Banner Good Samaritan’s Esophageal Cancer Program offers support for patients, families, and community members through sharing information and providing resources.

    A new support group launches this month. The first meeting is scheduled for 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 18, in the Grace Middlebrook Family Learning Center at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, 1111 E. McDowell Road.

    Guest speaker Ellen Ostrand, R.D., C.S.O., will discuss “The Vital Force of Nutrition: How it supports us during treatment, how one can deal with obstacles to eating, what foods to concentrate on to support health and to prevent cancer in the future.”

    All meetings are free and take place the third Thursday of the month. For more information, call Terry Ratner, RN, MFA, at 602-264-0240.