Consider asking the following questions of your doctor:

• What type of cancer do I have?
• What is the stage? What does this mean?
• What are my treatment options?
• What treatment plan do you recommend? Why?
• Will chemotherapy be a part of this plan?
• If so, what are the goals of chemotherapy, and how do you determine the dose that is best for me?
• Have you given me a dose based on my actual weight or a standard dose?
• What are the side effects of treatment, and how can they be managed?
• Will you monitor my side effects and decrease my dose if I have side effects?
• Will you return to the original dose after my side effects go away?
• If I'm worried about managing the costs related to my cancer care, who can help me with these concerns?