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- Clinical Trials
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January
Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
Free Cervical Cancer Screening Program
Offered every January. For more information, please call 765.751.1400.
Did you know the Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Cancer Center offers adult education programs about cancer prevention? To learn more, please call 765.741.2938.
Indiana Tobacco Quitline
Indiana Tobacco Quitline, a statewide telephone-based service to help tobacco users quit, is now available. Any Indiana resident can access this FREE resource by calling 1.800.QUIT.NOW. Callers can talk with a live quit coach from 8 am – midnight, 7 days a week. During non-operation hours, a bank of recorded informational messages will be available for callers who can leave a voice message or listen to tailored messages. Quitline services will be available in both English and Spanish, and Interpretive Services will be utilized for other languages.
February
Kids Grief Group
For more information, please call IU Health Ball Memorial Hospice at 765.747.4273
Cancer Prevention Month
If your New Year’s fervor to get healthy is already losing steam, February—National Cancer Prevention Month—is a great time to give yourself a second chance.
- Choose mostly plant foods, limit red meat and avoid processed meat.
- Be physically active every day in any way for 30 minutes or more.
- Aim to be a healthy weight throughout life.
Notice anything about them? Like, for example, how closely the advice for cutting cancer risk resembles advice for preventing other chronic diseases like heart disease and diabetes—not to mention for getting in shape? It’s true: these simple steps offer many different health benefits, and National Cancer Prevention Month is as good a time as any to start putting them into action.
March
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
You can obtain a free take at home colorectal cancer screening test by calling 765.741.2938.
National Nutrition Month
To learn more about the Nutrition Services available through the IU Health Ball Memorial Cancer Center, visit the Nutrition Services web page.
Adult Grief Group
To learn more about the Adult Grief Group led by IU Health Ball Memorial Hospice, please call 765.747.8472.
April
Adult Grief Group—April 7 – May 12. Consecutive Wednesdays at 6 pm
To learn more about the Adult Grief Group led by IU Health Ball Memorial Hospice, please call 765.747.8472.
Counseling Awareness Month
The IU Health Ball Memorial Cancer Center offers FREE Cancer Counseling Services for patients and families For more information please call 765.751.1449.
Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week—April 14– 20, 2013
National Cancer Control Month
IU Health Ball Memorial Hospice Season of Hope
For more information, please call 765.747.4273.
National Minority Cancer Awareness Month
May
IU Health Ball Memorial Hospice Season of Hope
For more information, please call 765.747.4273.
Skin Cancer Awareness Month
Free skin cancer screenings are offered throughout East Central Indiana—to learn about dates and locations call 765.741.2938.
National Women’s Health Week
June
National Cancer Survivors Day—The First Sunday in June each year.
2 – 4 pm at Mansfield Park, Muncie, Ind. For more information, call 765.751.1400 or 765.741.2938.
National Men's Health Week—June 10– 16, 2013
July
UV Safety Month
It is important to protect our eyes as well as our skin from UV rays.
August
It is time to go back to school! Did you know the IU Health Ball Memorial Cancer Center offers youth education programs about cancer prevention? To learn more, please call 765.741.2938.
Kids Grief Group
Please call IU Health Ball Memorial Hospice for more information at 765.747.4273.
September
National Ovarian Cancer Month
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness Month
Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month
Gynecological Cancer Awareness Month
October
Adult Grief Group
Please call IU Health Ball Memorial Hospice at 765.747.4273 or 800.458.2255 for more information. There is a one time $10 fee per family. To learn more about the Adult Grief Group led by IU Health Ball Memorial Hospice, please call 765.747.8472
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Mammogram Referrals: We facilitate screening and diagnostic mammograms for uninsured or underinsured people, which are paid for through the IU Health Ball Memorial Breast Cancer Fund. "Reaching Out" Breast Health Program is a program funded by the Avon Foundation Breast Care Fund, the Indianapolis Affiliate of Susan G. Komen, Indiana Breast Cancer Awareness Trust and Cancer Services of Delaware County-Little Red Door. "Reaching Out" is committed to ensuring that no woman in Delaware County goes without access to vital breast health services. Women receive breast health information, free Clinical Breast Exams and free mammogram referrals if they qualify. Participants attend programs located in various community and business settings or scheduled clinics at Cancer Services of Delaware County-Little Red Door. For more information about this program or if you would like to have a program at your facility, visit the Cancer Services of Delaware County, Inc. Little Red Door or contact 765.284.9063.
To schedule a screening mammogram, please call 765.747.2727.
November
Lung Cancer Awareness Month
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
National Hospice Month
To learn more about IU Health Ball Memorial Hospice, please call 765.747.8472.
Great American Smokeout
Holiday Grief Group
For more information, please call IU Health Ball Memorial Hospice at 765.747.8472.
December
The IU Health Ball Memorial Cancer Center's Holiday Open House
Each year in December. For more information, please call 765.751.1400.
The IU Health Ball Memorial Cancer Center offers:
- Medical Oncology
- Radiation Oncology
- Inpatient Oncology Unit
- Ball Memorial Hospice
- Adult & Kid Grief Groups
- Cancer Risk Assessment
- Cancer Counseling
- Patient Education/Navigation & Support
- Oncology Pharmacy Specialist
- Cancer Registry
- Support Programs
- Education Programs
- Cancer Center Boutique
- Breast Surgery Recovery Program
- Cancer Exercise Program
- Nutrition Services
- Research/Clinical Trials
- Social Services
- Complementary Cancer Therapies
- Cancer Prevention/Screening Programs
- Free Cervical Cancer Screenings
- Free Skin Cancer Screenings
- The Cancer Center at Forest Ridge in New Castle