North Carolina Breast and Cervical
Cancer Control Program (BCCCP)
If you are a woman 50-64 years of age and have not had the services below in the past twelve months; and your income falls within the following guidelines, please call your local health department for an appointment.
BCCCP FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY SCALE
FAMILY SIZE/GROSS INCOME
Effective July 1, 2003
Size of Household 100% Poverty 200% Poverty 1 $ 8,980 $17,960 2 12,120 24,240 3 15,260 30,520 4 18,400 36,800 5 21,540 43,080 6 24,680 49,360 7 27,820 55,640 8 30,960 61,920 Each family members above 8 add: (Per Person) $ 3,140 $ 6,280
Low cost or no cost services include:
• Pap smear
• Breast exam
• Mammogram
• Class or breast exam
• Follow-up surgical consult & biopsies if needed
Cancer funds may be available for the treatment
Alleghany County Health Department
Willis Street
Sparta, NC 28675 336-372-5641
Ashe County Health Department
413 McConnell Street
Jefferson, NC 28640 336-246-9449
Surry County Health & Nutrition Center
118 Hamby Road
Dobson, NC 27017 336-401-8400
Watauga County Health Department
126 Poplar Grove Connector
Boone, NC 28607 828-264-6635
Wilkes County Health Department
306 College Street
Wilkesboro, NC 28697 336-651-7450
Patients and families can learn from each other as they share experience and ideas about how to cope with illness and recovery.
• Alleghany County—Rainbow of Hope Support Group. PO Box 7, Sparta, NC 28657. Meets every third Monday, time and location varies each month. Contact Wanda Cleary at 336-372-4713 or Carmen Long at 336-372-8047.
• Ashe County—Women’s Cancer Support Group. Meets the first Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm at various locations. Call Mickie Jones at 336-246-3146 or email at mickiej@fastransit.net or call Nancy Kautz at 336-246-0781.
• Surry County--Pink Ribbon Breast Cancer Support Group. Meets at Mt. Airy Library at 12:00 noon every third Thursday of each month. Contact Carolyn Largen at
336-789-8235.
Surry County Cancer Support Group. Focus is on breast cancer. Meets the first Monday of each month at 7 pm at Moravian Church on North Main Street, Mt Airy. Call Carolyn Largen at 336-789-8235.
• Watauga County--Cancer Support Group for Women. Meets every Monday at 4:00 pm in the Seby B. Jones Cancer Resource Center. Contact Wendy Miller, RN at
828-262-4332.
• Wilkes County—Keeping in Touch (Woman’s Cancer Support Group). Meets every 4th Thursday at 12:00 noon at Hilltop Baptist Church, 161 Fairplains Rd, North Wilkesboro. Contact Ann Walker at
336-696-5400.
A listing of support groups in surrounding counties is available by calling Linda Miller at Cancer Services, Inc., Winston-Salem. Call
336-760-9983 or 800-228-7421. Also available at that number is “A Guide to Resources and Services for People with Cancer and Their Families”.
Alleghany Memorial Hospital
233 Doctors Street
Sparta, NC 28675
336-372-5511
Ashe Memorial Hospital
200 Hospital Ave
Jefferson, NC 28640
336-246-7101
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital
180 Parkwood Drive
Elkin, NC 28621
336-527-7000
Mount Airy OB/GYN Center, Inc.
510 S South
Mt Airy, NC 27030
336-786-4522
Northern Hospital of Surry County
830 Rockford
Mt Airy, NC 27030
336-719-7000
Watauga Medical Center
336 Deerfield Road
Boone, NC 28607
828-262-4100 or 800-443-7385
Wilkes Regional Medical Center
1370 West D Street
N Wilkesboro, NC 28659
336-651-8100
The Breast Clinic/NovantHealth
Greystone Professional Center, Suite 300
2025 Frontis Plaza Blvd.
Winston Salem, NC 27103
336-718-4700
Early detection provides the best chance of surviving cancer. Cancers caught early can often be treated successfully. When someone cannot afford screening tests, refer them to the Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program at their county health dept.
The Breast Cancer Risk Assessment & Counseling Clinic at the Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University offers a program that will help determine a woman’s risk for developing breast cancer based on personal and family history. Interested participants will learn about basic cancer genetics, breast and ovarian cancer, and their own individualized risk for developing cancer. Includes a clinical breast exam by a medical oncologist. For more information or to schedule an appointment, contact Sheila Lee at 336-716-7980 or shlee@wfubmc.edu.
The following is only a partial list of where to purchase wigs and other supplies for breast cancer patients. For more information, contact your local hospital social work department.
