Cancer Classes, Events, Conferences

For Patients, Family Members and Friends

For Healthcare Professionals

For Patients/Family/Caregivers

Support Group

The Swedish Cancer Institute offers a variety of support groups. The groups provide an opportunity to meet with others having experiences similar to your own. Each group is facilitated by an experienced Swedish Cancer Institute support group facilitator and are open to all people in the community.

See our Swedish Cancer Institute Cancer Support Groups brochure (PDF)

Support group members experience and receive:

• Practical information
• An understanding of diagnosis and treatment
• A safe and caring place to share feelings and learn self-care skills
• A place to develop coping skills and discover how one lives life fully in the midst of cancer

Cancer Education Classes

The Swedish Cancer Institute offers programs to assist you, your family and your caregivers in making treatment decisions, managing your symptoms and accessing complementary programs to help your mind, body and spirit to heal. Registration is required for all classes.

Call 206-386-2502 or visit www.swedish.org/classes to find upcoming classes and register  unless otherwise indicated. See also support group schedule and information or call 206-540-0477

Meetings to Support Head & Neck Cancer Patients, Survivors, Family Members and Friends 

Support for People with Oral and Head and Neck Cancer, Inc. (SPOHNC), a patient-directed self-help organization, was founded by an oral cancer survivor. It is a non-profit organization dedicated to meeting the emotional, physical and humanistic needs of patients and their caregivers.

Join the monthly meetings offering information, support and encouragement to newly diagnosed oral and head and neck cancer patients, survivors, family members and friends in a friendly and non-threatening forum.

Swedish Medical Center 747 Broadway Seattle, WA 98122
Meetings will be held on the third Thursday of each month from 6:00-7:30 PM 1 East Conference Room

SPOHNIC monthly meetings information 

For information, please contact Joanne Fenn, SLP Telephone No. 206-215-1770 or email at joanne.fenn@swedish.org

For Healthcare Professionals

Cancer Conference Series

11 sub-series | First Hill, Cherry Hill and Ballard

The series will provide a forum for case presentations and discussions of protocols and care pathways, as well as technology-related issues in the care of patients with cancer. You must be on staff at Swedish Medical Center to attend this series. This series consists of 11 sub-series across three campuses.

Cancer Conference Series

Ninth Annual PsychoOncology Symposium

After the diagnosis: Reactions and Consequences

Friday, October 21, 2011
Swedish Medical Center/First Hill at Glaser Auditorium, Seattle, Washington

Caring for patients with life-threatening illness can place considerable demands on patients, families and clinicians. A life-threatening diagnosis may provoke a wide range of responses — and consequences. The goal of this symposium is to educate clinicians and enhance their competence in a patient-centered, multidisciplinary care setting.

Register online and download brochure

Ninth Annual West Coast Colorectal Cancer Symposium

Friday, October 28, 2011
Bell Harbor International Conference Center

The Ninth Annual West Coast Colorectal Cancer Symposium is designed to educate and update physicians on the latest research findings related to colorectal cancer.

Register online and download brochure