Education Materials for Your Patients
Use these easy-to-read materials written in plain language to inform your patients and caregivers on a variety of topics including prevention and early detection, treatment, side effects, and survivorship.
Prevention, Screening, and General Information
Share information with your patients about the American Cancer Society screening guidelines and healthy living recommendations.
- You Can Help Reduce Your Cancer Risk
- Healthy Eating and Being Active Can Lower Your Cancer Risk
- Tobacco: What is it costing you?
- Get Your Tests!
- 7 Things to Know about Getting a Mammogram
- Breast Density and Your Mammogram Report
- You Can Prevent Cervical Cancer
- Testing for Prostate Cancer: Should I Be Tested? Is Testing Right for Me?
- Prostate Cancer Screening Patient Decision Aid
- Getting Screened for Colorectal Cancer
- Do You Need Lung Cancer Screening?
- Finding Lung Cancer Early
- Healthy Lungs for Everyone
- What You Should Know About Skin Cancer
- Lung Cancer Screening Patient Decision Aid
- Quitting Tobacco Use Starts Here
- 7 Things to Know about Getting a Colonoscopy
- Nutrition Resources from the American Cancer Society
- What You Need to Know About Mammograms
These single page, front-and-back PDF flyers offer easy-to-read information about common cancers and cancer causes. Appropriate for the general public, health fairs, informational handouts, and patient education.
These single page, front-and-back PDF flyers offer tips on prevention and early detection for skin cancer, as well as information for patients diagnosed with skin cancer.
For Cancer Patients and Caregivers
From the moment they’re diagnosed, cancer patients have to deal with an overwhelming amount of information. Keeping that information organized is important for tracking their journey, preparing for discussions with doctors, and making important decisions. Help someone have a better organized cancer journey by introducing them to the American Cancer Society Cancer Care Toolkit. (Available in English and Spanish.)
Our "After a Diagnosis" series provides easy-reading information to help newly-diagnosed patients know what to expect.
- After a Bladder Cancer Diagnosis
- After a Brain or Spinal Cord Tumor Diagnosis
- After a Breast Cancer Diagnosis
- After a Cervical Cancer Diagnosis
- After a Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis
- After an Endometrial Cancer Diagnosis
- After an Esophagus Cancer Diagnosis
- After a Kidney Cancer Diagnosis
- After a Leukemia Diagnosis
- After a Liver Cancer Diagnosis
- After a Lung Cancer Diagnosis
- After a Lymphoma Diagnosis
- After a Mouth and Throat Cancer Diagnosis
- After a Multiple Myeloma Diagnosis
- After an Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis
- After a Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis
- After a Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
- After a Skin Cancer Diagnosis
- After a Stomach Cancer Diagnosis
- After a Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis
These PDFs provide easy-reading information about some of the most common ways to treat cancer.
- Cancer Biomarkers
- Surgery for Cancer
- Radiation Therapy for Cancer
- Radiation Therapy Side Effects
- Chemotherapy for Cancer
- Immunotherapy for Cancer
- Targeted Drug Therapy for Cancer
- Hormone Therapy for Cancer
- Biosimilar Medicines for Cancer
- Pharmacogenomic Testing to Guide Treatment Options
- Clinical Trials For Cancer
- CAR T-Cell Therapy for Cancer
- Resources for CAR T-Cell Patients and Caregivers
Our "What to do for..." series offers easy-reading information about dealing with side effects of cancer treatment.
- What to do for Cancer Pain
- What to do for Distress
- What to do for Diarrhea
- What to do for Fatigue
- What to do for Hair Loss
- What to do for Low Blood Counts
- What to Do for Memory, Thinking, and Focus Changes
- What to do for Mouth Sores
- What to do for Nail Changes
- What to do for Nausea and Vomiting
- What to do for Peripheral Neuropathy
- What to do for Skin Changes
- What to do for Sleep Problems
Help your patients understand more about their diagnosis and treatment options, as well as how to find support.
Printable worksheets to help your patients stay organized.
*This information brought to you by the Healing Works Foundation.
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Multi-lingual information about cancer including prevention, early detection, treatment, and managing side effects.
