Cancer care: Brain tumor

Brain tumor support

These pages of our health encyclopedia may help you make informed decisions.

These pages of our health encyclopedia may help you make informed decisions.

Persons whose lives have been affected by brain tumors can gain support during meetings at Allina hospitals in these Minnesota cities:

Centers are open to anyone who needs to support while learning about brain or spine tumor or getting information about other kinds of cancer.

Worried about inheriting cancer or passing it on? Ask your doctor if a referral for genetic counseling is appropriate for you.

Every Allina hospital offers these and other support services. Your doctor or nurse can tell you how to access them.

Social services: Social workers can help patients and their families find support for emotional or financial issues, and community resources.
Spiritual care: Chaplains encourage each person's journey of faith and hope. Sacraments and rituals of many faith traditions are available.

These organizations are good sources for information about brain and spine tumors:

CaringBridge provides free, secure, personalized Web pages that notify family and friends of news about loved ones.