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During Treatment

About This Resource

Author: Waterloo-Wellington Regional Cancer Program

Revised: April 2025

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For Patients Getting Treatment at a Partner Site

What you will find inside:

  • About Care Closer to Home
  • How to Transfer Your Prescriptions
  • Your 1st Appointments Closer to Home
  • Common Questions & Who To Ask
  • Cancer Centre Contact Information

About Care Closer to Home

Waterloo Regional Health Network (WRHN) Regional Cancer Centre partners with other hospitals in the Waterloo Wellington Region to offer safe cancer care closer to your home.

Your 1st treatment will be given at WRHN Regional Cancer Centre in Kitchener. After that, your treatments will be given at a hospital closer to your home. Sharing your care with a partner site can mean less travel and stress. You will get the same, reliable cancer care at all partner sites.

Your Oncologist, Dr. _________________, is still in charge of your cancer care and treatment plan. At your partner site a General Practitioner of Oncology (GPO), and Oncology Pharmacists, will oversee your care. Specialized oncology nurses will deliver your cancer treatment. Depending on your care plan, you may have follow-up visits at WRHN Regional Cancer Centre and/or your local partner site.

You will have your cancer treatment at:

  • Guelph General Hospital (Guelph, ON)
  • Groves Memorial Community Hospital (Fergus, ON)
  • Louise Marshall Hospital (Mount Forest, ON)

How to Transfer Your Prescriptions

Before you start treatment at your partner site, transfer your cancer prescriptions to your local pharmacy. To start this transfer, tell the Cancer Centre Retail Pharmacy (CCRP) where you would like to fill your prescriptions.

You can visit the CCRP in person at WRHN Regional Cancer Centre, or call them at 519-749-4280.

My Local Pharmacy Information Contact Information:

Your 1st Appointment Closer to Home

The following appointments are already booked at

Lab Work

Date/Time:

Treatment

Date/Time:

J. Wesley Graham Patient & Family Resource Center

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Volunteers can help you find more information about your cancer, symptoms, or care. They can print or email resources.

[email protected]

519-749-4380 x2080

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Use this resource for your information only. It does not replace medical advice from your doctor or other healthcare professionals.

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.cancerwaterloowellington.ca