Patient Education

• Hunt Cancer Institute Brochure
• Cancer Screening Guidelines By Age
• Cancer Facts: Prevention & Screening
• Advance Healthcare Directive
• Breast Cancer Screening Self-Exam

• Managing Cancer Related Fatigue [Video]
• Managing Radiation Therapy Side Effects
• Vitamins, Minerals and Herbal Supplements for Chemotherapy and/or Radiation
• Distress Thermometer and Problem List
• Palliative Care: What You Should Know

• Oncology Rehabilitation Program
• Survivorship

• Community Resource List

• Newly Diagnosed - Where Do I Go From Here?
• Breast Cancer Diagnosis Checklist
• Day of Surgery Checklist
• Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Info Sheet
• After Your Biopsy Wound Check Visit
• JP Drainage Tube Discharge Instructions
• JP Drainage Tube Chart
• Breast Surgery Drain Care [Video]
• Breast Cancer Survivorship

• Insight Timer™ (mindfulness, music)
• Calm (mindfulness, music)
• Headspace® (mindfulness)
• White Noise Deep Sleep Sounds (music, sleep)
• Gratitude Journal (gratitude)
• Naturespace (nature scenes)

Websites

• InsightLA.org guided meditations and courses on mindfulness, meditation and self-compassion
• Self-Compassion.org self-compassion meditations, exercises, books and trainings
• CancerCare.org meditation, exercises

Yoga

• Yoga 4 Cancer

Books

• Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery by Linda E. Carlson, PhD, RPsych, and Michael Speca, PsyD, RPsych
• Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn
• Radical Compassion by Tara Brach, PhD
• The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook by Kristin Neff, PhD, and Christopher Germer, PhD

Emotional Health

• Cancer.net
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)
• University of Arizona Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine: CanHEAL

Community Resources

• Cancer Support Community Redondo Beach - free yoga, mindfulness, qigong, dance and strength classes as well as individual and group counseling
• Torrance Memorial Integrative Medicine - Exercise and movement classes, medication, nutrition and lectures

Shop

• Torrance Memorial HealthLinks Health Resource Center
  • West Tower, 1st Floor, 3325 Medical Center Drive

Please contact Brittany Rudinica, LCSW, oncology social work-certified, at 310-517-1230 or brittany.rudinica@tmmc.com for information on individual counseling.

Managing Treatment Side Effects

This video highlights some of the most common side effects of chemotherapy and radiation treatments and their implications on overall nutrition status. These include: altered taste buds, food aversions, mouth sores and pain, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea and constipation, fatigue, and weight changes. It provides detailed recommendations for how to manage each using food and nutrition. The strategies throughout his video aim to help promote nutrition intake, maintain a healthy weight, and alleviate the discomfort of treatment side effects.

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Dietary and Lifestyle Changes for Cancer Prevention, Treatment, & Recovery

This video provides diet and lifestyle recommendations for patients throughout all stages of their cancer journey: from prevention, to those currently undergoing treatments, to recovery for patients who have completed treatments. It discusses strategies for weight maintenance, grocery shopping and meal preparation, physical activity, and techniques for reducing stress. This video provides practical nutrition and wellness tips that patients can incorporate into all areas of their day to day lives.

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