Cancer Care SEPTEMBER 2021
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Nehemias Acevedo (5 years
old) shares his feelings thanks
to materials provided by
KidsCan!.
SEPTEMBER 2021
Cancer
Care
KidsCan!: A beacon of light in a difficult time
Hearing that you have cancer can be an overwhelming KidsCan!, which offers a safe space to communicate
experience for patients and their loved ones. “Our about the cancer experience and fosters community
patients who learned of a new cancer diagnosis during among patients and families, had to pivot from their
the global pandemic have expressed feeling a profound traditional in-person monthly meetings at the start of
sense of isolation as they navigated their treatments the pandemic. The program leaders wanted to ensure
and other medical appointments without the physical the content shared each month would be engaging and
support of family or friends,” shared Jean Hartford-Todd, used beyond just the online meeting. To meet this goal,
Duke Cancer Patient Support Program child life specialist families are mailed a package with the materials needed
and co-lead for KidsCan!. to participate in theme-based activities each month.
Hartford-Todd continued, “Patients with young children Hannah Sasser, Duke Cancer Patient Support Program
and teens have shared that their children have also felt child life specialist and co-lead of KidsCan!, explains the
alone and they have been forced to have a constant purpose of these packages. “These packages have served
front row seat to their parents’ cancer illness without as the vehicle to provide cancer education and encourage
the support and distraction of school, playdates and conversations both in the home and at our virtual
extra-curricular activities.” Being able to provide the KidsCan! meetings each month. They help to build on the
virtual KidsCan! program has allowed children and teens supportive relationships that are most important—how
who participate in KidsCan! to connect with peers at a families support each other.
crucial time. The materials are empowering to parents as well as
engaging for children, serving an important role in
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Cancer Support Services
establishing conversations and
quality engagement for families.“
In addition to ongoing cancer Duke Cancer Institute offers a variety of support services and resources
education, the themes of coping, for patients and their loved ones to assist with navigating life during
problem solving, mindfulness, and after cancer treatment. In honor of this year’s Survivorship Day, the
bravery and love are evident Supportive Care and Survivorship Center created DukeCancerInstitute.org/
in each set of materials. These SurvivorshipDay—a site featuring videos that highlight each of the services
themes encourage connectedness, listed in this calendar.
resiliency and care among families, We encourage you to visit these sites to hear directly from our providers
which are helpful tools in coping who strive to make the cancer experience better for everyone we serve.
with the daily changes a family
faces when there is a cancer
diagnosis.
KidsCan! offers a take-home
family meal, available for pick-up Patient and Nurse Chaplain Services &
the Monday prior to the KidsCan! Navigation Education
meeting. In addition, parents have Navigators help identify and evaluate Duke chaplains are on-site seven
the option to participate in a group barriers to timely diagnosis and days a week to offer spiritual support
treatment of cancer. We focus on to you and your loved ones. When
just for them on the first Monday
patients who are faced with multiple requested, they connect you with
of the month at noon. During
barriers such as transportation, faith-specific representatives
this group parents share their
housing and financial concerns. To from the community. To learn
successes and challenges related to
learn more, visit DukeCancerInstitute. more, contact Chaplain Services &
supporting their children and teens Education at Duke Cancer Institute
org/SurvivorshipDay/Navigating-
during the cancer experience locations. In Raleigh, call 919.812.
Your-Care.
Patients and their families 7972; for Duke Cancer Center in
interested in KidsCan! can choose Clinical Social Work Durham, 919.684.3586; or Duke
to participate in any or all of the Oncology and palliative care social Cancer Center North Durham,
workers help patients and their loved 919.470.5363. To learn more,
Duke Supportive Care and Survivorship Center :: September 2021
offerings. This service is available
ones cope with the emotional and visit DukeCancerInstitute.org/
at no charge to families with
practical concerns that accompany SurvivorshipDay/Emotional-Health-
children and teens ages 4–18. If
the diagnosis and treatment of and-Well-Being/Therapy-and-
you are interested in participating,
cancer. Individuals and family Counseling-Services.
call 919.684.4497 or email
members are assessed to identify
cancersupport@Duke.edu. and address specific needs. We work Therapy and Counseling
together to establish interventions Our medical family therapists provide
to help you alleviate stressors individual, couples and family therapy.
and financial burden associated They help you and your loved ones
Support services are with cancer diagnoses, as well as cope with the impact of cancer.
connect you and your loved ones to Psychiatry and psychology services
offered both in-person
resources such as disability, home are also available and offered as
and remotely. Please call health/ hospice, advance directives part of our treatment for emotional,
919.684.4497 for more and end of life care. To learn more, psychological and relational
information. visit DukeCancerInstitute.org/ issues associated with a cancer
SurvivorshipDay/Navigating-Your- diagnosis. To learn more, visit http://
Care/Social-Work. dukecancerinstitute.org/therapy-
and-support-groups.
