Community Cancer Resource Center (CCRC)

At the CCRC, located on the first floor of the hospital and accessible through the Sunflower Café(cafeteria), trained cancer information specialists provide appropriate, accurate, and up-to-date information on cancer screening, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, clinical trials and supportive care.

CCRC’s services include:

• Yoga, meditation, and teleconferences
• Public computers with Internet access
• Wig, hat and scarf boutique
• Free publications from the National Cancer Institute, American Cancer Society, and other reputable organizations
• Referrals, both local and national, for support groups, information, etc.
• Lending library of books, movies, CDs (CD players), and audiobooks
• Laptops available for loan to patients staying in Roswell Park. To sign out a laptop, the patient must be 18 years of age and have a driver’s license.

If you are interested in borrowing a laptop or for more information about our services, please contact the CCRC at (716)-845-8659 or 1-877-ASK-RPCI (1-877-275-7724).

Psychology Department

The Department of Psychology offers psychological support of cancer patients and their families. Our clinical services include:

• Comprehensive evaluation of psychological functioning
• Individual, couples, and family medical psychotherapy
• Referral to psychology and psychiatry services, if needed

For more information on these services, contact the Psychology Department at (716) 845-3052 or ask your nurse or provider for a referral.

Social Work Department

Our licensed Clinical Social Workers and licensed Masters Social Workers are available to assist you and your family members in adapting to the stresses related to your diagnosis including:

• Counseling services
• Support groups
• Health care proxy
• Finances
• Housing
• Transportation
• Community resources
• Locating rehabilitation facilities.

For more information on any of these services, please call the Social Work office at (716) 845-8022

Pastoral Care

Hospital Chaplains of the Catholic, Protestant and Jewish faith traditions are available for bedside visitation, counsel, consultation, and spiritual guidance. Clergy of other faith traditions are available to the Chaplains for consultation and visitation. Other pastoral care staff members are in house 7 days a week for distribution of Holy Communion for Catholic and Protestant patients as well as for visitation. Catholic and Protestant services are held regularly in the hospital chapel, located in the main hospital, room 1403. For more information, call the Pastoral Care Department at (716) 845-8051.

Resources Outside Roswell Park

American Cancer Society (ACS)

The ACS offers many services to those with cancer, as well as their caregivers and loved ones:

• Support Groups: I Can Cope® and Look Good…Feel Better®
• Road to Recovery: Transportation to and from treatment facilities
• Hope Lodge®: Free housing for patients and their families
• 24-hour Information line: Trained cancer information specialists 24/7 @ 1-800-ACS-2345

For more information on any of these services, call the local ACS office in Amherst, NY at (716) 689-6981.

Cancer Wellness Center

The Cancer Wellness Center is a wellness community for those touched by cancer offering services including education and emotional support. The Cancer Coach Program provides support and encouragement to cancer patients and their loved ones through trained volunteers who have recovered from similar cancer diagnoses. A Cancer Coach knows what you are going through and can help you face your situation with less fear and more courage. Spirituality and Healing programs meet monthly at Daemen College. The programs provide significant support for those whose lives have been touched by cancer. For more information on these programs, call the Cancer Wellness Center at (716) 694-1395.

Gilda’s Club WNY

Gilda’s Club WNY provides a place where people whose lives have been touched by cancer can join with others for social and emotional support as a supplement to their medical care. Throughout the clubhouse you find warm, soothing colors, comfortable furniture and lots of windows. There are activities for men and women as well as Noogieland for children and teens. Free of charge and non-profit,

Gilda’s Club offers support and networking groups, lectures, workshops, and social activities. Gilda’s Club WNY is located at 1140 Delaware in Buffalo. For more information, please call (716) 332-5900.

Support Groups

US TOO! Prostate Cancer Information and Support Group of WNY

Bill McLaughlin (716) 632 8410

Buffalo Niagara Prostate Cancer Consortium

(716) 845 3173

American Cancer Society – Buffalo Chapter

(716) 689-6981 local or 1-(800) 227 2345 toll free

Support services sponsored by the American Cancer Society include:

• Man to Man
• Brother to Brother
• Let's Talk About It

Websites

• National Comprehensive Cancer Network

The NCCN is an alliance of 21 of the world’s leading cancer centers, working together to develop treatment guidelines for most cancers, and dedicated to research that improves the quality, effectiveness and efficiency of cancer care. NCCN offers programs to help you and your family make informed decisions about your health.

• National Cancer Institute

The National Cancer Institute coordinates the National Cancer Program, which conducts and supports research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs with respect to the cause, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer, rehabilitation from cancer, and the continuing care of cancer patients and the families of cancer patients.

• Nutrition in Cancer Care

  Information from the National Cancer Institute on cancer treatments and nutrition-related side effects.

• Clinical Trial Information from the National Cancer Institute
• National Institutes of Health
• Senior Health: Prostate Cancer Information
• Patient Education Network: Interactive Tutorial on Prostate Cancer Surgery
• Patient Education Network: Interactive Tutorial on Prostate Cancer
• MedlinePlus®

  This Web site from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), other government and health-related organizations.

• Cancer Care

  This organization provides access to telephone support groups for free and moderated by a professional oncology social worker from CancerCare’s staff. They also offer free counseling services online or in person for those who need one-on- one support.

• People Living with Cancer

The patient information Web site of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). PLWC provides timely, oncologist-approved information to help patients and families make informed health-care decisions, including information on bladder cancer. They also offer additional general information on lab tests, diagnostic testing and imaging, pathology, etc.

• Cancer Hope

  A non-profit organization that provides free, confidential, one-on-one support to people with cancer and their families. They match patients with trained volunteers who have undergone a similar experience.

• Fertile Hope

  FH is dedicated to providing reproductive information, support and hope to cancer patients whose treatments present the risk of infertility.

• American Cancer Society: Detailed Prostate Cancer Guide