Maxwell V. Blum Cancer Resource Program
Patient Education
The Maxwell V. Blum Cancer Resource Program understands that cancer can affect your mind, spiritual and soul, as well as your body. The program provides you with many things that you can do and use to help yourself live better after your, or a loved one’s, diagnosis. We believe that taking an active role in learning more about your cancer and ways to manage stress, side effects and daily living can help you feel more in control and less overwhelmed.
Conference for Patients & Families
Our 2021 Conference was held as a 3-part webinar series. Watch videos from the various sessions.
Px
Px is a website that you can save to your phone or personal device, so you have it whenever and wherever you need it. Px provides you with a simple way to connect with our resources.
Workshops and Support Groups
Our support programs are designed to help patients, their families and caregivers cope with the challenges of a cancer diagnosis. We offer a wide range of workshops and support groups.
Blum Cancer Support and Education Hub
On Yawkey 7, outside suite 7B, the Hub is intended to be a comforting and welcoming place for patients, their families and friends to visit. Here you can: meet with a social worker, find information about coping and emotional needs, take part in an educational workshop, or just take a break and relax.
Upcoming Events:
Integrative Therapies and Nutrition for Symptom Management: A Webinar Series
Join us for our new webinar series this spring! This webinar series focuses on how integrative therapies and nutrition can improve specific cancer symptoms and treatment side effects. Learn techniques and strategies you can do at home to help you feel your best.
Meeting People Where They Are: Increasing Access to Cancer and Mental Health Care
Join us May 11th. People who have serious mental illness are more than twice as likely to die from cancer, less likely to receive timely, high quality cancer care, and more likely to be excluded from research. Join us to learn more about how the Collaborative Care and Community Engagement Program strives to improve cancer treatment for patients with mental illness.
Patient Materials:
- View helpful documents & resources for new patients.
- Patient Guide (pdf)
- How to Find Trustworthy Health Information Online (pdf)
- Guide for Reading Your Radiology Report (pdf)
Caregiver Resources:
Find out more about the Cancer Center's Support Services
The Maxwell V. Blum Cancer Resource Program has an ongoing mission to make support services, as well as respite and community-building areas, more accessible to patients and families throughout the Cancer Center.
- Are you interested in joining a workshop or support group? See our Wellness and Support Program calendar.
- Do you want to learn more about the supportive environment here for you at the Cancer Center? See the listing of Supportive Care Services.
- Do you need resources to help make your visit to the Cancer Center easier? See the resources page.
- Interested in acupuncture, massage therapy, art therapy, music therapy, yoga, tai chi or qigong? Workshops and individuals sessions are available. Learn more about the Katherine A. Gallagher Integrative Therapies Program.
Contact the Mass General Cancer Center
Contact us to make an appointment and to learn more about our programs.