Many of the support groups at the Karmanos Cancer Center meet monthly. Others meet for just a few weeks. Support groups are open to family and friends as well. For more information, call 1-800-KARMANOS (1-800-527-6266) and ask for the Community and Supportive Services department.

For a list of support group meetings, click here and scroll down to Patients/Families.

For Women

• Blooms for Tomorrow (gynecologic cancer survivors and their family and friends)
  
  
• Breast Cancer Buddies (breast cancer patients)
  
  
• Rise Sister Rise (African American women newly diagnosed with breast cancer or a recurrent cancer within the last three years)
  
  
• Tough Broads (all cancers)
  
  
• W.A.V.E. (for African American female cancer patients)
  
• Women’s Wellness (all cancers)
  
  
• Look Good Feel Better (a program of the American Cancer Society for all female cancer patients)

For Men

• B.R.A.V.E. (all cancers)
  
  
• Men with Cancer (all cancers)

For Men, Women and Families

• Adult bereavement support groups (for adults who have experienced a loss of a loved one)
  
  
• Anamilo Club (for laryngectomy patients, family and friends)
  
  
• Families with Cancer
  
  
• Parenting through Cancer
  
  
• Caregiving through Cancer

For Children

•  Friends Like Me (for children and youth ages 6-16 who have a parent or significant relative with cancer)

Peer Mentoring

• Cancer Guides - a program for all cancer patients looking for the one-on-one support from another cancer survivor. For more information, call 1-800-KARMANOS (1-800-527-6266) and ask for the Community and Supportive Services department.