dukecancerinstitute.org
Sexual Health Services Teen and Young Adult Self-Image Services
Sexual health services provide Oncology Program Our self-image consultants offer a
education on the impact cancer Duke Cancer Institute’s Teen and variety of services and products to
treatments have on sexual health and Young Adult Oncology Program assist individuals with changes in
intimacy, and therapy services that provides teen and young adult body-image experienced during
address concerns surrounding sexual patients (ages 15 to 29) and their cancer treatment and survivorship.
function, sexual feelings, intimacy loved ones with support and If you are interested
and changes in sexual health. To learn community during a cancer diagnosis, in a self-image consultation, call
more, visit http://dukecancerinstitute. treatment and survivorship. The 919.613.1906 or email
org/supportivecare/sexual-health- program offers specialized medical cancersupport@duke.edu.
intimacy. care; individual, couples and To learn more, visit
family therapy; peer connection; DukeCancerInstitute.org/Self-Image-
Quit at Duke and activity-based groups, both Services.
Quit at Duke is a program designed in the medical center and in the
to help people quit using tobacco community. To learn more, visit
products. Services are provided by DukeCancerInstitute.org/ TYAO.
tobacco treatment specialists and
behavioral medicine clinicians. For Palliative Care Self-image
more information or to schedule an Duke’s palliative care experts help you Boutiques are OPEN
appointment, please call 919.613. find relief from the pain, symptoms
QUIT (7848). To learn more, visit
at Duke Cancer Center
and stress of serious illness. No
http://dukecancerinstitute.org/ matter your age or the stage of your and Duke Women’s
quitatduke. illness, we work closely with you and Cancer Care
your doctors to help you understand Raleigh.
Survivorship Services your treatment options and make
Our cancer survivorship initiative decisions about your care. We’re
focuses on the design and delivery here to help you gain emotional and
of high-quality survivorship care. We psychological strength, and to ensure
you and your loved ones experience Available
partner with you and your loved
the best possible quality of life. Legal
ones to achieve healthy, fulfilling lives
Resources
beyond cancer. Areas of care that are Although palliative care providers
Duke Law
addressed include assessment and sometimes see people at the end
School’s
of life, and we may talk with you
management of both physical and Health
about what hospice offers, we are Care Planning Project offers
emotional needs that may result
not hospice care. We can help with legal assistance to prepare
from the cancer experience, cancer
pain control, symptom management, important documents, such as
screenings and monitoring, and complex medical decisions, navigation Health Care Power of Attorney,
counseling related to prevention and of complex health care issues and Advance Directive (Living Will),
health promotion. We offer a number advance care planning, including a and Durable Power of Attorney
of clinical and supportive services. For living will or healthcare power of at no cost for DCI patients.
more information, call 919.668.2122. attorney. To schedule an appointment, Law student volunteers and
To learn more, visit DukeHealth. call 919.668.6688, option #7. Please supervising attorneys meet
visit DukePalliativeCare.org for with clients over video or phone.
org/Treatments/Cancer/Cancer-
To learn more or schedule an
Survivorship-Services. more information. To learn more,
appointment, please email
visit DukeHealth.org/Treatments/
HealthCarePlanning@law.
Palliative-Care.
duke.edu or call 919.613.7169.
dukecancerinstitute.orgSupport Groups
Due to COVID-19 precautions, support groups scheduled for September
will be held virtually. Duke Cancer Patient Support Program’s support Kids Can!
groups are professionally facilitated groups, where patients and their KidsCan! is
caregivers have an opportunity to meet people in a similar situation, a program
share what’s happening and get support, tips and ideas from those designed to
support children
who understand what you’re going through. Registration is required. To
and teens, ages 4
learn more, please call 919.684.4497 or visit DukeCancerInstitute.org/
to 18, who have
Therapy-and-Support-Groups. a parent or significant caregiver
living with a diagnosis of cancer.
Monthly meetups focus on issues
General Cancer Support Blood and Marrow such as understanding cancer,
Thursday :: September 16 Transplant Survivorship changes in the family life, feelings,
5 to 6 p.m. Support Group self-care, memories, cooperation,
Third Thursday of the month Wednesday :: September 15 love and family.
Patient and caregiver groups are 4 to 5:30 p.m. The next virtual
held separately. Topics typically Third Wednesday of the month gathering will be
include communicating, finding To register, email held on Monday,
information, making decisions, John.Schweichler@duke.edu
September 13
solving problems negotiating and or call 919.668.2480.
standing up for your rights. To at 6:30 pm. To
register, email Tracy.Berger@duke. Caregiver Support Group learn more or to register, contact
edu or call 919.681.6835. Thursday :: September 16 Hannah Sasser at 919.954.4117, or
6 to 7 p.m. email hes15@duke.edu.
