Well - Summer 2013 - (Page 10)
“The nice thing about the boutique is the
amount of information and encouragement
you receive,” says Irene Cagney, who was
diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer
in 2010. “I found the one-on-one experience
to be very personal.”
Comprehensive Cancer
Support
The N.C. Cancer
Hospital helps
patients cope
with the diverse
challenges of
their diagnosis.
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or cancer patients, change occurs both internally and externally.
For Irene Cagney (see page 6), those changes were made easier
thanks to the resources offered by the N.C. Cancer Hospital.
Although most cancer patients like Irene, 58, come to
UNC Health Care for medical treatment and care, a variety
of services is also available through the Comprehensive Cancer Support
Program (CCSP) Patient and Family Resource Center, on the ground
floor of the hospital, to help them better understand and prepare for the
physical and emotional changes related to cancer and its treatment.
The American Cancer Institute suggests that in some cases cancer patients develop a sense of helplessness or hopelessness. Programs
offered by the Resource Center help minimize these feelings and
facilitate recovery.
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Well - Summer 2013
Contents
UNC Health Care News
Community
Facing a Rare Cancer Diagnosis Head-On
Comprehensive Cancer Support
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