Cancer Care Center of York County

Educating our patients and the larger community is an important part of our mission as a nonprofit community cancer treatment facility. Our physicians and nurses participate in a variety of cancer education and awareness building activities, including lectures, screenings and events such as Relay for Life and Mary’s Walk.

Our cancer information library includes many books, CDs and periodicals, as well as a computer with Internet access to excellent online cancer information resources. This library is open to the public, although our patients and their families have priority when using the computer.

Our Cancer Support Group for people living with cancer and their caregivers, meets here on the first and third Thursday of each month from 6 PM - 7 PM. The sessions are free and open to anyone.

We also offer a monthly Survivorship Program. Pre-registration is required for all programs. Please call 207-459-1658 to reserve you space for any of the following programs:

February 27th and April 24th
(12-1pm) - Living with Late Long Term Effects from Cancer Treatment with Melanie Cogan, NP
March 27th and May 22nd
(12-1pm) - On the Other Side of Cancer - Fear of Recurrence. Living with Uncertainty and Your New Range of Emotions with Grace Wright, LMSW-CC

Throughout the year, Goodall Hospital, Maine Medical Center and Southern Maine Medical Center offer a variety of educational programs designed to help individuals and families learn more about managing health. Among these you will find programs focused on cancer, including classroom lectures and cancer support group meetings. To learn more, visit these sites:

Goodall Hospital
http://www.goodallhospital.org

Maine Medical Center
http://www.mainemedicalcenter.org

Southern Maine Medical Center
http://www.smmc.org/education/events.php

Internet Resources

There are a variety of useful websites that can provide additional information on topics related to cancer, cancer treatments and cancer research. We invite you to do some information exploration on your own and feel free to ask your Cancer Care Center caregivers any questions that may help clarify your treatment. To learn more, visit these sites:

Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
http://www.oncolink.upenn.edu/

American Cancer Society
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp