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Support Groups and Information Resources

Resources which provide cancer patients and their loved ones an opportunity to learn ways of coping with the uncertainty that cancer brings and links to support groups which give them a chance to meet others who face similar issues.

Abramson Cancer Center Patient and Family Support Services
Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania provided support groups for patients and family.

Informational Brochures

ListServ and Email Discussion Lists

Miss America 2002 and Crossing the Finish Line Visit Penn
Miss America 2002, Katie Harman and Conshohocken-based charity Crossing the Finish Line visited Penn on Friday January 18. Crossing the Finish Line founder Marcella Bossow - whose husband was a patient at Penn's Cancer Center - and Harman took a tour of the Rena Rowan Breast Center at the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center. Afterwards they visited oncology patients in the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and gave OncoLink an exclusive interview.

Pediatric Support Issues

The Group Room
Vital Options® International TeleSupport® Cancer Network is a not-for-profit cancer communications, support and advocacy organization whose mission is to facilitate a global cancer dialogue by using communications technology to reach every person touched by cancer.

The Wellness Community

The mission of The Wellness Community is to help people with cancer fight for their recovery by providing psychological and emotional support, at no charge, as an integral part of conventional medical treatment.