Cancer Primer

It is important to have a good understanding of the basics of cancer as a disease, its effects and how treatments are chosen. We have created two information pieces that will help answer a number of important questions:

• What is Cancer?
• How is it diagnosed?
• How is it staged?
• How is treatment decided?
• How do factor in quality of life?
• How does a doctor sift through the multiple varieties of treatments to come up with a recommendation?
• Is there a standard of care, and how can you find it?
• Are second opinions valuable?
• What is a multi-disciplinary physician and para medical team?

We suggest reading both of the Cancer Primer pamphlets (PDFs) shown below to get a better glimpse of what cancer is all about. Simply click on the following icons to download:

Download the Primer on Cancer, Part 1

Download the Primer on Cancer, Part 2