Patient Support & Education
At MD Anderson, we understand that cancer is not just a physical disease. To help you cope with every aspect of cancer, we provide several programs, including the following:
- > The Place... of wellness – Offers more than 75 complementary programs, free of charge, to help with the non-medical dimensions of living with cancer.
- > The Anderson Network – A unique cancer support group of more than 1,300 current and former patients and can offer the right patient-to-patient advice and encouragement when you need it most.
- > Life After Cancer Care – A comprehensive medical program than can anticipate, recognize and manage potential health problems that may arise from cancer or its treatments.
- > The MD Anderson Learning Center – Provides books and other learning materials for reference and checkout by patients and their families.
- > MD Anderson's Cancer Prevention Center – Offers programs, counseling services and information to help people make healthy lifestyle choices to prevent cancer or its recurrence.
- > Patient Power – A talk show that represents the patient's point of view and connects you with MD Anderson medical experts and inspiring patients.