Support Groups

People with breast cancer, their families and friends, often need assistance coping with the emotional and practical aspects of their disease. This list includes several groups that provide such services.

While we make every attempt to provide accurate information, meeting times may have changed.  Please call the group to verify meeting times.

American Cancer Society (ACS)
(800) 925-2271

1. Just Between Us, monthly support group. Call for referral to nearest meeting.
2. Reach to Recovery, peer visitation program. Call for referral.

Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
4100 John R
Detroit, MI 48201
WAVE, cancer survivorship group for African-American women, last Thursday of month, 6:30 p.m. For more information, call (800) KARMANOS.

Wertz Cancer Center
4100 John R
Detroit, MI 48201
(800) KARMANOS (1-800-527-6266); www.karmanos.org

1. Peace, Wisdom & Humor, 4th Wednesday of month, 6 p.m., Wertz Cancer Center. To register or for more information, call (800) KARMANOS and ask for Patient & Family Support Services.
2. Friends Like Me, for well-children who have a loved one dealing with cancer, meets concurrently with Peace, Wisdom & Humor, 4th Wednesday of month, 6 p.m., Wertz Cancer Center. To register or for more information, call (800) KARMANOS and ask for Patient & Family Support Services.
3. Tough Broads, female patients only, part of "Family Night Out", 4th Wednesday of month, 6 p.m. Pre-registration is required as a light supper is served. To register or for more information, call (800) KARMANOS and ask for Patient & Family Support Services.

Weisberg Cancer Center
31995 Northwestern Highway
Farmington Hills, MI 48334
(248) 538-4701

1. Best Buddies Breast Cancer Support Group, for patients only, 2nd and 4th Thursdays of month, 5:30 p.m.
2. Breast Cancer Eat & Meet, lectures throughout the year. Meets at the Weisberg Cancer Center. Call to be put on the mailing list.

Beaumont Hospital/Rose Cancer Treatment Center
William Beaumont Hospital
3601 W. 13 Mile Road
Royal Oak, MI 48073
(248) 551-3160

1. Just Between Us, monthly support group, 1st Tuesday, 7 p.m., patients only
2. Breast Care Center, (248) 551-0600 for information on support services available.

Beaumont Hospital/Wilson Cancer Center
44201 Dequindre
Troy, MI 48085
(248) 828-5745
Breast cancer support group, for patients and family, 3rd Monday, 6:30 p.m., Classroom #1 of hospital.

Clarkston Calvary Lutheran Church
6805 Bluegrass
Clarkston, MI 48346
(248) 625-3288
Breast cancer monthly support group, 1st Tuesday of month, 7:30 p.m.

Community Cancer Center of Monroe
730 North Macomb, Suite 418
Monroe, MI 48162
(734) 242-7902
Mastectomy monthly support group, call (734) 241-5775.

Crittenton Hospital
1101 West University
Rochester, MI 48307
(248) 652-5269
Just Between Us, breast cancer support group, 2nd Wednesday of month, 7:30 p.m.

Encore
Downriver: (248) 435-9100
Oakland: (248) 435-9100
Redford: (313) 537-8500
Peer group support and water exercise program.

Garden City Hospital
Harrison Building, Classroom #5
6701 Harrison
Garden City, MI 48135-2257
(313) 277-1175; Contact: Yvonne
Just Between Us, breast cancer support group, 2nd Thursday, 7 p.m

Gilda's Club
3517 Rochester Rd.
Royal Oak, MI 48073
(248) 577-0800
Breast Cancer Support Group. Usually meets 2nd Monday and 4th Wednesday of month.

Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital
1 William Carls Drive
Commerce, MI 48382
(248) 937-3314
Breast Cancer Support Group, for patients and families, 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of month, 10 a.m.

Josephine Ford Cancer Center - Downriver
19675 Allen Rd.
Brownstown, MI 48183-1021
(734) 479-3311
Life to the Max, for breast cancer survivors, 1st Monday, 6 p.m.

Living Beyond Cancer
10 E. Athens Avenue, Suite 204
Ardmore, PA 19003
(888) 753-LBBC; www.lbbc.org
Provides educational conferences, a newsletter, outreach to medically underserved women, a helpline and more.

My Image After Breast Cancer
Y-ME
6000 Stevenson Avenue, Suite 304
Alexandria, VA 22304
(703) 461-9595 - 24-Hour Hopeline
Certified breast cancer survivors provide emotional support and current, medically approved, information to newly diagnosed breast cancer patients.

Oakwood Hospital and Medical Center
18101 Oakwood Blvd.
Dearborn,MI 48124
(313) 593-8600
Breast Cancer Support Group, for patients and their support persons,
2nd Saturday, 9 a.m.

Providence Hospital Cancer Center-Mission Health
Novi
(248) 424-5543
Breast cancer monthly support group, 2nd Saturday, 10 a.m.

Reach to Recovery - Peer visitation program. Call for referral: (800) 925-2271

St. John Hospital and Medical Center
Van Elslander Cancer Care Center
19229 Mack Avenue, Suite 30
Detroit, MI 48236
(313) 647-3301; Contact: Mary Ruhana
Breast cancer support group, for patients and family, 1st Wednesday of month.

St. Joseph Mercy Hospital-Mission Health
McAuley Cancer Care Center
5301 E. Huron River Drive, P.O. Box 995
Ann Arbor, MI 48106
(734) 712-2920
Breast cancer discussion group, for patients only, 3rd Thursday, 7 p.m.

St. Mary Hospital
36475 Five Mile Rd.
Livonia, MI 48154
(734) 655-3314
Breast cancer support group, 2nd Tuesday of month, 7 p.m., lower level conference room. Pre-registration preferred.

Sisters Network
(713) 781-0255; www.sistersnetworkinc.org
Detroit Chapter: (313) 864-7213
National African-American breast cancer survivors support organization.

Susan G. Komen for the Cure
5005 LBJ Freeway, Suite 250
Dallas,TX 75244
(800)-IM AWARE; www.komen.org

University of Michigan Medical Center
Comprehensive Cancer Center
1500 East Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
(734) 764-3115

1. Breast Cancer Monthly Support Group, for patients only, 2nd Wednesday, 7 p.m.
2. Breast Cancer Monthly Speaker Series, 4th Wednesday, 7 p.m. Registration required.

W.A.T.C.H. (Women's Alliance Toward Complete Healing)
St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church
375 Lothrop
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48230
(313) 882-6895; Contact: Sheryl Hogan
Women diagnosed with pre-menopausal breast cancer and other cancers, 4th Tuesday, 7 p.m.

Women Celebrating Life
First Presbyterian Church
2799 West Rd.
Trenton, MI 48183-2489
(734) 283-3803; Contact: Joanne Cole
Breast cancer support group, patients, family and friends, 3rd Thursday of month, 7 p.m.

Women's Information Network Against Breast Cancer
5365 S. Second Avenue, Suite K
Covina, CA 91723-3244
(626) 332-2255; www.winabc.org
Raises awareness, and provides education, support and information.

Y-ME - National Breast Cancer Organization
212 West Van Buren Street, Suite 500
Chicago, IL 60607
(800) 221-2141 (English); www.Y-ME.org
24/7 Hotline staffed by survivors with interpreters in 150 languages and referral to Y-ME support group chapters through out the United States. Services are available to females and males.

Y-Me Men's Support Line
(800) 221-2141
Men can call the Y-Me 800 hotline number, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. CST, and request to speak to a male counselor. The counselor will return the call within 24 hours.