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PAMF Special Services and Support

A cancer diagnosis affects all of you: body, mind and spirit. We want to help you keep your focus on living, not on cancer. We offer many support services to manage symptoms, enhance treatments and improve quality of life.

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  • Cancer Rehabilitation
  • Cancer Support Groups
  • Health Library
  • Nurse Navigator Program

Support During Cancer

We provide supportive services, including financial counseling, psychology and social-work specialists, cancer rehabilitation, and much more, to help you navigate the emotional, physical and logistical effects of your diagnosis and treatment.

Complementary care activities, free of charge, help you manage symptoms and improve your quality of life. Below are some of our offerings, by location. For dates and registration information, click on a title to view in our education calendar.

Mountain View

  • Exercise for Energy E4E - Women's Group — Varied exercise and activities designed to support patients in chemotherapy treatment, radiation therapy or other cancer treatments.
  • Exercise for Strength - Men's Class — Varied exercise and activities designed to support cancer patients.
  • Expressions Painting Class — PAMF offers "Expressions" - a program of painting classes for cancer patients.

Palo Alto

  • Animal Assisted Therapy — The Irene Davidson Animal Assisted Therapy Program at PAMF is provided in partnership with the Peninsula Humane Society/SPCA and Furry Friends. Currently available in our Palo Alto Center Radiation Oncology Waiting Area.
  • Healing Touch for Cancer Patients — These therapeutic sessions are open to PAMF patients, currently undergoing radiation therapy or chemotherapy treatments.
  • Qigong — A relaxing path towards health and fitness
  • Strength for Caring - For Caregivers Only — This workshop is for those who care for loved ones with cancer.

Santa Cruz

  • Advanced Cancer Support Group — This group provides a safe environment that allows participants to share, listen, support each other and learn resources. Participants do not need to be in treatment but must have an advanced cancer diagnosis
  • Cancer Support Group — A drop in general support group for anyone with a cancer diagnosis who is newly diagnosed or in treatment.
  • Triumph Fitness — Are you someone who is completing or recently completed treatment for cancer?
  • Yoga - Surviving & Thriving — Did you know that studies have shown that yoga can benefit cancer survivors by reducing fatigue and inflammation?
  • Young Adult Cancer Support Group — Drop in group for patients between ages 18-44 years old. This is a place for mutual support, creating connections, sharing resources and listening. We will also have occasional guest speakers.

Multiple Locations

  • Massage (Palo Alto, Mountain View) — Eastern based massage therapy provided to patients while in the infusion center receiving treatment.
  • Massage Therapy for Cancer Patients (Santa Cruz) — Massage therapy provided to patients while in the infusion center receiving treatment.

PAMF partners with Cancer CAREPoint for its guided imagery and survivorship series events.  Visit their website to learn more and to see a schedule of events.  Cancer CAREPoint is supports cancer patients, families and caregivers in Silicon Valley through personalized, one-on-one counseling, assistance, resources and education.

For more information about any of the programs listed on this page please contact us at (877) 807-8010.

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Doctors at Palo Alto Medical Foundation

The following doctors are part of the Sutter Health network. Learn about the doctors on this site.
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Albert Pisani, M.D.

Albert Pisani, M.D.

  • Cancer Surgery

Roozbeh Mohajer, M.D.

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  • Medical Oncology

Rohan Ahluwalia, M.D.

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  • Medical Oncology

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  • Medical Oncology

Edmund W. Tai, M.D.

Edmund W. Tai, M.D.

  • Medical Oncology

Rami A. Dakkuri, M.D., FACS

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  • Cancer Surgery

Michael C. Wu, M.D.

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  • Medical Oncology

Alison G. Chang, M.D.

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Fremont Center

Fremont Center

3200 Kearney Street

Fremont, CA 94538

(510) 490-1222

Mountain View Center

Mountain View Center

701 East El Camino Real

Mountain View, CA 94040

(650) 934-7000

Commercial Crossing Center

Commercial Crossing Center

2850 Commercial Crossing

Santa Cruz, CA 95065

(831) 460-7350

Dublin Center

Dublin Center

4050 Dublin Blvd.

Dublin, CA 94568-3112

(925) 875-6100

Palo Alto Center

Palo Alto Center

795 El Camino Real

Palo Alto, CA 94301

(650) 321-4121

San Carlos Center

San Carlos Center

301 Industrial Road

San Carlos, CA 94070

(650) 321-4121

San Mateo Care Center

San Mateo Care Center

50 South San Mateo Drive

San Mateo, CA 94401

Sunnyvale Center (301)

Sunnyvale Center (301)

301 Old San Francisco Road

Sunnyvale, CA 94086

San Jose Center

San Jose Center

2581 Samaritan Drive

San Jose, CA 95124

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