The Patient and Family Cancer Support Center in San Francisco supports wellness and healing by providing patients and their loved ones with information, emotional support, and community resources.
NOW OPEN for walk-in visits at our Mission Bay site
We are also available by phone and email Monday through Friday from 9 am to 5 pm.
Contact: 415.885.3693 (voice) | Email Us
The Patient and Family Cancer Support Center supports wellness and healing by providing patients and their loved ones with information, emotional support, and community resources. Most services are open to all cancer patients, regardless of where they receive their care.
The Patient and Family Cancer Support Center (Mission Bay)
Bakar Precision Cancer Medicine Building Barbara and Richard Rosenberg Cancer Resource Suite 1825 Fourth Street, First Floor San Francisco, CA 94158To reach one of our volunteers and find out more about cancer support services, call the main PFCSC line at 415-885-3693, then choose option 5. Leave a clear message and we will return your call. You can also email us at [email protected].
The Ida and Joseph Friend Patient and Family Cancer Support Center (Mount Zion)
1600 Divisadero St., B-101
San Francisco, CA 94143
- Directions to Misson Bay campus.
- Directions to Mount Zion campus.
- Public Parking at UCSF campuses.
- Short-term Lodging Guide provides information on hotels near UCSF’s campuses at Mt. Zion, Mission Bay, and Parnassus for out-of-town patients and caregivers.
- Friend to Friend, at UCSF Medical Center/Mt. Zion, is a one-stop specialty shop for wigs, scarves, prostheses, and more.
Patient and Family Support Services Checklists
We invite providers and patients alike to download this handy A-Z list Print out of available support services at UCSF.
The Patient and Family Cancer Support Center
Walk-In Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
(However, stop by anytime the doors are open)
- Come see the many resources and support services available to you and your family members.
- Come and visit a comfortable resting area.
- Come check your MyChart or emails.
- Or stop by just to say Hi.
If you happen to miss us, we may be reached by e-mail at [email protected] or by phone at 415-885-3693. Our Social Workers are available to help you navigate the challenges you may be facing, we have a wonderful Peer Support Program, and our Psycho-Oncologists are conducting therapy sessions online, via Zoom.
UCSF Offerings
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PROGRAMS & EVENTS
UCSF PFCSC Offerings
– May 14th: The Prostate Cancer Journal Club | UCSF
– 1st & 3rd Thursdays: Come Crochet! With Linda Karrer | UCSF PFCSC
Osher Center for Integrative Health
– Nature Medicine thru Virtual Forest Therapy Walk | Individual Sessions
May 17th: Movement Medicine: Qigong Practices to Promote Health
– May 14th, May 28th: Integrative Cancer Care Group Visits w Dr. Donald Abrams
UCSF MERI Center
– 1st & 3rd Wednesdays – Poetic Medicine for the “Wounded Healer”
– 1st & 3rd Tuesdays: Serious Illness Support Group
– Tuesdays: Loss, Losing & Loosening Poetic Medicine Group
COMMUNITY Offerings
May 22nd: Creating a Body Cancer Doesn’t Like | Anticancer
May 15th: Reshaping the Possibilities: Exploring Breast Reconstruction Options | Sharsheret
May 15th: Breast Cancer: What is Mindset and Does it Really Matters? | SHARE CS
May 23rd: Black Women with Breast Cancer: Societal pressures & stressors | SHARE CS
May 24th: Part II – Body Grief | SHARE CS
May 7th-28th, Mondays: Art Series: Self-Forgiveness (Via Zoom) | BACC
May 14th: Group X – Leukemia & Lymphoma: How to Talk to Kids (En español) | PICKLES
SAVE THE DATE
UCSF
– MAY 8th-June 26th: Sustainable Caregiving for Care Partners of People w Cancer | MERI Center
– MAY 22nd: What Matters Most? Advance Care Planning Workshop | MERI Center
COMMUNITY
JUN 1st: “Dear Cancer” Magazine Release Event | Stanford Health (In-person)
JUN 5th: Webinar: Balancing Work & Nutrition | Cancer + Careers
JUN 21st: 14th Annual National Conference on Work & Cancer | Cancer + Careers
JUN 26th-27th: Getting Our Fair Share Conference: Race, Culture & Identity | SHARE CS
PLEASE NOTE: SUPPORT GROUP CHANGES & NEW ADDITIONS:
See Section – SUPPORTING YOU WITH OTHERS
To register for these Programs & Events,
please refer to that organization below
in the body of the newsletter under their names
UCSF or Community Programs, Events & Resources
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