UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
1600 Divisadero Street, First Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143-1725
415.885.3693
http://cc.ucsf.edu/crc

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Cancer Resource Center promotes wellness and the healing process by providing patients and their families with supportive care services and with information related to cancer. The Resource Center offers a range of programs designed to bring patients together, foster community, educate patients about their diagnosis and give patients effective tools to navigate the disease process. All of the programs offered at the Center are free to anyone living with cancer, regardless of where they receive their care. The Resource Center services include:

INFORMATION SERVICES

• Information searches for patients on their diagnosis, treatment options, and clinical trials
• Library with books, audio tapes and videotapes on cancer-related topics that can be checked-out
• Workshops, and classes on a variety of topics of interest to cancer patients and their families
• Information and Referral services directing patients to the wide array of available cancer resources in the community.

EMOTIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES

• 20 Resource Center run support groups for a variety of cancers
• Extensive resource list of over 500 other cancer related support groups in the Bay Area
• Peer Support Program to put patients in touch with other patients
• Workshops on coping with cancer, including "Coping with Loss", "Cancer and Parenthood", and "Acupuncture and Cancer", amongst others

LIFESTYLE ENHANCING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES

• Exercise classes including: Dance Therapy, Gentle Yoga, and Restorative Movement
• Nutritional counseling and workshops
• Prepare for Surgery Workshops
• Managing Fatigue Workshops
• Writing Workshops
• Disability and health insurance counseling sessions for people living with cancer
• Counseling sessions to help patients make the most of their doctors visits.
• Fun activities: Weekly knitting gathering, free hats & wigs, free entertainment tickets & lots more...

Additional information about all of the Resource Center programs can be found at http://cc.ucsf.edu/crc. You can also sign up to receive the Resource Center monthly newsletter, which provides tips and coping suggestions, poetry and uplifting stories, and monthly updates about ongoing Resource Center activities.

The Resource Center is open 5 days a week, Monday through Friday from 8:30-5 PM and is located UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1600 Divisadero Street on the first Floor.