Information for Patients

Patient and Family Education

Cancer Center Virtual Tour

The University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center (UMGCC) offers a variety of resources to help patients and their families cope with a diagnosis of cancer -- before, during and after treatment.

To find information about a particular type of cancer, please select a specialty:

Blood and Marrow Transplant
Bone and Soft Tissue Cancer
Brain Tumor Center
Breast Evaluation and Treatment
Gastrointestinal Cancer
Genitourinary Cancer
GYN Cancer
Head & Neck Cancer
Hematologic Malignancies (Cancers of the Blood)
Skin Cancer
Thoracic Cancer

Cancer Center Departments/Divisions:

Other Patient Education Resources:

Cancer Conversations
Cancer Conversations are informal sessions designed to provide you with information to better care for yourself and cope with treatment. Family and friends are also welcome. Sessions take place the first and third Thursday of each month from 11:00 a.m.- Noon, in the rear waiting area in the Stoler Pavilion outpatient center.

Topics include, among others:

Getting to Know the Cancer Center
Nutrition and Cancer
Symptom Management
Pain Management
Palliative Care
Financial Matters

For more information, please call the Department of Social Work at 410-328-410-328-6700.

Cancer Audio and Video Programs
Visit our Audio/Video Resource Library to learn more about cancer prevention, treatment and research. Watch and listen to:

interviews with our cancer experts,
cancer survivors sharing their stories,
surgical Webcasts,
audio podcasts on cancer topics, and more.

UMGCC Patient Handbook
The UMGCC Patient Handbook (PDF) is designed to provide an overview of the patient experience at UMGCC and to answer many of the questions you might have as a new patient. To receive a copy by mail, please call the cancer center at 1-800-888-8823.

About Your Chemotherapy
What's Taking So Long? Why Preparing Your Chemotherapy Is Not Like Preparing a Milkshake. This information is also available as a printer-friendly PDF.

Managing Symptoms and Side Effects of Treatment
Depending on the type of cancer you have and the treatment you are receiving, cancer center staff will provide you with booklets on any side effects you may experience. Some of these publications are provided here in PDF format.

Clinical Trials for Cancer

What Are Clinical Trials? (includes Video with Dr. Mohan Suntha)
Clinical Trials at UMGCC (a searchable database of current trials)
Understanding Clinical Trials for Blood Cancers
National Cancer Institute Clincal Trials

Patient Drug Information

(Source: UptoDate)

Patient-Friendly Oncology Web Sites
A list of oncology-related web sites has been compiled by the UMGCC patient education committee.

Glossary of Cancer Terms
Common cancer terms and their meanings.

This page was last updated on: October 28, 2009.