Lung Cancer Pathfinder

Canadian Cancer Society

Odette Cancer Centre

Lung Cancer Canada

Canadian Lung Association

Health Link BC

National Cancer Institute (US-based)

• Global Resource for Advancing Cancer Education
  Browse the Lung Cancer Video Library at cancergrace.org/lung.
• Cancer Care (US-based)
  Listen online at cancercare.org/connect (click on Listen to Workshops) or on your smartphone / tablet (search for Cancer Care in the Podcasts app).
• Odette Cancer Centre
  Browse videos at sunnybrook.ca/cancereducation (click on My Video learning).

These free drop-in sessions and classes take place in the Odette Cancer Centre for patients and caregivers.

Please pick up a calendar from the PEARL (T-wing, 1st floor, by main reception) or go to sunnybrook.ca/cancereducation (click on My workshops and classes).

• Introduction to Chemotherapy
• Clinical Trials and Your Care
• Ask a Radiation Therapist
• Tips to Quit Smoking
• Ask a Social Worker
• Ask a Nutrition Expert

• Breathe Easy!
• Art Therapy
• Lymphedema
• Early Menopause
• Ask a Pharmacist
• Ask a Nurse (RN)

Lung Cancer: Understanding Your Diagnosis (Canadian Cancer Society)
Please go to cancer.ca/publications or drop by the PEARL (T-wing, 1st floor, by main reception) at Odette Cancer Centre to pick one up.

You can borrow these books from the Odette Cancer Centre / Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.

Please visit the PEARL Library (T-wing, 1st floor, by main reception) or call 416.480.4534 for more information.

• 100 Questions & Answers about Lung Cancer, 2010
• 100 Questions & Answers about Cancer Symptoms and Cancer Treatment Side Effects, 2011
• Cancer Clinical Trials: A Common-Sense Guide to Experimental Cancer Therapies, 2012

Odette Nursing Team

Telephone: 416.480.5000 (press 1, then ext. 81067)
Registered Nurses can answer your questions about treatment, give support for symptoms and side-effects, and provide information on how to manage care at home.

Odette Patient & Family Support

Telephone: 416.480.4623
Location: TG-230 (T-wing, ground floor)
Free services to help you manage eating, stress, worry, financial concerns, changes in health, and daily activities.

Canadian Cancer Society

Toll-free: 1.888.939.3333
Website: cancer.ca/support
Email: ccs@cancer.ca
Free services that includes peer support, support groups, online communities, a telephone cancer information service, and the Wheels of Hope Transportation Service.

Cancer Chat Canada

Website: cancerchat.desouzainstitute.com
Professionally-led online support groups for people affected by Cancer.

Lung Cancer Canada

Telephone: 1.888.445.4403
Website: lungcancercanada.ca
Email: info@lungcancercanada.ca
Free and confidential information service that connects lung cancer patients, families and caregivers with up-to-date information and support.

Gilda's Club Toronto

Telephone: 416.214.9898
Website: gildasclubtoronto.org
Email: info@gildasclubtoronto.org
Free support groups including Living with Cancer Support Group, Friends and Family Support Group, and many more.

Hearth Place Cancer Support Centre

Telephone: 905.579.4833
Website: hearthplace.org
Location: Oshawa, Ontario
Free support services, emotional support, and wellness programs including a support group for caregivers, a class on eating well during cancer treatment, and many more.

Wellspring

Telephone: 1.877.499.9904
Website: wellspring.ca
Location(s): Several including Westerkirk House (on the Sunnybrook campus)
Free programs and services, including Peer Support.