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]
• Coping with Cancer [cancer.net]
• 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 [PDF]

• Newly Diagnosed - Where Do I Go From Here? [PDF]
• Breast Cancer Diagnosis Checklist [PDF]
• Day of Surgery Checklist [PDF]
• How to Prepare for Mastectomy Surgery [Video]
• How to Prepare for Lumpectomy Surgery [Video]
• What is Sentinel Node Mapping? [Video]
• Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Info Sheet [PDF]
• Breast Cancer Surgery Post-Op Instructions [Video]
• JP Drainage Tube Discharge Instructions [PDF]
• JP Drainage Tube Chart [PDF]
• Breast Surgery Drain Care [Video]
• After Your Biopsy Wound Check Visit [PDF]
• Breast Cancer Survivorship

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• 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 South Bay - 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.