Learning About Cancer:
Information Guides
The Information Guides, also known as PERC Pathways, are lists of sources relating to a specific cancer diagnosis or issue. The purpose is to help newly diagnosed patients and their loved ones find sources of information and support.
The guides are not meant to be comprehensive, but rather to provide starting points for information seeking.
The following lists are categorized between guides for Adult Cancers and Cancer Topics (for instance, how to talk about cancer with children).
Adult Cancers (all documents are in PDF format)
- Adrenal Cancer
- Advanced Prostate Cancer
- Bile Duct Cancer
- Bladder Cancer
- Brain Tumors
- Breast Cancer
- Colon Cancer
- Esophageal Cancers
- Gallbladder Cancer
- Gynecologic Cancers
- Head and Neck Cancer
- Hodgkin's Disease
- Kidney Cancer
- Leukemia
- Liver Cancer
- Lung Cancer
- Melanoma
- Merkel Cell Carcinoma
- Multiple Myeloma
- Myelodysplastic Syndromes
- Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
- Ovarian Cancer
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Prostate Cancer
- Sarcoma
- Stomach Cancer
- Testicular
- Thyroid
Cancer Topics (all documents are in PDF format)
- Appearance
- Bone Marrow Transplant
- Cancer & the Internet
- Cancer Genetics--(Breast & Ovarian Cancer)
- Caregivers of Cancer Patients
- Chemotherapy
- Clinical Trials
- Complementary & Alternative Medicine
- Coping With Cancer
- End of Life
- Fertility & Cancer
- Grief and Bereavement Information Guide
- Nutrition & Cancer Prevention
- Nutrition During Cancer Treatment
- Practical Matters of Survivorship
- Radiation Therapy
- Sexuality and Cancer
- Talking with Children about Cancer
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