Introduction
The Cancer Survival Toolbox is a free, self-learning audio program that has been developed by leading cancer organizations to help people develop important skills to better meet and understand the challenges of their illness. On this site, you can read or listen to the Toolbox in English and Spanish, or download the files to read or listen later. Chinese transcripts are also available.
You can order a free CD version of the program by filling out our online form or calling 877.NCCS.YES.
The goal of the Toolbox is to help you develop practical tools in your daily life as you deal with your cancer diagnosis and treatment. Family members and caregivers can also use the Toolbox on behalf of a child or anyone else with cancer.
The Toolbox includes twelve modules. Modules 1 through 6 cover six basic skills that can help people with cancer meet the challenges of their illness. These skills are:
- Communicating/Comunicación
- Finding Information/Búsqueda de información
- Making Decisions/Toma de decisiones
- Solving Problems/Solución a los problemas
- Negotiating/Negociación, and
- Standing Up for Your Rights/Defensa de sus derechos.
Modules 7-12 build on the skills learned in the first six modules and relate them to specific aspects of cancer survivorship. These modules cover:
First Steps for the Newly Diagnosed
Topics for Older Persons/Temas para la tercera edad
Finding Ways to Pay for Care/Búsquedas de alternativas para pagar los cuidados
Caring for the Caregiver/Cuidados para el encargado del paciente
Living Beyond Cancer/Vida después del cáncer
Dying Well- The Final Stage of Survivorship
Introducción
Herramientas para la Supervivencia al Cáncer es una serie gratuita de programas de audio de autoaprendizaje creados por organizaciones destacadas en el campo del cáncer. Si bien en un principio la serie fue recientemente con cáncer, también ayudará a cualquiera, en cualquier etapa de la enfermedad, que esté enfrentando decisiones dificiles y cambios en la vida debido al cáncer.