• Cameo Bra Shop
1530 Martin St, Suite 111
Winston Salem, NC 27103
336-724-6005
Contact: Helen Gordon
• Diane’s Selections
8364 Six Forks Road, Suite 103
Raleigh, NC 27615 919-845-0234
• Dignity Products
1386-A Westgate Center Dr
Winston Salem, NC 27103
877-760-4333 or 336-760-4333
Contact: Ondrea Meredith
http://www.mastectomyboutique.com
dignity@bellsouth.net
(Based in Forsyth County but travels to Surry County when a woman has a special need).
• Second to Nature
PO Box 972
Millers Creek, NC 28651 336-838-2369
(Home based supplier that is located in Wilkes County and travels to the following counties to provide individual services to clients: ALEXANDER, ALLEGHANY, ASHE, AVERY, BURKE, CALDWELL, CATAWBA, SURRY AND WATAUGA).
• Unique Boutique
2021 East 7th Street
Charlotte, NC 28204 704-377-4356
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Cancer Program comprises more than 50 NCI designated cancer centers engaged in multi disciplinary research efforts to reduce cancer incidence and morbidity. There are three such centers in North Carolina:
o Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
Medical Center Blvd
Winston Salem, NC 27157-1082
1-800-446-2255
o Duke Comprehensive Center
Duke University Medical Center
Box 3814
Durham, NC 27710
919-684-3843
o UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center of the University of North Carolina
School of Medicine
Campus Box 7295, 102 West Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27599 919-966-3036
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital
180 Parkwood Drive
Elkin, NC 28621
336-527-7000
LymFlo Therapies, Inc.
1320 Broad Street
Durham, NC 27705
919-416-4660
Contact: JoAnna Burgess
Northern Hospital of Surry County
830 Rockford
Mt Airy, NC 27030
336-719-7000
Northwest Piedmont Hematology & Oncology
690 Parkwood Medical Park
Elkin, NC 28621
336-835-9589
Seby B Jones Regional Cancer Center
Radiation Oncology and Medical Oncology
Watauga Medical Center
Deerfield Road, PO Box 2570
Boone, NC 28607
828-262-4342
Wilkes Regional Medical Center
Rehabilitation Services, PO Box 609
North Wilkesboro, NC 28659 336-651-8100
Contact: Cindy Bentley
Hospice
Hospice is a philosophy of care that is based upon treating the whole patient, not the disease. Hospice allows the patient and family to spend their remaining days together in the privacy, comfort and security of their own home, or in nursing and rest homes. See also “Home Health Services” and “Hospital Equipment and Supplies” in the yellow pages of your telephone book.
o Hospice of Alleghany
81-A West Doughton St
Sparta, NC 28675
336-372-8018
o Hospice of Surry/Yadkin
1326 North Main Street
Mt Airy, NC 27030
336-789-2922
and
688 North Bridge Street
Elkin, NC 28621
336-526-2650
and
PO Box 1267, 212 East Main St
Yadkinville, NC 27055
336-679-2466
o Hospice of Ashe
PO Box 421, Highway 88/16
Jefferson, NC 28640
336-246-6443
o Hospice of Watauga
136 Furman Road
Boone, NC 28607
828-265-3926
o Hospice of Wilkes
1907 West Park
North Wilkesboro, NC 28659
336-903-7700
The Cancer Information Service provides accurate, up-to-date information to cancer patients and their families, health professionals, and the general public. Your questions about cancer are always welcome and all calls are confidential. Spanish speaking staff members are also available to help you. Free booklets on cancer can be ordered. (See fact sheet on page 29). Call
1-800-4-CANCER or visit the web site http://cancer.gov
American Cancer Society
1-800-ACS-2345
http://www.cancer.org
The American Cancer Society (ACS) is a nationwide community-based voluntary health organization. We are dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives and diminishing suffering. We are where you are—serving people in the communities where you live through research, education, advocacy and service.
o American Cancer Society-Region Five
500 East Morehead Street, Suite 211
Charlotte, NC 28202
704-375-1659
o Mary Jane Bruton, Regional VP
Phillip Gregory, Regional Cancer Control Director
Brian Gott, Regional Development Director
Mary Ellen Randall, Regional Communications Director
o ACS High Country Managers
Jamie Lakey
Community Cancer Control Manager
Office in Wilkes County
336-651-8947
and
Troy Thee
Community Income Manager
Office in Hickory
828-267-9938
o Tell-A-Friend is an ACS breast cancer program conducted among friends, family and acquaintances. Trained volunteer callers contact five women they know and encourage them to have a mammogram.
o Reach to Recovery is a visitation program of the ACS for women who have a personal concern about breast cancer. Carefully selected and trained volunteers, who have successfully adjusted to breast cancer and its treatment, provide information and support to women newly diagnosed with breast cancer.
o Look Good. . . Feel Better is a program that helps female cancer patients improve their appearance and self-image by teaching them hands-on beauty techniques that overcome the appearance-related side effects of chemotherapy and radiation.
o Road to Recovery is a program where volunteer drivers offer free transportation for cancer patients to and from their lifesaving radiation and chemotherapy treatments.
o Tobacco Prevention is a FREE smoking cessation program including FRESH START, and the Great American Smokeout. The Southeast Division is targeting middle schools and worksites.
o Skin Cancer Prevention includes the collaborative efforts on a community basis to educate youth and their parents on preventing damaging exposure to UV light.
o Man to Man. Volunteer prostate cancer survivors visit men who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer for moral support before and/or after treatment.
o College Scholarship Program. Provides young cancer survivors the opportunity to pursue an undergraduate degree from an accredited university, community college or vocational/technical school.
