Coping with Cancer Programs

Cancer Care, Caregiver Support, Financial, and Mental Health - Adult

Provided by BC Cancer

BC Cancer helps those living with or affected by cancer to cope with aspects of their care.
BC Cancer offers a variety of services aimed at helping cancer patients and their families deal with the physical, practical, emotional and psychological aspects of their care.
Services include:
  • Advance Care Planning: A form of incapacity planning where individuals go through the process of thinking about and writing down wishes and instructions, in the event that the individual becomes incapable of making decisions themselves.
  • Complementary & Alternative Therapies: Used as part of an individual's choice within the process of cancer treatment, to seek to promote health, improve quality of life or encourage healing.
  • Exercise Support: Regular exercise is safe and recommended before, during and after cancer treatments.
  • Facts for Teens: Provides information about cancer and its treatments as well as stories from other teens whop have gone through similar things.
  • Family Support: Provides information, handouts, workbooks and web links for supporting children, teens and caregivers when cancer comes to the family.
  • Emotional Support: Provides support programs and counsellors to help deal with the distress and challenges that come with a cancer diagnosis.
  • Practical Support: Provides resources on how to help with financial assistance, home support services, transportation, work and school.
  • Nutrition Support: Provides information and resources on nutrition to help patients learn how to eat well and keep their bodies strong, enabling them to better manage treatment side effects.
To access services, contact the nearest BC Cancer Centre listed below or use the location finder website.

Location finder: http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/our...

Website: http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/health-info...

604-877-6000 (Vancouver)

Toll Free: 1-800-663-3333

Website: http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/our...

BC Cancer – Vancouver - 600 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Z 4E6

250-519-5500 (Victoria)

Toll Free: 1-800-670-3322

Website: http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/our...

BC Cancer – Victoria - 2410 Lee Avenue, Victoria, British Columbia, V8R 6V5

604-930-2098 (Surrey)

Toll Free: 1-800-523-2885

Website: http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/our...

BC Cancer – Surrey - 13750 96th Avenue, Surrey, British Columbia, V3V 1Z2

250-645-7300 (Prince George)

Toll Free: 1-855-775-7300

Website: http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/our...

BC Cancer – Prince George (Centre for the North) - 1215 Lethbridge Street, Prince George, British Columbia, V2M 7E9

250-712-3900 (Kelowna)

Toll Free: 1-888-563-7773

Website: http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/our...

BC Cancer – Kelowna (Sindi Ahluwalia Hawkins Centre) - 399 Royal Avenue, Kelowna, British Columbia, V1Y 5L3

604-851-4710 (Abbotsford)

Website: http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/our...

BC Cancer – Abbotsford - 32900 Marshall Road, Abbotsford, British Columbia, V2S 0C2

Cost: No cost

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Service area: Province-wide + show cities

Service area cities: 100 Mile House, Abbotsford, Agassiz, Aldergrove, Alert Bay, Alexis Creek, Anahim Lake, Anmore, Armstrong, Ashcroft, Atlin, Bamfield, Banff, Barriere, Bella Bella, Bella Coola, Black Creek, Blue River, Boston Bar, Bowen Island, Brentwood Bay, Burnaby, Burns Lake, Cache Creek, Calgary, Campbell River, Canmore, Castlegar, Cathedral Grove, Cawston, Chase, Chemainus, Cherryville, Chetwynd, Chilliwack, Christina Lake, Clearwater, Clinton, Cobble Hill, Comox, Coombs, Coquitlam, Cortes Island, Courtenay, Cranbrook, Crawford Bay, Creston, Cumberland, Daajing Giids, Dawson Creek, Dease Lake, Deep Bay, Delta, Denman Island, Duncan, Edgewood, Elkford, Enderby, Fanny Bay, Fernie, Fort Langley, Fort Nelson, Fort St. James, Fort St. John, Fraser Lake, Fruitvale, Gabriola Island, Galiano Island, Gibsons, Golden, Gold River, Grand Forks, Granisle, Greenwood, Hanceville, Hazelton, Hope, Hornby Island, Horne Lake, Houston, Hudson's Hope, Invermere, Kamloops, Kaslo, Kelowna, Keremeos, Kimberley, Kitimat, Kyuquot, Ladner, Ladysmith, Lake Country, Lake Cowichan, Langford, Langley, Lantzville, Lethbridge, Lillooet, Lions Bay, Logan Lake, Long Beach, Lumby, Lytton, Mackenzie, Maple Ridge, Masset, Mayne Island, McBride, Merritt, Merville, Midway, Mill Bay, Mission, Nakusp, Nanaimo, Nanoose Bay, Nelson, New Aiyansh, New Denver, New Westminster, Nitinaht, North Delta, North Saanich, North Vancouver, Okanagan Falls, Oliver, Osoyoos, Oyama, Parksville, Peachland, Pemberton, Pender Harbour, Pender Island, Penelakut Island, Penticton, Pitt Meadows, Port Alberni, Port Alice, Port Coquitlam, Port Hardy, Port McNeill, Port Moody, Powell River, Prince George, Prince Rupert, Princeton, Quadra Island, Qualicum Beach, Quathiaski Cove, Quesnel, Revelstoke, Richmond, Riske Creek, Rock Creek, Rossland, Saanich, Saanichton, Salmo, Salmon Arm, Salt Spring Island, Sardis, Saturna Island, Sayward, Scotch Creek, Sechelt, Shawnigan Lake, Sicamous, Sidney, Skidegate, Slocan, Smithers, Sointula, Sooke, Sorrento, South Surrey, Sparwood, Spences Bridge, Squamish, Stewart, Summerland, Sun Peaks, Surrey, Tahsis, Tatla Lake, Telkwa, Terrace, Tofino, Trail, Tsawwassen, Tumbler Ridge, Ucluelet, Valemount, Vancouver, Vanderhoof, Vernon, Victoria, West Kelowna, West Vancouver, Whistler, White Rock, Williams Lake, Winlaw, Witset, and Yale

Service Types Provided
Cancer Care
Caregiver Support
Financial
Mental Health - Adult
Ways to Access
  • Provided 1:1 in-person
  • Provided at multiple locations
  • Provided in a group in-person
  • Provided online: email / video / on-line

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