Cancer Patient-Family Education Materials

Patient and family education materials provide educational information to help individuals and families facing childhood cancer.

For all patients

• VIDEO: Outpatient Oncology at the Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care
• VIDEO: Outpatient Oncology in King of Prussia, PA
• VIDEO: Outpatient Oncology in Voorhees, NJ
• Oncology Family Handbook (PDF)
  • English
  • Spanish
  • Arabic
• Children's Oncology Group Family Handbook
• Caring For Your Child at Home (PDF)
• Caring for Your Child at Home: Take Home Points (PDF), also available in Spanish and Arabic
• Psychosocial Services: Resources for Families (PDF)
• Blood Counts Record (PDF)
• Children with Cancer: A Guide for Parents
• Subscribe: Cancer Connections eNewsletter

Newly diagnosed

• Welcome to the Oncology Inpatient Unit (PDF)
• VIDEO: Fertility Preservation for Boys Being Treated for Cancer

Patients in treatment

• Caring For Your Child: Tips About Mouth Care and Oral Mucositis (PDF)
• About Radiation Treatment (PDF)
• Super Sam vs the Marrow Monsters - a video about bone marrow transplant
• Managing Side Effects of Radiation Treatment (PDF)
• Radiation Treatment With General Anesthesia (PDF)
• Radiation Treatment Without General Anesthesia (PDF)
• Adolescents and Young Adults: Your FAQs (PDF)
• How to Perform a CHG Treatment:
  • For a Child Under 22 Pounds
  • For a Child 22 – 66 Pounds
  • For a Child Over 66 Pounds

Back to school

• Facilitating Your Child’s School Reentry: A Parent's Guide (PDF)
• Welcoming the Child With Cancer Back to School: An Educator's Guide (PDF)

After treatment

• A Guide to Follow-up Care: For Caregiver of Child No Longer Receiving Therapy (PDF)