Information is the American Cancer Society’s most important product. Our community staff plays a key role in helping you get the information you need, when you need it. EASIER, FASTER, BETTER.
24 hours, 7 days a week call 1-800-ACS-2345 or visit our web site at http://www.cancer.org
o Wig Closet. Large selection of wigs available to patients at no cost.
o Prosthesis Supplies. Selection of permanent weighed prosthesis available to patients unable to purchase their own.
o Ostomy Supplies. Large selection of supplies for patients with colostomies or ileostomies.
o American Breast Cancer Foundation
PO Box 5180
St. Louis, MO 63139-0180
http://www.abcf.org
(Mission is to provide a fighting chance to every life threatened by breast cancer no matter what age, race, sex, or financial challenge through screening assistance programs, research, and support for breast cancer patients and their families)
o Breast Cancer Coalition of NC
PO Box 988
Mebane, NC 27302
1-800-419-5481
http://bcresources.med.unc.edu
o Living Beyond Breast Cancer
10 East Athens Avenue, Suite 204
Ardmore, PA 19003
610-645-4567 Phone
610-645-4573 Fax
888-753-5222 Survivor’s Helpline
mail@lbbc.org Email
http://www.lbbc.org
(See page 6 for fact sheet).
o National Breast Cancer Coalition
1707 1 St. NW, Suite 1060
Washington, DC 20036 202-296-7477
http//www.stopbreastcancer.org
o National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
Albuquerque, NM
888-650-9127
o National Black Leadership Initiative on Cancer, Southern Region
404-752-1949
o SHARE (Self-Help for Women with Breast and Ovarian Cancer)
1501 Broadway St
New York, NY 10036
Hot lines:
Breast~212-382-2111
Office~212-719-0364
Breat/Spanish~212-719-4454
Ovarian~212-719-1204
o CANCERFAX. The National Cancer Institute’s CancerFax service provides current cancer treatment information including treatment summaries and supportive care information summaries from the Physician Data Query.
Fax: 1-301-402-5874
o Physicians Data Query. Provides people with cancer, their families, and their health
care providers with current and accurate information about cancer treatment.
http://www.cancernet.nci.nih.gov
(The CIS can provide information about using the PDQ system—800-422-6237)
o North Carolina Cancer Control Program (CCP).
CCP provides financial assistance for medical care of eligible persons requiring diagnostic and treatment services.
1-800-662-7030 or 919-715-3757
o NCI’s Website: http://www.nci.nih.gov
Contains ready to copy fact sheets and publications with color graphs and graphics on many topics, and information for the public as well as patients and health professionals. It also provides cancer trials information for patients, their families and health professionals.
o Cancer Care, Inc. An organization staffed by professionally trained oncology social workers who provide emotional support, information and practical help to persons with cancer and their families and friends.
http://www.cancercare.org
o US Department of Health and Human Services. Features a new government web site for health information.
http://www.healthfinder.gov
o Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Established in 1982 by Nancy Brinker to honor the memory of her sister, Susan G. Komen, who died from breast cancer at the age of 36. The Foundation is a national organization with a network of volunteers working through local affiliates, fighting to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease by advancing research, education, screening and treatment.
The Foundation offers one of the countries most innovative, responsive grant programs in breast health and breast cancer with a focus on research projects with potential for high impact that may not be considered for funding by other agencies. In addition to being a leader in the field for breast cancer research, the Foundation also funds innovative programs in screening and outreach in response to identified needs in over 100 communities nationwide. Currently, the portfolio totals over $17 million with active grants in 3 countries and 25 states at 72 different institutions.
The Charlotte affiliate is one of 106 across the country and is made up of volunteers committed to establish needed breast health services and enhancing existing services within our community. Seventy-five percent of the proceeds from the Komen Charlotte Race for the Cure remain in Charlotte/Mecklenburg and surrounding communities to fund breast cancer projects. The remaining twenty-five percent helps to fund the Komen Foundation’s National Grant Program.
4401 Colwick Road, Suite 304
Charlotte, NC 28211
704-442-RACE (7223)
1-800-IMAWARE
Visit the Blue Ridge Cancer Coalition Website at
http://www.blueridgecancer.org
Also
http://www.rainbowofhope.org
Also
http://www.herringhope.org/
Web search results with key words “breast cancer” will also produce some valuable sites and information.