Cancer Support Groups

Contact

For more information about a cancer support group near you, call the Scott & White Glenda Tanner Vasicek Cancer Treatment Center at 254-724-5918.

The Scott & White Center for Cancer Prevention and Care sponsors support groups for patients and caregivers battling the effects of prostate cancer, breast cancer and leukemia. With meetings throughout Central Texas, including Bryan/College Station, Waco, Temple and Killeen, the support groups are an extension of the medical care patients receive at Scott & White, and can sometimes serve as a cathartic opportunity for them to grieve, share and rejoice in other’s milestones.

Group Support and Expert Speakers

The support that these groups provide to patients complements the medical care they receive,” said Pandora Ashley, Scott & White Cancer Program Coordinator. “The meetings provide an opportunity for them to talk with other patients, learn from them and even teach their peers. We have nurses on hand at the meetings to help field medical questions and often have physician speakers give the latest information on treatments or technology. They also field general questions about the disease.”

For many patients, the medical care they receive is all they think they need. But for others, the opportunity to meet and talk with others going through similar experiences offers even more help. Support groups can meet in a relaxed and non-clinical setting and talk openly about their concerns, questions and fears.

For most patients, being diagnosed with cancer sets them off on an emotional roller coaster ride that never seems to slow down. But combined with expert medical care, support groups provide a calming and cathartic environment where the ups and downs are shared with others.

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