The Wellness Community

Frankly speaking about cancer:
Special Focus on Small Cell Lung Cancer

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Main Page Early Steps: Evaluating Your Cancer   Finding a Lung Cancer Specialist   The Importance of a Second Opinion Overview of Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC)   Staging of Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment Consideration for Newly Diagnosed Small Cell Lung Cancer   Chemotherapy   Radiation Resistant or Recurrent Small Cell Lung Cancer   Chemotherapy for Resistant or Recurrent Small Cell Lung Cancer Managing Side Effects and Improving Quality of Life   Cancer-Related Symptoms The Wellness Community’s Patient Active Concept Actions You Can Take in the Fight for Recovery from Lung Cancer Fat Content of Various Foods Resources go

Being diagnosed with small cell lung cancer can be a frightening and disheartening event. You might feel like you have few options and are no longer in control of your life. However, cancer therapy is rapidly advancing, and the number of options available to you has never been greater. In fact, so many options are available today that your treatment decisions may feel overwhelming. It is important to remember that these treatment decisions belong to you and your physician. Working in partnership with your oncologist will strengthen the choices you make and increase satisfaction with your care.

The Wellness Community has developed this booklet to communicate some of the steps that you can take to better understand small cell lung cancer, maximize your treatment options, and make educated decisions about your therapy. This includes suggestions on how to become Patient Active in your treatment and how to partner with your health care team to help you get the best possible care.

The information in this booklet is not intended to take the place of medical care or the advice of your doctor. Indeed, this booklet was designed to help you better communicate with your health care team and better understand the information that you receive from them, to ensure that you get the personalized care that you deserve.

The Wellness Community also has another publication about lung cancer entitled Frankly Speaking About Lung Cancer. This comprehensive booklet can be ordered by phone at 888.793.WELL or downloaded in PDF format.

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