Help for husbands whose wives have cancer

A men's support group at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas wrote a book, which shares stories of members whose wives had cancer. Jack Hamilton, the group's facilitator, says the support group meets twice a month at Southwestern's Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center and is open to any man whose wife or partner has cancer. "There's a wealth of knowledge of men in the group who have been traveling this journey for a while," Hamilton says in a statement. "It really is the model of what a support group looks like." In the foreword of the book, "Stages," Dr. James K.V. Willson, director of the Simmons Cancer Center, notes that for every one of the 6 million U.S. women who have cancer there are just as many or more family members affected. "They are helping ill loved ones get through the practical challenges of day-to-day life as well as cope with the emotional hurdles of living, and sometimes dying, with cancer," Willson says. "In this book, you'll find the stories of five men who know firsthand what it's like to love and care for a cancer patient."