Regional Cancer Program at Grand View Hospital
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Cancer Support Groups
Talk to Someone Who Has Walked the Walk

“They make you realize you’re not different if you have a problem coping with cancer. The group is upbeat and informal, and the nurses explain tests and procedures in detail. I’ve been clear for nine years now, but I still attend to support others. It’s an excellent open forum where people ask questions, get answers and walk away feeling good about themselves.”

Marge Rudloff, Cancer Survivor

GVH Cancer Support Groups offer an opportunity to share your feelings and experiences.

Learning you have cancer may make you feel divided from the rest of the world. Although family and friends offer their support, they may not truly understand what you’re experiencing. And you may be concerned about how expressing your honest feelings could affect them. Sometimes you need the support of someone who has walked the road you’re traveling.

Grand View’s Cancer Support Groups offer a warm, supportive environment where you can speak freely with individuals who share your experiences.You’ll find comfort in talking with people who understand things you could never explain to someone who hasn’t had cancer. Fellow support group participants can give you practical advice from how to deal with side effects of cancer treatment to coping with fear.

Grand View has two cancer support groups – one specifically for breast cancer patients and the other for individuals with a variety of cancer diagnoses. Both groups are led by health-care professionals with years of experience in helping patients and their families and friends deal with a cancer diagnosis as well as the issues surrounding it.

For more information, call 215-453-4078 (breast cancer) or 215-453-4000 (general cancer).

The Cancer Support Group at Grand View Hospital

215-453-4950

The Cancer Support Group at Grand View Hospital is a safe place where people with a diagnosis of any type of cancer meet to talk about the many various and difficult issues that arise when coping with this disease. Cancer survivors having completed their active treatment plan and those yet actively pursuing treatment gather encouragement from one another.

Meets the 4th Monday of every month from 7-8:30 pm in the GVH Radiation Oncology Waiting Room.
We’re to the right of the Main Lobby next to the Gift Shop.

The Breast Cancer Support Group at Grand View Hospital

215-453-4078

The Breast Cancer Support Group enables women to explore concerns in any area of the breast-cancer experience. Meetings alternate from support-only gatherings to educational sessions with speakers. Informal discussion touches on a variety of subjects – from how to fit a wig to overcoming fears of recurrence.

Meets the 2nd Monday of every month from 7-8:30 pm in the GVH Board Room.
Take the elevator near the Gift Shop to the 4th floor.