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Sanford Cancer Center: As a leader in the field, Sanford Cancer Center Services offers a unique, full continuum of care with advanced state-of-the-art treatment methods while maintaining highly personalized care that focuses on the emotional, social and spiritual needs of cancer patients and their families. Sanford Cancer Center serves the region by offering premier cancer care spanning from Pediatric to Adult Medicine.Hospice: Hospice is not just about how you die. Hospice offers care when a cure isn't possible. That care offers many the chance to live each remaining moment of their life to the fullest. To be home. To be pain free. To just...be. With Sanford Hospice, you and your family will be able to make the most of the time you have left together. You will discover that this precious remaining time can be a time of peace and a time of finding comfort, acceptance, love and healing.
Hospice...
- Strives to enhance the quality of life when a cure is no longer the focus.
- Is available for both cancer and non-cancer illnesses.
- Aggressively seeks to provide pain control and comfort.
- Provides emotional and spiritual care to you and your caregivers.
is a benefit of Medicare, Medicaid and most private insurance companies. - Provides registered nurses, social workers, clergy and volunteers who will develop a care plan to focus on the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of their patients.
Cancer Screening Guide: Cancer screenings enable medical providers to catch cancer in the early stages, when the disease is most treatable. This chart offers screening guidelines from the American Cancer Society. Women and men at high risk for these diseases may need earlier or more frequent screenings; please check with your doctor.
Bloom The Boutique: Bloom The Boutique, located in Sioux Falls, SD is a one-stop-shop where you can find all of the support services you need to help in your fight against cancer. Patients coping with cancer can find fashion, wigs, cosmetics and prostheses to help them cope with hair loss from chemotherapy, soothe skin irritation caused by radiation or compensate for body changes after mastectomy or other surgeries. Bloom The Boutique is designed to help cancer patients meet their needs with strength and style because we know that when you feel comfortable with your appearance you often feel better, and more empowered to meet the activities of your daily life.
She. Me. We.: She.Me.We is more than a campaign to build awareness for breast cancer, it is a support system for women that communicates that we're in this together...sisters, mothers, friends, me...all of us, joined together in awareness. At Sanford, we understand that receiving support from loved ones plays a key role in the healing process. This campaign is about uniting all of us in a sisterhood of awareness and support. Breast cancer survivors and women currently battling breast cancer can take comfort in knowing that in addition to the support they receive from their families, they also have the support of the community and the medical family at Sanford.
Biking for Breast Cancer: Biking for Breast Cancer is an opportunity for anyone who has been touched by the disease to raise awareness for breast cancer. Cyclists can choose a 20-mile bike ride in Sioux Falls or a 50-mile road ride throughout the area countryside. Both rides will start and end at the Sanford Cancer Center with a celebration at the completion of the ride.
Susan G. Komen for the Cure: Susan G. Komen fought breast cancer with her heart, body and soul. Throughout her diagnosis, treatments, and endless days in the hospital, she spent her time thinking of ways to make life better for other women battling breast cancer instead of worrying about her own situation. That concern for others continued even as Susan neared the end of her fight. Moved by Susan’s compassion for others and committed to making a difference, Nancy G. Brinker promised her sister that she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever.
American Cancer Society: If you or someone you know has cancer, a single toll-free call to 1.800.ACS.2345 will put you in touch with your American Cancer Society. Trained Cancer Information Specialists are available to assist you 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If you are calling during business hours, ask to speak directly to your local Navigator.
National Cancer Institute