Self-help Groups

Through the support Centre people may get in touch with self-help groups within the Society. The purpose of the groups is to support and assist each other, give advice, guidance and support to people in similar circumstances, give help to self-help, in addition to gathering knowledge on various cancer diseases, inform about prevention and to organize various arrangements. 

The Aid for Cure Group

This is a group for women who have gone through treatment for breast cancer.

The Stomi Group

It consists of people who for some reason have had their bladder or colon laid out through their side.

The Parent Group

It comprises parents whose children have or have had cancer.

The Birth Mark Group

It is for people who have or have had birth mark cancer.

The Abdominal Group

It is for women who have or have had abdominal cancer.

The Prostate Group

It is a group for men who have or have had prostatecancer.

The Lipoedema an Lymoedema Group

It is a group for people who are suffering from lipoedema og lymfoedema.

Groups for Next-of-Kin

Cancer doesn’t only strike individuals, but also their family and loved ones. Therefore the Cancer Society has taken steps to form self-help groups for patients’ relatives. Life-threatening illnesses always carry with them changes in family life, and these changes may hit the children hard. They often feel lonely with their thoughts and fears. So the Society invites children and adolescents whose parents are ill to consult a psychologist in surroundings where they may also meet others in the same situation, and there to put words to their feelings without having to pay attention to others than themselves. The spouses of cancer patients and people who have lost their spouses to cancer also have the opportunity to join a self-help group. It is important for relations to get support, for there will be many new practical and emotional issues to tackle. In the self-help groups you may meet others in your situation, and there it is possible to put words to your thoughts and get support to solve various problems.