Patient Support Programs & Services
City of Hope’s Cancer Screening & Prevention Program(SM) is designed to help you understand more about your cancer risks. We offer a comprehensive cancer risk assessment that focuses on family history and genetics, taking environmental and lifestyle factors into account. Following this assessment, the program provides concrete steps you can take to lower these risks.
Our Center for International Medicine provides customized services and programs to cancer patients who live outside the United States and wish to receive world-renowned medical care at City of Hope.
City of Hope offers specialized support groups, patient and family education classes, activities, and Integrative Medicine through the Sher & Les Biller Patient and Family Resources Center.
At City of Hope, we believe in treating the whole person for optimum healing. The Positive Image Center (SM), located in the Southeast Ambulatory building on our Duarte main campus, is a welcoming and supportive environment where our oncology-trained, licensed cosmetologists can minimize the visible side effects of cancer for men and women.
Our rehabilitation specialists strive to minimize the effects of cancer and its treatments to ensure patients maintain or regain their maximum degree of function, comfort, and quality of life at every stage of the cancer journey.
Our Smoking Cessation Program is committed to building a community of health care providers, researchers, patients, families and diverse communities to support smoking cessation as a standard part of cancer care for all patients and as a priority for health promotion and wellness.
At City of Hope's Specialty Pharmacy, our mission is to help you navigate the complex area of specialty medications, which are drugs used to treat certain conditions such as cancer and diabetes. These drugs often require a pharmacist's clinical knowledge and guidance to ensure they're used effectively.
The Women’s Center serves as a central hub for patients to have access to the full range of health care professionals, including physician specialists (breast and gynecologic cancer surgeons and medical oncologists, plastic surgeons, geneticists and supportive care physicians), nurses, genetic counselors, schedulers, social workers, financial counselors, supportive care staff and other health specialists.
Department of Supportive Care Medicine
Even the most loving and secure relationships can struggle with emotional support, communication and problem-solving during a serious illness.
It's hard enough to grapple with cancer or another serious disease if you're an adult. For children, it can be far more confusing and frightening.
Our method of providing comprehensive, multidisciplinary care not only serves as a model for other supportive care programs nationwide — it works.
Conveniently located on the Duarte main campus, the Biller Patient and Family Resource Center integrates all support services under one umbrella.
Patients about to undergo treatment for an illness often feel overwhelmed with how much they need to learn. We’ve assembled the information on this page to address those needs.
It's natural for caregivers to get wrapped up in patients' needs. Yet that's when it's essential for caregivers to look after their own well-being.
