Swedish Hospital believes that cancer care should focus on treating the whole patient. Our Integrative Cancer Care program offers patients advanced medical treatments, as well as a comprehensive cancer survivorship program to support patients from cancer diagnosis and beyond. The Center increases our local community’s access to cancer care, screening and treatment options. 

Studies have shown that survivorship supportive services significantly improve cancer patient outcomes such as distress and mood, functional status and quality of life. The program augments standard cancer care by offering services that include: stress reduction groups, individual counseling, nutrition counseling and supplementation, individual and group fitness programming, rehabilitation, palliative care assessment as well as complementary treatments such as massage and acupuncture.

Additionally, a patient navigator helps newly diagnosed patients and those in treatment identify needs and survivorship services of greatest value to the patient. Care integration occurs through a survivorship board, which develops treatment plans and reviews patient progress.

Philanthropic support plays an important role in caring for patients served annually through the Integrated Cancer Care program. All survivorship services are funded through donations to Swedish Hospital Foundation and are provided at no cost to the patient. 

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For more information or to make a gift, please contact us at (773) 293-5121 or swedish.foundation@endeavorhealth.org.

2025 Year In Review

Integrative therapies provided by Galter Life Center at no cost to patients included:

• 126 personal training sessions

• 464 massages

• 398 acupuncture sessions

• 4 hours of meditation

• 68 One-Month GLC memberships provided to cancer survivors

• 8 oncology group acupuncture sessions are provided every month.