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Basal Cell Cancer CancerCare Connect Education Workshops CancerCare
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CancerCare's free Connect Education Workshops are a way for people to learn about cancer-related issues from the convenience of their home or office. Leading experts in oncology provide the most up-to-date information in these workshops to help you and your loved ones better understand and cope with your cancer diagnosis, treatment options, quality-of-life concerns, treatment side effects, pain management, doctor-patient communication and other important topics.
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Diverse Populations Participating in Decisions about Your Care with Your Health Care Team
- How Being a Member of Diverse Communities May Impact Your Access to Oncology Care, Treatment, Management of Treatment Side Effects & Pain Management
- What to Expect from Your Relationship with Your Health Care Team: Is Your Health Care Team Providing You with Equitable, Excellent Care
- What to Consider When Selecting a Cancer Care Team & Treatment Facility - Language Spoken & Diversity of the Health Care Team
- What Is Cultural Humility & How Your Care Team Practices Cultural Humility
- When to Seek a Second Opinion: Finding the Best Care
- How to Request Copies of Treatment & Pathology Reports - Your Encounter Notes
- Key Questions to Ask Your Health Care Team about Your Treatment Plan
- How to Self-Advocate with Health Care Staff: Language Spoken, Disability Services & Other Barriers to Health Equity
- Health Literacy: How to Become More Knowledgeable & Satisfied With Your Care
- Your Important Role in Shared Decision-Making
- Tips to Communicate with Your Health Care Team to Determine If They are the Best Team for You
- Guidelines to Improve Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, including Technology, Prepared List of Questions & Discussion of OpenNotes
- Questions for Our Panel of Experts -
Clinical Trials: How They Transform the Treatment of Cancer
- Overview of Clinical Trials and Why They Are Important, in the Context of COVID-19 & Its Variants
- Understanding Your Treatment Options, including Clinical Trials
- Concerns about Participating in Clinical Trials
- Types of Clinical Trials
- What Happens in a Clinical Trial?
- The Meaning of Informed Consent
- Benefits and Risks of Participation, in the Context of COVID-19
- How and Where Clinical Trials are Conducted
- How to Participate in Clinical Trials
- Specific Questions to Ask Your Health Care Team about Clinical Trial Participation, in the Context of COVID-19 & Its Variants
- The Increasing Role of Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments
- Guidelines for Preparing for Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, including Technology, List of Questions & OpenNotes Discussion
- Accessing Resources for Clinical Trials
- Questions for Our Panel of Experts -
What’s New in Precision Medicine
- Understanding Precision Medicine: Overview & Value of Precision Medicine
- How Precision Medicine is Different from Targeted Treatments?
- Precision Medicine’s Role in Informing Treatment Decisions: Predicting Response to Treatment
- The Role of Precision Medicine in Deciding the Treatment for Leukemia, Colon Cancer & Breast Cancer
- Talking with Your Health Care Team about Precision Medicine & Its Benefits
- The Role of the Pathologist
- OpenNotes - Asking Your Healthcare Team & Pathologist to Help You Understand OpenNotes
- The Increasing Role of Telehealth/ Telemedicine Appointments
- How Precision Medicine Contributes to Treatment Options & Quality of Life
- Guidelines to Prepare for Telehealth/ Telemedicine Appointments, including Technology & Prepared List of Questions & OpenNotes
- Questions for Our Panel of Experts -
Taking Your Pills on Schedule: Why It Is So Important in Managing Cancer
- Overview of Cancer Treatments
- Definition of Adherence: Taking Your Pills on Schedule
- Its Important Role in Managing Cancer
- Barriers to Taking Your Pills
- Practical Tips to Overcome These Barriers, including Family, Partners & Others
- Computer, Tablet & Phone Reminders including Emails, Texts & Apps
- Planning Ahead: Lead Time in Refilling Prescriptions, Weekends, Travel & Holidays
- Communicating with Your Health Care Team about Adherence
- Reminders from Your Pharmacy & Pharmacist
- Clinical Trials on Adherence
- The Increasing Role of Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments
- Guidelines to Prepare for Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, including Technology, Prepared List of Questions, Follow-Up Care & Discussion of OpenNotes
- Questions for Our Panel of Experts -
Current Perspectives on Cancer Survivorship
- Overview of Cancer Survivorship, in the Context of COVID-19 & Its Variants
- Managing Post Treatment Side Effects/Late Effects
- Quality-of-Life Concerns
- Fear of Recurrence
- Finding Your New Normal
- The Importance of Treatment Summaries
- The Increasing Role of Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments
- Follow-Up with Your Oncologist & Primary Care Doctor
- Talking with Your Health Care Team about Your Survivorship Questions & Concerns
- Guidelines for Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, including Technology, Prepared List of Questions & Discussion of OpenNotes
- Questions for Our Panel of Experts -
Managing the Side Effects of Immunotherapy
- Managing the Side Effects of Immunotherapy
- How the Side Effects of Immunotherapy Differ from Chemotherapy Side Effects
- Review of Potential Side Effects with Guidelines for Follow-Up Care
- Managing Rash & Dry Skin
- Tips to Cope with Flu-Like Symptoms, including Fever
- Dealing with Fatigue
- Controlling Diarrhea
- Reporting Treatment Side Effects & Discomfort to the Health Care Team
- Tips to Manage Treatment Side Effects & Discomfort
- The Role of Lifestyle, Activity & Exercise in Managing Treatment Side Effects
- Key Questions to Ask Your Health Care Team about Quality-of-Life Concerns
- The Increasing Role of Telehealth & Telemedicine
- Questions for Our Panel of Experts