BMT Patients and Caregivers Relaxation Support Group G11. Helps patients with emotional, psychological, and financial consequences of cancer. Provides educational pamphlets, a newsletter, and referrals outside the New York metropolitan area. Toll free counseling line provides immediate psychological support to cancer patients and their families during times of crisis. Conducted in conjunction with Chaplaincy.
Local chapters run support groups.
Publishes a newsletter. M.D. Anderson Room R1.2000. Chaplains - Steve Thorney, M.Div. and Bill Cutshall. This cancer survivor organization produces a quarterly newsletter about cancer research and treatment advances, cancer survivor activities around the country, and information about the organization's annual meeting and lobbying activities on behalf of all cancer survivors and their families and friends. Provides information on employment discrimination and health insurance.