Patient-Friendly Research Highlights from the ASCO Annual Meeting on Cancer.Net

Apr 26, 2016

Share the exciting advances being made in cancer research with your patients. During the ASCO Annual Meeting, from June 3-7, your patients can count on Cancer.Net, ASCO’s award-winning patient-information website, for news about the science being presented. Select research advances will be highlighted on the Cancer.Net Blog to help patients put the findings into context. Patients can follow the latest updates on:

Pick Up Educational Materials Onsite

While at the ASCO Annual Meeting, pick up copies of Cancer.Net’s educational materials designed for patients and caregivers (plus pens and other giveaways). Visit ASCO Central in the Oncology Professionals Hall, open from June 4-6. Copies can be also purchased through the ASCO University Bookstore. All booklets ship for free and ASCO members receive a 20% discount.

The following resources, in English only, will be available onsite for attendees to view and purchase:

ASCO Answers Guides. These guides offer an array of questions that patients can ask their health care team, as well as space to write down the answers and make notes. A checklist helps people identify the tests, procedures, and treatments they will be receiving. The following topics will be available:

  • Caregiving
  • Survivorship
  • Breast Cancer
  • Colorectal Cancer
  • Lung Cancer
  • Prostate Cancer

Some materials are available online in Spanish.

ASCO Answers Topic-Specific Booklets. These booklets provide detailed information to help patients and caregivers understand the options and resources available to them. The following topics will be offered:

The following topic-specific booklets, also available at ASCO Central, provide practical guidance for patients and are available along with the companion provider guides:

Visit any of the webpages to download PDFs of these booklets and to find Spanish and French versions of some materials.

ASCO Answers Fact Sheets. These fact sheets provide a basic introduction to 26 different types of cancer, as well as treatment options and symptom management. Some materials are available online in Spanish.


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