Publications and Resources

ASCO Answers Fact Sheets: This series of fact sheets provides a brief overview about a specific type of cancer, including a description of the cancer, how it is treated, terms to know, and questions to ask the doctor. Order additional copies through the ASCO Bookstore.

Printed Guides to Cancer: Learn more about the printed versions of Cancer.Net’s sections on the four most common types of cancer, which are available for order. Order additional copies through the ASCO Bookstore.

Managing the Cost of Cancer Care: This detailed guide contains information on understanding the costs related to cancer care, questions to ask, financial resources, tips for getting organized, examples of how insurance works, and resources to help patients manage the financial impact of a cancer diagnosis. Order additional copies through the ASCO Bookstore.

Cancer in Older Adults Booklet: A detailed guide based on the ASCO Curriculum, Cancer Care with Older Populations, that addresses the unique needs and concerns of older people with cancer, including cancer in daily life, treatment, co-existing conditions, health assessment, clinical trials, questions to ask your doctor, and patient resources. Order additional copies through the ASCO Bookstore.

Cancer Advances: Summaries of research advances in clinical oncology from the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO), ASCO's Annual Meetings, ASCO Symposia, and ASCO's Meet the Experts events.

What to Know: ASCO's Guidelines: These are patient-friendly guides based on ASCO's Clinical Practice Guidelines for physicians.

Clinical Cancer Advances: Clinical Cancer Advances: Major Research Advances in Cancer Treatment, Prevention, and Screening is a report published by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) that summarizes the most important advances in clinical cancer research over the past year.

Inside Cancer.Net: Inside Cancer.Net is a monthly e-newsletter delivered right to your inbox. It highlights upcoming events, new content on the website, and newsworthy topics for people in the cancer community, patients, and families and friends. Sign up now to receive it.

Find an Oncologist: Learn more about choosing a doctor and seeking a second opinion. The Find an Oncologist database can be found here.

ASCO Cancer Education Slides: Prepared cancer slide presentations, adapted from select Cancer.Net Guides to Cancer, are available for free download for oncologists, oncology nurses, and other members of the health care team.

ASCO and NCI Patient Information Wallet Card: ASCO and NCI have developed a card that patients can carry in their wallets that will guide them to ASCO’s patient information Web site and NCI’s Cancer Information Service if they are displaced from their homes due to a disaster situation.

The Oncologist's Perspective: In May 2003, a collection of articles was published as a supplement to the Journal of Clinical Oncology. The collection of articles touches on survivorship issues, emotions of oncologists, symptom control in patients with advanced cancer, and end-of-life issues.

Collaborative Activities: Events that ASCO and/or Cancer.Net has collaborated on with different organizations.

Support and Resource Links: Links to patient information resources, cancer centers and cooperative groups, government agencies, international patient information, journals, magazines, and information on support groups.