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.
We understand the worry and confusion that comes with a diagnosis of cancer. In addition to comprehensive medical care, Roswell Park provides 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.
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Nutrition Services
Optimizing your nutrition is an important part of your cancer care, especially for patients with esophageal cancer. Your ability to eat, swallow and process food may have changed temporarily or permanently. 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.
Learn more about nutrition education Feeding tubes — what you need to know
The 11 Day Power Play Cancer Resource Center
Rapid stomach emptying, called dumping syndrome, may be a side effect after treatment.
Our staff can help you find reliable, current information on many cancer topics, access books, videos, computers and printers, and connect with Roswell Park and community resources. Check out our new Elevate Salon to find a hat, wig or scarf that’s right for you.
Tobacco Cessation
Smoke-free cancer patients feel better during and after treatment and have a better chance of recovery. If you are a tobacco user, whether you are ready to quit or just thinking about it, we can help. Our tobacco treatment specialists will create a personal treatment plan to help you increase your confidence and motivation to quit tobacco. We reach out to all patients who use tobacco, but you can also contact us directly by calling 716-845-7851 or email us at TreatTobacco@RoswellPark.org.
Supportive & Palliative Care
Our Supportive & Palliative Care program provides essential support and symptom management to patients facing difficult pain, nausea, poor sleep, or anxiety related to cancer and its treatment, or who may be feeling overwhelmed or don't have the support they need to get through their treatment. Our team will take the time to listen to you, assess your symptoms and provide a way forward to relieve pain and other symptoms, improve quality of life and ease emotional distress and anxiety.
Spiritual Care
Spiritual Care is an interfaith department and an important part of holistic medicine. We recognize the integration of spiritual, emotional, social, psychological and physical care as important for the health of the whole being. Working collaboratively with other health care professionals, chaplains provide spiritual care to all patients and their families and loved ones, regardless of religious affiliation.
Survivorship Center
This program focuses on your ongoing lifelong wellness and quality of life. Our wide range of services are designed to help you manage the emotional, physical and spiritual aspects of life after cancer.