A diagnosis of small cell lung cancer can be stressful and overwhelming. By learning more about their diagnosis and treatment options, finding support, and getting organized, patients can become empowered and form better partnerships with their oncologists.

Cancer.Net offers an expanded line of materials that cover both non-small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer. These ASCO Answers guides are packed with current, oncologist-approved information about diagnosis, treatment, and side effects.

With a conversational tone and reassuring design, patients and their caregivers can use these guides to get easy access to the tools, resources, and support they need to become active participants in their cancer care.

The interactive nature of these guides is an important and valuable feature. With each guide, patients can:

• Write down the contact information for their doctors and specialists;
• Mark the tests and procedures that they will have or have had;
• Record the type of lung cancer and the stage;
• Check off their treatment options and the goals of treatment; and
• Mark which strategies are options for managing symptoms and side effects.

Additionally, each section contains questions patients can ask their health care team, as well as blank space for writing down the answers and other important notes. There is also a section that contains definitions of the many new terms that patients will hear throughout diagnosis and treatment.

With these special features, ASCO Answers guides are not just essential resources for patients, but a path to effective communication between the health care team, patients, and the people who care for and about them.

ASCO Answers: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and ASCO Answers: Small Cell Lung Cancer can be downloaded for free or purchased in packs of 50 from the ASCO University^® Bookstore. ASCO members receive a 20% discount, and all patient education materials ship for free.