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
Cancer Prevention and Early Detection
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
Cancer Fact Sheets
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.
Sun Safety and Skin Cancer
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
Personal Health Manager
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 Personal Health Manager. (Available in English and Spanish.)
Cancer Types and Treatments
These PDFs provide easy-reading information about some of the most common ways to treat cancer and help newly-diagnosed patients know what to expect.
- 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
- After a Bladder Cancer Diagnosis
- After a Breast Cancer Diagnosis
- After a Cervical Cancer Diagnosis
- After a Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis
- After an Endometrial Cancer Diagnosis
- After a Kidney Cancer Diagnosis
- After a Leukemia Diagnosis
- After a Lung Cancer Diagnosis
- After a Lymphoma Diagnosis
- After a Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis
- After a Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
- After a Skin Cancer Diagnosis
Treatment Side Effects
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
More Information for Patients and Caregivers
Help your patients understand more about their diagnosis and treatment options, as well as how to find support.
Worksheets
Printable worksheets to help your patients stay organized.
More 快猫短视频 Materials
Patient Education Print Materials from the American Cancer Society
Order print materials for your patients here.?
Cancer Information in Other Languages
Multi-lingual information about cancer including prevention, early detection, treatment, and managing side effects.?