Cancer Support Group


The Cancer Support Group at PCH offers experience, advice, and support to people dealing with cancer.

Through a program called “Reach to Recovery,” breast cancer patients can talk to women who have personally dealt with the stages of cancer and have experienced the physical, emotional, and cosmetic aspects of breast cancer and treatment. Reach to Recovery volunteers provide support and education to patients and their families about cancer, and assist the patient in looking and feeling as good as possible throughout her battle with the disease.

The group meets on the first Monday of every month at 7:00 pm in the PCH Education Classrooms 1 & 2.


Cancer Resource Center

Patients, their families and healthcare providers need accurate, up-to-date information about cancer. Through the Cancer Resource Center, they have access to a variety of tools including cancer information databases, technical journals, specialized textbooks and internet access to the nation's leading cancer programs.

The center is staffed with volunteers trained to assist in finding information. It is located on the main hospital's second floor, near the day surgery and outpatient oncology units. It is open Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. and by appointment.

For more information, or to schedule an appointment, please call 304-487-7246.


Tumor Registry

Data gathering of all cases is an integral part of cancer care. At PCH, it starts with documentation at the time of tissue diagnosis, and continues through staging, therapeutic intervention and outcome for the patient’s lifetime. A certified tumor registrar is responsible for all data collection.


Education

The Education Department emphasizes preventive care for cancer and has a library of information on cancer-related topics. Educational programs are taken into local schools to teach children about lifestyle choices that can help prevent cancer.




A Message from our Physicians

Recently the National Cancer Institute proclaimed the first tangible success in the war against cancer. The mortality rate declined 3.1%, the first such decline after 25 years of steady rise.
In contrast to the national trend, West Virginia has registered an increase in mortality rates in lung, colon, breast and prostate cancer in the same period.
Clearly, there is much to be done if we are to reverse this trend. We must provide more education on healthy lifestyles, make screening programs more effective and continue our efforts in comprehensive cancer care.
We are committed to serving our community in the fight against cancer. We are determined to make a difference.

Dr. Gene Duremdes
Dr. Charles Gabe
Dr. Muhammed Khokar
Dr. Rowena Chambers
Dr. Gopal Pardasani
Dr. David Mullins

“The staff at Princeton Community were people I trusted to be very caring, extremely helpful, and as skilled as any that you will ever find. After going through PCH’s cancer treatment programs, I went to another cancer center for a second opinion . At that center, I was given reassuring evidence that Princeton Community Hospital had done everything that any major cancer treatment center would have done in my particular case.
Throughout my treatment, and even when it was all over, I received the most tender care from the physicians and the entire staff. I can honestly say that I would recommend PCH’s care to anyone for the staff’s abilities and the loving care they give.”

– Tamra Lilly
Cancer patient








Before you search elsewhere for the care you need, look to Princeton Community Hospital for the care you deserve.

Toll free Cancer Line (Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) • 888-PCH-6252 (888-724-6252)

Cancer Support Group/Mary Lou Baker - 304/487-7334

Chaplain – 304/487-7391

Clinic I.V. Inc. – 304/425-9592
Medical Arts Building Princeton, West Virginia 24740

Education Department - 304/487-7283

PCH Home Health - 304/487-2333; 304/327-6900;
800/442-3270

Hospice Care of the Virginias- 304/325-7220

Library - 304/487-7246

Nutrition Services - 304/487-7216

Oncology Unit - 304/487-7510

Tumor Registry - 304/487-7246

Social Services - 304/487-7714

Dermatology –
David L. Tolliver, D.O.
New Hope Professional Park, Suite 1, 34 New Hope Road
Princeton, WV 24740
304/425-9448

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology –
Afzal Ahmed, M.D. - 304/487-7168
Princeton Community Hospital

Hematology/Oncology –
Rowena Gonzales – Chambers, M.D.
1 Undercliff Terrace, Princeton, West Virginia 24740
304/425-1453

Muhammed I. Khokar, M.D.
Quail Valley Medical Center, #3, 200 New Hope Road
Princeton, West Virginia 24740
304/487-6065 or 487-7699

Urology –
Naeem Pervaiz, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.I.C.S.
Quail Valley Medical Center, #1, 200 New Hope Road
Princeton, West Virginia 24740
304/425-1522
Mian W. Shah, M.D., F.R.C.S., F.I.C.S.
Medical Arts Building, #207, 100 New Hope Road
Princeton, West Virginia 24740
304/425-3761

Otolaryngology/Head&Neck Surgery, Facial Plastic&Reconstructive Surgery –
Lee E. Smith, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Robert M. Jones, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Medical Arts Building, #20, 100 New Hope Road
Princeton, West Virginia 24740
304/487-3407

Pathology –
Gopal M. Pardasani, M.D.
Princeton Community Hospital
304/487-7349

Pain Management –
David Larkin, M.D.
Kenneth J. Parker, M.D.
Princeton Community Hospital
304/487-7291

Psychiatry –
Nusrath Hasan, M.D.
New Hope Psychiatric Associates
160 Undercliff Terrace, Princeton, West Virginia 24740
304/425-6110

Radiation Oncology –
Charles E. Gabe, D.O.
210 New Hope Road Princeton, West Virginia 24740
304/425-1960

Surgery –
Generoso D. Duremdes, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Gene B. Duremdes, M.D.
Medical Arts Building, #106, 100 New Hope Road
Princeton, West Virginia 24740
304/425-2310 or 304/425-1780

Eric S. Hopkins, M.D.
David A. Mullins, M.D.
201 12th Street Extension
Princeton, WV 24740
304/425-1852

Izhar A. Rana, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.I.C.S.
Medical Arts Building, #208, 100 New Hope Road,
Princeton, West Virginia 24740
304/425-7127

Cancer Support Group
First Monday every month,
7:00 p.m., PCH Education Classrooms 1 & 2
Contact: Mary Lou Baker, 304-487-7334.

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