Rare Cancer Support Guide 2 - Treatment booklet

The Treatment section of the Rare Cancer Support Guide can help you make sense of things when your mind is reeling from a cancer diagnosis. It can help you better understand your next steps and feel more capable of making informed decisions.

The Treatment booklet covers:

• Planning for treatment
  What your treatment plan means, questions to ask, decisions you may need to make
• Your healthcare professionals
  Who you are likely to meet and how they can help
• Types of cancer treatment
  Treatment approaches for cancer and common side effects
• When treatments aren’t available
  Why rare cancers have fewer treatment options, different options to consider
• Clinical trials
  Things to consider when finding and participating in clinical trials
• Work and finances
  Managing work and money during and after treatment
• Navigating the health system
  Layers, challenges and major components of the health system
• The science explained
  What cancer is, evolving science and research, and genetic testing

The advice comes directly from patients and carers who have been there, and from the knowledge of many health care professionals across the cancer care sector. It also includes the lessons we’ve learned at RCA over many years of supporting people living with rare cancer in Australia. Each translated version is bilingual and includes the English source text.