Support groups

CANCER: New Port Cancer Center, 7651 Medical Drive, Hudson, hosts a support group the first Thursday monthly. Call (727) 868-9208 for meeting times.

CANCER: Florida Community Cancer Center, 8763 River Crossing Blvd., New Port Richey, hosts meetings at 2 p.m. the first Monday monthly. Call Sharon Stacey at (727) 842-8411.

CANCER: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, 12902 Magnolia Drive (fifth floor), Tampa, support group meets at 11 a.m. Thursdays. Call (813) 745-8470.

CANCER PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS: Powell Cancer Center, 303 Pinellas St., Clearwater. A group for patients in the early stages of cancer diagnosis and treatment and caregivers meets at 6 p.m. the second Wednesday monthly. Call (727) 462-2149.

CANCER PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS: Mease Countryside Hospital, 3231 McMullen-Booth Road, Safety Harbor. A group for patients in the early stages of cancer diagnosis and treatment meets at 2 p.m. the fourth Wednesday monthly. Call (727) 462-7500.

CANCER SUPPORT GROUP IN SPANISH (LA LUNA DE PINELLAS): Powell Cancer Center, 303 Pinellas St., Clearwater. Meets at 6 p.m. the second Tuesday monthly. Call (727) 462-2149.

CANCER SUPPORT GROUP FOR WOMEN: Powell Cancer Center, 303 Pinellas St., Clearwater. Meets at 6 p.m. the first and third Mondays monthly. Call (727) 462-2149.

CANCER SUPPORT GROUP FOR YOUNG WOMEN: Mease Countryside Hospital, Shaffer Tower, 3231 McMullen-Booth Road, Safety Harbor. Meets at 6:30 p.m. the second Tuesday monthly. Call (727) 462-7500.

CARDIAC SUPPORT GROUP FOR WOMEN: Mease Countryside Hospital Medical Arts Building, 1840 Mease Drive, Safety Harbor. Group meets at 6:30 p.m. the second Tuesday monthly. Call (727) 462-7500.

CHARCOT MARIE TOOTH DISORDER: St. Anthony's Hospital, 1200 Seventh Ave. N., St. Petersburg., ground floor auditorium. Group meets Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Call (727) 825-1100.

CHEMO BRAIN: Hands for Hope "Chemo Brain" Cancer Support Group meets at 6 p.m. the first Monday monthly, Cheek-Powell Heart and Vascular Pavilion, second floor, meeting room A, 455 Pinellas St., Clearwater. (727) 462-7500.

CHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH: The Children's Cancer Research Group meets at 6:30 p.m. the second Wednesday monthly at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital, 3005 W. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. The group promotes awareness about pediatric cancer and raises money to benefit research at the hospital. Call (813) 968-7562 or go to www.children scancerresearchgroup.com.

CONTINENT OSTOMY: A support group meets from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. the last Wednesday monthly at St. Anthony's Hospital, 1200 Seventh Ave. N., St. Petersburg , on the fourth floor southeast. Call (727) 825-1100.

CROHN'S AND COLITIS FOUNDATION: A support group meets at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday monthly at Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point, 14000 Fivay Road, Hudson, Conference Center Room 4. For reservations, call facilitator Doreen Kraeuter at (352) 684-0427.

DIABETES: 5 to 6 p.m. the first Tuesday monthly at South Florida Baptist Hospital, 301 N. Alexander St., Plant City. To register, call (813) 757-8202.

DIABETES: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. the first Tuesday monthly in the Wellness Center Conference Room at Florida Hospital Zephyrhills. Call (813) 715-6683.

DIABETES: 7 p.m. the first Tuesday monthly at Van Dyke United Methodist Church, 17030 Lakeshore Road, Lutz. Call (813) 968-3983, ext. 153.

DIABETES: 11 a.m. the second Thursday monthly at Grace Lutheran Church, 3714 W. Linebaugh Ave., Tampa. Call (813) 968-3983, ext 153.