Once you've heard the words "You have cancer," you can't look back. You must look forward.  

You need to look past the radiation, chemotherapy, hormone therapy and surgery, and focus on how to live a healthy, happy life, with spiritual and emotional well-being. These ideas inspired the Looking Forward Program, which was founded at the Hospital of Saint Raphael in 1994.  

Today, Looking Forward is a multi-faceted, nationally recognized integrative wellness, support and education program that helps cancer patients and their loved ones deal with the many issues related to this disease. It helps cancer patients take control of a seemingly uncontrollable situation. Looking Forward gives patients the information and support they need - essential elements in the recovery process.  

More than 30,000 patients have turned to Saint Raphael's Looking Forward Program over the years.