HCCN provides the following free services to cancer patients and their families.

Cancer information in Chinese
Reliable information is provided to cancer patients and family members. Click here to link to our Chinese web pages or call HCCN at 408-986-85854x 103 to request printed materials.

Home/hospital visits
Requests for home/hospital visits in the Bay Area may be made by calling HCCN office at 1-888-663-8585. The request must be made by the patient or with the patient’s consent. We’ll call the patient for a telephone interview to better understand the needs so that we can select an appropriate volunteer to visit.

Our volunteers are strictly instructed not to give unauthorized medical advice, or promote any products or nutritional supplements or any other merchandise.

National Hotline Telephone Care
Since 2011, HCCN has established a National Hotline Telephone Care program for Chinese cancer patients and caregivers in the US. The program consists of Mandarin, Cantonese, and Taiwanese-speaking volunteers who are trained in empathetic listening and caring skills, and are equipped to be sensitive to the caller’s cultural, language, social, and religious backgrounds. Through compassionate listening and support, these volunteers care for Chinese cancer patients and their family through the difficult time of their cancer journeys to lift their spirit and give them the gift of hope. If you or your friends are in the need of support, please dial 1-888-663-8585 between 9 am and 5 pm (Pacific Time), Monday through Friday, to speak to our hotline volunteers.

Chinese Cancer Support Group
This support group is open to Chinese cancer patients, survivors, or people caring for a loved one with cancer.
Time: 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Location:
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Sobrato Cancer Center B10
Valley Specialty Center (Building Q)
751 S. Bascom Ave., San Jose, CA 95128
Language: Mandarin and/or Cantonese
For more information, please call 408-986-8584 x 103 or see our flyer.

Telephone educational seminars
Our telephone seminars are free and an easy way for people to learn more about cancer and related issues from their home or office. Telephone seminars include a Q&A session, which allows participants to ask our speakers questions during the last 20 minutes of each seminar. Click here for scheduled teleconferences.

Cantonese radio program
Herald Cancer Care Network is broadcasting a monthly, one hour cancer information program dedicated to cancer education, prevention and awareness. Our guest speakers include doctors, nurses, social workers, cancer patients, survivors and family members who will provide information and support to those who live with and beyond cancer. The radio program is presented in Cantonese and airs from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM on the 4th Monday of every month on AM 1450. You can listen online to CCHC radio (www.cchcRadio.org) station 1 that will broadcast live on the Internet. Click here for scheduled radio programs.

Information for healthcare providers
Click here to download a promotional card (Chinese, English) to give to Chinese cancer patients about free services available to them, or click here to fill out a form to refer a patient to HCCN.