LGBTQ+ Cancer Support Third Thursday of the month
Wednesday :: September 22 To register, email Tracy.Berger@
5:30 to 7 p.m. duke.edu or call 919.681.6835.
Fourth Wednesday of the month
To register, email Geoffrey.Vaughn@
duke.edu or call 919.668.4029.
Prostate Cancer
Monday :: September 27
TYAO
Young Adult Meetup (18–39) and
4 to 6 p.m. TYAO Teen Meetup (15–17)
Metastatic Cancer Fourth Monday of the month Are you a teen or young adult with
Support Group for Women To register, email John. cancer? Visit our newly renovated
Wednesday :: September 15 Schweichler@duke.edu or site at DukeCancerInstitute.org/
3 to 4:30 p.m. call 919.668.2480. TYAO to navigate resources and
Third Wednesday of the month services available to you at ease.
To register, email Ginger.Gialanella@ NEW: Fertility Support Group
duke.edu or call 919.307.0332. for Women After Cancer Join us for TYAO virtual meetups
Thursday :: September 2 this month on Tuesday, September
Breast & GYN Cancers 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.. 28 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. for
Tuesday :: September 14 First Thursday of the month young adults (18–39 years old)
5:30 to 7 p.m. To register, email Oncofertility@ and Thursday, September 23 from
Second Tuesday of the month Duke.edu or call 919.668.9752. 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. for teens (15–17
This group is for patients only. years old). To register email
To register, email
TYAO@Duke.edu.
Ginger.Gialanella@duke.edu
or call 919.307.0332.
dukecancerinstitute.orgRest, Relax, Renew
Virtual Tai Chi for Tuesday of the month. Visit SupportiveCare, physical well-
Cancer DukeCancerInstitute.org/ being.
The Duke Cancer SupportiveCare, physical well-
Patient Support Friday :: September This program is funded by the
10 & 24 being to learn more and to Duke Raleigh Hospital Guild.
Program provides register.
2:30 to 3:15 p.m.
services and resources Join Dr. Jay Dunbar, founder Exercise
to help support and director of The Magic NEW: Mind, Body Consultations
patients and their Tortoise Taijiquan School, Approaches to Mondays :: 2 to 4 p.m.
loved ones. For a list in a virtual Tai Chi class for Coping with Cancer Wednesdays :: 8:30 to
of complimentary cancer patients and survivors. Wednesday :: September 8 11:30 a.m.
services, visit These sessions typically & 22
Supportive Care &
dukecancerinstitute.org/ occur on the 1st and 3rd 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Survivorship Center offers
supportivecare or call Friday of the month, with Mindfulness can be a
exercise consultations by
919.684.4497. the exception of September. powerful tool to manage the
exercise physiologists. These
To help ensure the Visit DukeCancerInstitute. stress that can accompany
personalized sessions are
org/ SupportiveCare, physical living with and life after
continuation of these available to oncology patients
well-being to learn more and cancer. These no-cost virtual
vital programs and and survivors at no cost.
to register. sessions teach mind and
services, please get body approaches to coping
Video chat or phone sessions
involved by visiting are available on Mondays
Virtual Yoga for with cancer. Through the
between 2:00 and 4:00 p.m.
DukeCancerInstitute.org/
Cancer focus on the breath and the
and Wednesdays between
SurvivorshipDay/Get- present moment, patients
Tuesday :: September 14 8:30 and 11:30 a.m. Email
Involved-With-DCI. & 28 and their caregivers will learn
Christopher.Ehren@duke.
12 to 1 p.m. to discover the ability to
edu, call 919.660.6648, or
Join certified Yoga for Cancer respond rather than react to
visit DukeCancerInstitute.
instructor Laura Woodall in life’s stressors.
org/ SupportiveCare, physical
a class designed specifically For more information, email well-being to make your
for cancer patients and Tracy.Berger@duke.edu or appointment today.
survivors. Sessions occur call 919.681.6835, or visit
on the 2nd and 4th DukeCancerInstitute.org/
Helping cancer survivors
live a healthy, full
life while navigating their
unique needs.
Cancer Survivorship Services
Learn more or schedule a visit:
919.668.2122 or Cancer Survivorship ServicesSEPTEMBER 2021 Duke Cancer Institute Virtual Support and Activity Groups
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
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For more information and to register, contact: Fertility Support for Women
919.684.4497 After Cancer
DukeCancerInstitute.org/SupportiveCare
facebook.com/DukeCancerPatientSupportProgram
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Mind/Body Coping with Cancer Tai Chi for Cancer
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KidsCan! Breast & GYN Cancer Support BMT Survivorship Support General Cancer Support
Yoga for Cancer Women’s Metastatic Cancer Caregiver Support
Support
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LGBTQ+ Cancer Support TYAO Teen Meetup (15–17) Tai Chi for Cancer
Mind/Body Coping with Cancer
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Prostate Cancer Support TYAO Young Adult Meetup
(18–39)
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