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Cancer Care Center Calendar

Here you will find the calendar of upcoming events for the Cancer Care Center. Please check back regularly as new events and workshops are posted all the time.

Call us at (907) 264-1431 if you would like assistance with identifying community support group resources.  

Look Good, Feel Better Program

  • Location:  Cancer Center Conference Room (Medical Office Building C, Suite 414)
  • Time:  11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
  • Dates in 2011:  (all sessions are on Friday) January 14, March 11, May 13, July 8, September 9, and November 11.

Look Good, Feel Better is a free, non-medical program for women cancer patients that teaches beauty techniques to help combat the appearance-related side effects of cancer treatment.
Contact the Cancer Center at 264-1431 to RSVP or for additional dates, times and locations.

American Cancer Society Support Group

  • Location:  Wells Fargo Bank, 301 W. Northern Lights, 2nd floor conference room
  • Time:  7 - 8:30 p.m.
  • Dates in 2011: Every Tuesday

Weekly support group for cancer patients, survivors, family and caregivers.
Contact the American Cancer Society at 273-2077 with any questions.   

The New Norm: Cancer Survivorship Series

  • Location:  See below
  • Time:  See below
  • Dates in 2011: September 1st , 8th , 15th , and 22nd

Learn about and interact with specialists who address the physical side effects of treatment, ways to promote healing with the mind/body connection, how to address the fear of recurrence and how to actively participate in your health with nutrition and exercise.

Workshop 1: September 1, 6-8 p.m. - Long-Term Physical Side Effects of Cancer Treatment (Alaska Regional Hospital, Cancer Center Conference Room, Medical Office Building C, Suite 414)

Workshop 2: September 8th , 6-8 p.m. - Nutrition : Making Health Choices (Alaska Regional Hospital, Cancer Center Conference Room, Medical Office Building C, Suite 414)

Workshop 3: September 15th, 6-8 p.m. - Returning Quality of Life During & After Cancer Treatment (Alaska Regional Hospital, Cancer Center Conference Room, Medical Office Building C, Suite 414)

Workshop 4: September 22nd, 6-8 p.m. - Exercise (Alaska Regional Hospital , Cancer Center Conference Room, Medical Office Building C, Suite 414)

Contact the Alaska Cancer Care Alliance at 264-1501 with any questions.

Forget-Me-Not Grief Support

  • Location:  Hospice of Anchorage 
  • Time:  6:20 - 8 p.m.
  • Dates in 2011: Twice a month on Thursdays

Grief support for children, teens and adults who love them.
Contact Hospice of Anchorage at 561-5322 with any questions.

Women LISTEN Support Group

  • Location:  Café Felix in the Metro Mall
  • Time:  10 - 11:30 a.m.
  • Dates in 2011: Every Friday

Any woman with any type of cancer is invited to attend.
Contact 333-4894 or www.womenlisten.org.

Telephone Education Workshops

  • Location:  Alaska Regional Hospital, Cancer Center Conference Room (Medical Office Building C, Suite 414) --OR-- Alaska Cancer Care Alliance (2810 DeBarr Road, Suite 3000)
  • Time:  9:30 - 10:30 a.m. (all workshops)

 

What is a Connect® Workshop?

CancerCare’s free Connect® Workshops are a way for people to learn about cancer-related issues from the convenience of their home or office. Leading experts in oncology provide the most up-to-date information on the phone.

How do I participate?

You can listen to the workshop on the telephone (at home, office, in the Cancer Care Center) or via live streaming through the internet. Participation is free.

One week prior to the CancerCare Connect® Connect Education Workshop, you will receive information and instructions on how to join the call. The instructions will include both a toll-free dial-in number that you can use to join the call by phone and a link to live streaming for international participants and others who prefer to listen to the call online. If you do not receive this information one week prior to the program, please email the CancerCare Education Department at: connect@cancercare.org. 

How do I register?

  • Come join us in the Alaska Regional Hospital Cancer Care Center (Building C-414)
  • Or listen in at the Alaska Cancer Care Alliance (2801 DeBarr Road, Suite 3000)
  • Call 800-813-HOPE (4673), 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
  • Register online at www.cancercare.org/connect

 

September 2011

Wednesday, September 14, 2011, 9:30 - 10:30 a.m.: Update on Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma
Friday, September 16, 2011, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.: Caring for Your Bones When You Have Prostate Cancer.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.: Understanding the Important Role of Adherence in the Medial Management of Cancer
Friday, September 23, 2011, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.: Lung Cancer and Personalized Medicine 

October 2011

Wednesday, October 5, 2011, 9:30 - 10:30 a.m.: Update on Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphonma
Friday, October 7, 2011, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.: Caring for Your Bones When You Have Breast Cancer
Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.: Update on Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma
Thursday, October 13, 2011, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.: Progress in the Treatment of Metastatic Breast Cancer
Wednesday, October 26, 2011, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.: Current Developments in the Treatment of Colorectal Cancer
Friday, October 28, 2011, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.: Current Perspectives on Early Stage Breast Cancer


November 2011 

Thursday, November 10, 2011, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.: Caring for Your Bones When You Have Multiple Myeloma
Tuesday, November 15, 2011, 9:30 – 10:30, a.m.: Nutrition, Physicial Activity and You: A Guide for People Living With Cancer
Wednesday, November 16, 2011, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.: Managing Treatment Side-Effects


December 2011

Friday, December 16, 2011, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.: Update on Lymphoma from the 2011 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting

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    Dr. Clare Scott Bertucio, MD
    2841 DeBarr Rd 100
    Anchorage, AK 99508

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  • Dr. Richard T Chung, MD<br>

    Dr. Richard T Chung, MD
    2841 DeBarr Rd
    Suite 100
    Anchorage, AK 99508

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    Denali Ob/Gyn
    4001 Dale St
    Suite 105
    Anchorage, AK 99508

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  • Dr. David Taylor Notter, MD<br>

    Dr. David Taylor Notter, MD
    2741 Debarr Rd
    Suite C405
    Anchorage, AK 99508

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  • Children's Hosp. @ Providence-Peds Subsp<br>

    Children's Hosp. @ Providence-Peds Subsp
    3200 Providence Hospital
    Suite 314
    Anchorage, AK 99508

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  • Dr. James M Sprott, MD<br>

    Dr. James M Sprott, MD
    6721 Samuel Court
    Anchorage, AK 99508

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  • Anchorage Oncology Centre<br>

    Anchorage Oncology Centre
    4231 Lake Otis Pkwy
    Suite B-2
    Anchorage, AK 99508

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