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
- I Can’t Remember to Take My Pills on Time: Help! A Practical Guide to Follow (May 22, 2013)
- Update on Glioblastoma (May 23, 2013)
- Advances in the Treatment of Metastatic Prostate Cancer (May 24, 2013)
Most Recent Podcasts
- Progress in the Treatment of Oral and Head and Neck Cancer
- New Perspectives in the Treatment of Metastatic Skin Cancer: Basal Cell and Squamous Cell Cancers
- My Cancer Circle™: A Support Network for Caregivers
- Understanding the Molecular Portrait of Prostate Cancer
- Sharing Responsibility for Your Care
- Management of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
- Progress in the Treatment of Indolent Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL)
- Progress in the Treatment of CML
- Current Perspectives on the Treatment of Colorectal Cancer
- Understanding the Affordable Care Act: What’s New in 2013
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?”