About Us
Community Cancer Research Foundation
The Community Cancer Research Foundation is bringing to area patients the latest research advances in diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cancer. Through trials sponsored by the Foundation local patients have been among the first to benefit from treatments that have helped to improve survival, and are less invasive. In its quest to improve cancer care, the Foundation also established the Cancer Resource Centre, providing valuable support resources to patients and their families. Through its many community outreach programs for the public and educational programs for area medical professionals, the Foundation brings awareness to the issues affecting cancer care.
The Foundation sponsors research trials at the four hospitals of the Community Healthcare System: Community Hospital in Munster, St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago, St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart, and Community Stroke & Rehabilitation Center in Crown Point. As part of the Community Healthcare System, the Foundation helps support the area's largest cancer treatment and research programs with its established links to the National Cancer Institute and major research cooperatives around the globe.
Cancer Resource Centre
The Cancer Resource Centre helps those affected by cancer obtain the support and resources they need to cope with the diagnosis. A comfortable setting awaits visitors who wish to review educational materials, gather to meet in a social setting, attend special events or classes, or come together in a professionally-led group for support. The Centre offers patients and their families a non-medical place where they can come to celebrate life, deal with hardships and get their questions answered.
The Cancer Resource Centre is a program of the Community Cancer Research Foundation, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of cancer care available in Northwest Indiana and the South Chicago Suburbs. All services of the Cancer Resource Centre are offered free of charge; individuals do not need to be patients of the Community Healthcare System.