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 second and fourth Wednesday of each month from 6 PM - 7 PM. The sessions are free and open to anyone.

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/comeducation/home.asp

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

Association for International Cancer Research
http://www.aicr.org.uk

breastcancer.org
http://www.breastcancer.org/

Cancer Community Center
www.cancercommunitycenter.org

Cancer Connections Conference
http://www.cancerconnectionsmaine.org

Caring For Cancer
http://cancer.caring4patients.com/PatientHome.aspx

CJD Cancer Outreach
http://www.cjdcancer.com

Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
http://cdmrp.army.mil/

eHope Foundation
www.ehope.nu

Goodall Hospital
http://www.goodallhospital.org/comeducation/home.asp

Livestrong - Lance Armstrong Foundation
www.livestrong.org

The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
http://www.komen.org

Maine Center for Cancer Medicine & Blood Disorders
http://www.mccm.org/