connect your patients and their loved ones with our professional support services and practical help.
Refer Your Patients
Do you have Spanish-speaking patients? You can browse (in English) our Spanish-language services, or browse English-language services below.
Counseling
Our staff of professional oncology social workers can help your patients and their loved ones cope better with cancer. They can contact us at 800‑813‑HOPE (4673) or info@cancercare.org.
Learn more about counseling »Financial Assistance
Limited assistance from CancerCare is available to eligible families for cancer-related costs, including transportation, home care, child care, pain medication, and lymphedema supplies. We are not able to help with basic living expenses.
Download application » View our financial help fact sheets »Support Groups
Connect your patients, their loved ones, caregivers, and the bereaved to others in similar situations in our free support groups led by oncology social workers.
View current groups » Download flyers for your patients »Community Programs
If you live in New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut, learn about and view the full calendar of our free community programs.
View calendar »Connect Education Workshops
Listen in by telephone or via the web as leading experts in oncology provide up-to-date information about cancer-related issues in one-hour workshops. Podcasts are also available.
Upcoming Workshops
- Understanding the Role of Personalized Medicine (May 22, 2012)
- Progress in the Treatment of Multiple Myeloma (May 23, 2012)
- Caring for Your Bones When You Have Multiple Myeloma (June 06, 2012)
Most Recent Podcasts
- Understanding the Importance of Clinical Trials: What You Need to Know
- Overview of Follicular Lymphoma and Current Treatment Options
- I Can't Remember to Take My Pills on Time: Help! A Practical Guide to Follow
- Recapturing Joy and Finding Meaning
- Update on Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS)
- Planning Your Comfort and Care at End of Life
- Advances in the Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
- Using Mind/Body Techniques to Cope with the Stress of Survivorship
- Progress in the Treatment of Lung Cancer
- Sharing Responsibility for Your Care (CML Series)
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.
General-Interest Publications
- 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?”
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Professional Education
Presentations by CancerCare staff at conferences.
2011 International Cancer Education Conference
September 8, 2011
Buffalo, NY
- A Creative Patient Education Paradigm to Reach Diverse Patient Populations Carolyn Messner, DSW, LCSW-R
Association of Oncology Social Workers (AOSW) Annual Conference
May 4 – 6, 2011
St. Louis, MO
- Oncology Social Workers Leading the Way: A Psychoeducational Approach in Preparing Breast Cancer Patient’s Transition from Patient to Survivor Kristy Case, LMSW
- The Impact of the Written Word: The Moderators' Unique Inner Experience and the Role in the Online Support Group Medium Erin Columbus, LMSW
- Keeping Mind, Body, Spirit in Balance: Vibration as Therapeutic Intervention During a Crisis of Cancer Richard Dickens, LCSW-R
- Using Group Interventions to Help Reduce Emotional Distress in Adolescents Impacted by a Parent’s Cancer Diagnosis Nicole DiMartino, MSW
- The Challenges of Global Health: Opportunities for Collaborative Leadership in Oncology Social Work Carolyn Messner, DSW, LCSW-R