Praxair Cancer Center

Holding Breast Cancer Classes

Biweekly Breast Cancer Education Classes will be conducted at The Praxair Cancer Center at Danbury Hospital on Wednesday, January 11, and Wednesday, January 25, from 4 to 5:30 pm. Classes take place on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month, and are open to any newly diagnosed woman with breast cancer who plans to undergo or recently received breast cancer surgery.

Breast Cancer Education Classes are held in the Ruth C. Donovan Resource Room Library, located on the first floor, Stroock Building (Locust Avenue entrance). Family and friends also are invited to attend.

The purpose of these classes is to provide information about what to expect before and after breast cancer surgery, including pre- and postoperative care, lymphedema precautions and exercise, relaxation techniques, as well as information regarding local support services.

Instructors include oncology health care professionals, a complementary medicine coordinator, a surgical staff nurse, an occupational therapist, and volunteers from Bridges, a program established by the Community Cancer Collaborative that connects newly diagnosed breast cancer patients to breast cancer survivors.

For more information regarding Breast Cancer Education Classes at The Praxair Cancer Center at Danbury Hospital, call cancer care coordinator Joanne Ballerini, RN, at 797-7771, or visit danburyhospital.org.