The Home Care Guide for Advanced Cancer, from the American College of Physicians, provides a rich array of information and problem-solving strategies to help patients, and those who care for them, cope with the cancer. This site provides extensive reliable information on topics such as Cancer Prevention, Environmental Cancer Risks, and Tobacco Use. This booklet from the NCI provides extensive information to help patients, their families and friends understand chemotherapy, the use of drugs to treat cancer. It answers many questions about this method of cancer treatment and shows how patients can help themselves during chemotherapy. This guide from the NCI provides extensive information about what to expect and how to care for yourself during radiation treatment.
Information is included on radiation therapy methods and the general effects of treatment.
The Information Library is an educational library of comprehensive information on cancer of the lung and colon as well as leukemia. Separate sections address the concerns of healthcare professionals and consumers. An excellent collection of information about cancer, organized by organ system. Also included are sections on prevention, clinical trials, cancer support groups and more. The treatment and supportive care summaries are available in English and Spanish.