Participating in Decisions about Your Care

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Topics Covered

• Coping with the Practical, Social & Emotional Challenges of Cancer
• How a Cancer Diagnosis Affects Family, Partners & Loved ones
• Selecting a Cancer Care Team & Treatment Facility
• What to do when Presented with Multiple Treatment Options
• When & How to Seek a Second Opinion
• Getting Copies of Your Medical Reports
• Anticipating, Preventing & Managing Treatment Side Effects
• Understanding Treatment Choices, Follow-Up Care Plan & Survivorship Care Plan
• Self-Care Tips
• Key Questions to Ask Your Health Care Team
• Questions for Our Panel of Experts

Our Panel of Experts

Lidia Schapira, MD, FASCO

Associate Professor of Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine, Director, Cancer Survivorship Program, Stanford Cancer Institute

Stewart B. Fleishman, MD

Former Founding Director, Cancer Support Services, Continuum Cancer Centers of New York, Author, Researcher in Oncology

Sharon Flynn, MS, RN, ANP-BC, AOCNS, BMTCN

Nurse Practitioner, Research and Practice Development, National Institutes of Health, Clinical Research Center

Carolyn Messner, DSW, BCD, FAPOS, FAOSW

Director of Education and Training, CancerCare

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Workshop Date

This workshop was originally recorded on June 19, 2019.