Lung Cancer Patient Resources & Support Services

U-M Rogel Cancer Center Patient Education Documents

• Lung Cancer Information Guide [PDF]
  provides lists of resources, from books and video, to web sites and newsletters.
• After a Cancer Diagnosis
• Cancer Online Communities Information Guide
• Cancer Survivorship
• Caregivers of Cancer Patients
• Chemotherapy
• Clinical Trials
• Complementary & Alternative Medicine
• Coping With Cancer
• Herbs and Nutritional Supplements
• Nutrition & Cancer Prevention
• Nutrition During Cancer Treatment
• Radiation Therapy
• Talking with Children about Cancer

Clinical Trials

• Introduction to Clinical TrialsIntroduction to Clinical Trials
• Lung Cancer Clinical Trials

Patient and Family Support

Patient Navigators

Symptoms and Side Effects

Coping with Emotions

Living Alone

Transportation

Prevention

Tobacco Consultation Service
Smoking cessation counseling for patients interested in quitting tobacco. When reaching the site, scroll down and find the "For Michigan Medicine Patients" section. Resources and how-to-quit toolkits are available for everyone.

Lung Cancer Screening Clinic - A special clinic designed to meet the recommendation from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network to screen high risk patients.

National Resources

National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)

• NCCN Guidelines for Patients® - Lung Cancer: Early and Locally Advanced [pdf]
• NCCN Guidelines for Patients® - Metastatic Lung Cancer (Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer) [pdf]
• NCCN Guidelines for Patients® - Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma [pdf]
• NCCN Guidelines for Patients®s; - Lung Cancer Screening

National Cancer Institute

• Lung Cancer
• Cigarette Smoking: Health Risks and How to Quit (PDQ®)–Patient Version

American Cancer Society

• Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
• Small Cell Lung Cancer
• Lung Carcinoid Tumor
• Malignant Mesothelioma
• Finding and Paying for Treatment
• Caregivers and Family
• Finding Support Programs and Services in Your Area

Association of Cancer Online Resources, ACOR

• EC-GROUP is the e-mail discussion group for Esophageal Cancer patients and families
• LUNG-ONC for all lung cancer patients and families
• LUNG-NSCLC for non-small-cell lung cancer
• LUNG-SCLC for small-cell lung cancer
• LUNG-BAC for Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma

Still have questions?

The nurses at Cancer AnswerLine™ have answers. Call 1-800-865-1125 and you'll get a personal response from one of our registered nurses, who have years of experience in caring for people with cancer.

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