When you receive a cancer diagnosis, your world changes, and we want to provide real resources — people — you need to navigate your next steps. We offer Cancer Care Navigators to help you with every part of your journey so you can focus your energy where it needs to be: on defeating the disease.

"We're there to help people and remove those barriers." – Kristen Sides, BS, certified patient navigator, cancer program, Mount Nittany Medical Center

Oncology Patient Navigators are available to help guide patients through the healthcare system, as well as locate community resources that meet their needs. Assistance can be provided for many things, including practical problems, such as transportation, finances, childcare, housing and insurance or clinically oriented problems, like treatment side effects, nutrition and home health needs. Our Care Navigators can also help coordinate your care and treatment by communicating with members of your medical team.

Mount Nittany Medical Center's oncology Patient Navigators offer the support that you and your family need and are available at no cost to patients.

Kristin Sides, BS

Oncology Patient Navigator

814.234.6175

ksides@mountnittany.org

Leslie Finton

Oncology Patient Navigator

814.231.7005

leslie.finton@mountnittany.org

Angelique Cygan, RN

Oncology Breast Navigator

814.231.6870

angelique.cygan@mountnittany.org

At Mount Nittany Health, we strive to provide our oncology patients with all the resources they need when it comes to fighting cancer. We hope that these resources will help you connect to the person who can best meet your needs.

The list below includes oncology-related support groups in the central Pennsylvania area. Details for these support group meetings are listed in our Events section.

We strive to offer the most personalized cancer care possible, but we know that there's no such thing as too much support when it comes to fighting cancer. That's why we've collected these trusted resources for your convenience; it's just another way for our team to partner with you in your battle against cancer.

American Cancer Society programs

These programs are offered in the State College community throughout the year. Find upcoming events near you by visiting the ACS website.

I Can Cope

This free education series for cancer patients, their families and friends addresses topics related to the cancer journey.

Look Good...Feel Better

This is a workshop in which specially trained volunteer beauty professionals teach women undergoing cancer treatment how to care for changes that may occur in skin and hair.

Man-to-man

These are meetings for men with prostate cancer to provide education and the opportunity to connect with others who have the same diagnosis.

Reach to Recovery

This program involves trained volunteers who are breast cancer survivors offering practical tips on self-care and a listening ear to anyone with breast cancer at diagnosis, throughout treatment and during remission.

Road to Recovery

Trained Road to Recovery volunteers provide cancer patients transportation to and from outpatient cancer treatments.

State and national cancer resources