Educational Tools
We have created this page to help you learn more about the cancer journey from professionals around the nation. Scroll below to view online webinars, information from across the web, or recommended reading.
Downloadable reading & research
Survivorship: Spanish & English - Download
As you finish cancer treatment, you might be wondering: What happens next? The answer is different for every person. Some people return to the lives they were leading before their diagnosis, while the lives of others are significantly changed by their cancer experience. The challenge for every survivor is figuring out how to return to everyday life while adjusting to the effects of the disease and its treatment.
Life After Treatment for American Indian Communities
Brought to you by The Circle Of Life, this booklet provides cancer education and resources to help community health representatives and health educators work within American Indian and Alaska Native communities. These resources provide ways for communities, families and individuals to stay well, get well, find cancer cures, and continue on their journey.
The Cancer Care Team – An Introductory Lesson
Diagnosing and treating cancer is complex. People often need the experience and skills of several different medical and health professionals to treat cancer. These professionals involved in a patient's cancer care make up the oncology team. This can also be called your cancer care team, health care team, or multidisciplinary care team.
What You Need to Know When You Have STARTED TREATMENT
This checklist provides an overview of important information and actions to help you manage your health after you have completed treatment for cancer.
Guides to Healthy Living as a cancer survivor
These guides provide information to cancer survivors on staying healthy physically and emotionally, sexually and with intimacy as a cancer survivor.
What You Need to Know When You Have FINISHED TREATMENT
This checklist provides an overview of important information and actions to help you manage your health after you have completed treatment for cancer.
It Helps to Have Friends When Mom or Dad Has Cancer
It’s hard to have a parent with cancer! But there are things that can help you during this time. Here you can find out some of the things kids worry about and go through. We’ll also tell you about some things that may help you deal with cancer in your family.
After Diagnosis - A Guide for Patients and Families
Finding out you have cancer can bring many changes for your and your loved ones. You probably have lots of questions. This document answers many questions about cancer and cancer treatment. We also tell you what you can expect from the people and services that are there to help you cope with cancer.
National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship 2020 Survey Results
Takeaways: Advice from cancer survivors, top concerns, and expectations from survivors across the nation.
Triage Cancer's Guide to Getting and Paying for Prescription Drugs
Takeaways: Understanding the way your insurance covers your prescription drugs and taking advantage of available resources, can help you reduce your costs.
National Cancer Institute: Paying for Clinical Trials
As you think about taking part in a clinical trial, you will face the issue of how to cover the costs of care. There are two types of costs in a clinical trial: patient care costs and research costs.
Patient Advocate Foundation Lighthouse Training Series : Preparing for and Responding to the Financial Impact of Critical Illness
Designed in brief, digestible modules, the self-led online Lighthouse Series curriculum includes 6 modules with companion tip sheets designed to help patients understand and anticipate how an illness can impact their lives and how to proactively access resources and benefits that are available to help.
