Patient Education Library
This wide range of information is given to you from Roswell Park experts and trusted organizations that specialize in this area of healthcare.
Roswell Park understands the worry and confusion that comes with a diagnosis of cancer. In addition to comprehensive, superior medical care, we provide a holistic range of services to help you cope with the physical, emotional, practical and day-to-day concerns related to your illness, treatment and lifelong wellness.
Whatever treatment path you decide on with your doctor, Roswell Park can help you manage any anxiety and concerns you may have about treating or not treating your thyroid cancer. We hope that our thyroid and parathyroid patients and their families find these resources helpful.
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Assistance with communication & swallowing
Thyroid and parathyroid cancers and disease — or their treatment — may result in difficulty communicating or swallowing. Our Speech/Language Pathology team diagnoses and treats these problems. The team also provides pre-surgery and pre-radiation counseling to help you prepare for treatment and recovery.
Dental care & maxillofacial prosthetics
Good oral health is important to prevent or minimize complications that could jeopardize your ability to tolerate cancer treatment, meet nutritional requirements, or preserve quality of life — and is especially critical for patients with head & neck cancers.
Nutrition Services
Optimizing your nutrition is a critical part of cancer care. Our dietitians are integral members of your healthcare team and uniquely experienced in working with cancer patients to improve nutrition status before, during and after cancer treatment. Our team can help you meet vital nutrient needs to maintain strength, energy and prevent loss of muscle mass; improve your tolerance of your treatments; and promote healing to assist recovery and reduce infection risk.
Supportive & Palliative Care
Supportive and palliative care is a medical subspecialty that focuses on quality-of-life issues for patients and their families. Sometimes confused with hospice or end-of-life care, supportive and palliative care is provided at any stage of a serious illness and alongside cancer treatment. Our team provides essential support and symptom management to relieve pain, nausea, poor sleep and anxiety; ease emotional distress; and improve quality of life.
Assessment & Treatment Center (ATC)
This center provides medical evaluation and treatment to our current patients with urgent, but not life-threatening, symptoms. The ATC is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The ATC is not an emergency room and does not accept walk-ins; you must be referred by your Roswell Park physician or the physician-on-call.
Survivorship Care
We aim to make life after cancer the best it can be. Our Survivorship program, designed for patients who have completed active treatment, offers you a survivorship care plan — a comprehensive guide — to help you face forward, stay healthy, cope with lingering or new challenges and begin life beyond cancer treatment.
CancerConnect
This online Roswell Park community is for everyone whose life has been touched by cancer. CancerConnect provides a place where you can safely share your thoughts, ideas and concerns; meet other cancer patients, survivors, caregivers or loved ones; and participate in moderated information discussions.