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CancerCare's free Connect Education Workshops are a way for people to learn about cancer-related issues from the convenience of their home or office. Leading experts in oncology provide the most up-to-date information in these workshops to help you and your loved ones better understand and cope with your cancer diagnosis, treatment options, quality-of-life concerns, treatment side effects, pain management, doctor-patient communication and other important topics.
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- Treatment Updates from ASCO 2025 on Lung Cancer
- Supportive Care Issues
- Treatment Updates from ASCO 2025 on Colorectal Cancer
- Quality-of-Life Concerns
- Update on Pancreas Cancer
- Supportive Care Concerns
- Update on Lymphoma
- Communicating with Your Health Care Team
- Updates on Leukemia from ASCO
- Managing Treatment Side Effects
- Updates on Melanoma from ASCO
- Wrap-Up of Part II of Highlights from ASCO
- Overview of Cancer & the LGBTQI+ Community, Including HIV & HPV
- The LGBTQI+ Community’s Disproportionate Cancer Burden
- Addressing the LGBTQI+ Health Disparities Gap, Including Mistrust of Health Care Providers
- Barriers to Health Care Access, Including Discrimination
- Health Care, Cancer Screening, Palliative & Supportive Care, Affordable Housing, Gay Men & Lesbian Cancer Issues
- Transgender/Gender-Nonconforming People’s Cancer Concerns
- Challenges for LGBTQI+ Caregivers
- Social Security Disability Benefits for LGBTQI+ People Living with Cancer
- Military Service & the LGBTQI+ Community
- Practical, Financial, Emotional & Social Concerns
- Cancer Resources for the LGBTQI+ Community
- Questions to Ask Our Panel of Experts
- Definition of a Caregiver
- What Research Tells Us About Children as Caregivers’ Well Being
- Children as Caregivers
- Children as Caregivers for a Sibling
- Children as Caregivers for a Parent
- Children as Caregivers for a Grandparent
- Children as Caregivers for an Older Adult
- Children as Caregivers for a Younger Adult
- Children as Caregivers for Cancer Survivors
- Children as Caregivers for a Friend
- Care Coordination as a Child Caregiver
- Coping with Holidays, Birthdays & Special Occasions
- Managing Family, Friends & Traditions
- The Important Role of Long-Distance Children as Caregivers
- Practical Tips for Managing Children’s Caregivers’ Stress
- How to Provide Support for Children as Caregivers
- The Long Term Effects of Children as Caregivers
- Questions for Our Panel of Experts
- How Being a Member of Diverse Communities May Impact Your Access to Oncology Care, Treatment, Management of Treatment Side Effects, & Pain Management
- What to Expect from Your Relationship with Your Health Care Team: Is Your Health Care Team Providing You with Equitable, Excellent Care
- What to Consider When Selecting a Cancer Care Team & Treatment Facility - Languages Spoken & Diversity of the Health Care Team
- What Is Cultural Humility & How Your Care Team Practices Cultural Humility
- When to Seek a Second Opinion: Finding the Best Care
- How to Request Copies of Treatment & Pathology Reports - Your Encounter Notes
- Key Questions to Ask Your Health Care Team About Your Treatment Plan
- How to Self-Advocate with Health Care Staff: Languages Spoken, Disability Services & Other Barriers to Health Equity
- Health Literacy: How to Become More Knowledgeable & Satisfied with Your Care
- Your Important Role in Shared Decision-Making
- Tips to Communicate with Your Health Care Team to Determine if They are the Best Team for You
- Guidelines to Improve Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, Including Technology, Prepared List of Questions & Discussion of OpenNotes
- Questions for Our Panel of Experts
- Understanding the Future of Cancer Research & Clinical Trials
- Increased Focus on Earlier Detection & Treatment of Cancer
- Health Care Disparities Research
- Enhanced Knowledge of the Molecular Portrait of Cancer
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) Driven Approaches for Diagnosis & Treatment of Cancer
- Microsatellite Instability (MSI): Mutations in DNA Mismatch Repair Genes – Implications for Treatment
- Immunotherapy
- CAR T-Cell Therapy
- Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors & Blockade
- Monoclonal Antibodies
- Cancer Treatment Vaccines
- Immune System Modulators
- Targeted Immunotherapies
- Radiopharmaceutical Therapy (RPT)
- Antibody-Drug Conjugates (ADCs)
- Robotic Surgery
- Additional Focus on Lifestyle, Exercise, Nutrition & Hydration
- Increasing Role of Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments
- Questions for Our Panel of Experts
- Disproportionate Burden of Cancer & Infectious Diseases on People of Color
- Social Determinants of Health, Including Languages Spoken, Health Literacy, Culture, Race, Gender Orientation, LGBTQI+, Religion, Access to Medical Care
- Influence of the Local & Regional Environment in Which You Live
- How Race May Impact Your Access to Oncology Care, Treatment, Management of Treatment Side Effects & Pain Management
- Tips to Find Your Best Care Team
- Access to Cancer Treatment in the LGBTQI+ Community
- The Role of Housing, Cost of Cancer Treatment & Follow-Up Care on Your Health
- Food & Pharmacy Deserts
- Food Insecurity: Tips to Increase Your Access to Health Promoting Nutrition
- Job Commitments, Access, Transportation to Treatment & More
- How Telehealth May Help in Advancing Your Health Equity
- Tips to Cope with Health Care Disparities: Valuing Your Identity
- Guidelines to Communicate with Your Health Care Team
- Questions for Our Panel of Experts
- Overview of Follicular Lymphoma
- Treatment Options for Newly Diagnosed
- Treatment Options for Relapsed/Refractory Disease
- Clinical Trial Updates: How Research Increases Treatment Options
- New & Emerging Treatments
- Factors that May Affect Treatment Planning
- Side Effect Prevention & Management
- Tips to Improve Communicating with the Health Care Team
- The Importance of Health Care Communication
- Guidelines to Prepare for Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, Including Technology, Prepared List of Questions, Quality-of-Life Concerns & Discussion of OpenNotes
- Key Questions to Ask Your Health Care Team
- Practical & Psychosocial Support to Cope with Follicular Lymphoma
- Questions for Our Panel of Experts
- Overview of Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma
- Staging & Grading
- Current Standard of Care
- Treatment Options for Resistant Disease
- New & Emerging Treatment Approaches
- The Role of Clinical Trials
- How Research Contributes to Treatment Choices
- Tips to Manage Treatment Side Effects, Symptoms, Discomfort & Pain
- The Increasing Role of Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments
- Key Questions to Ask Your Health Care Team about Quality-of-Life Concerns
- Guidelines to Prepare for Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, Including Technology, Prepared List of Questions & Discussion of OpenNotes
- Questions to Ask Our Panel of Experts
- The Meaning of Work
- Talking with Your Health Care Team About Work
- Managing Your Cancer Treatments While Working
- Understanding Your Legal Protections in the Workplace, Including Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) & Intermittent FMLA
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) State & Local Laws
- Disclosure & Communication with Human Resources, Supervisors & Co-Workers
- Solutions to Address Workplace Challenges
- COBRA – Continuation of Insurance Benefits If Employment Ends
- Disability – Short Term, Long Term, Social Security Disability (SSD) & Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
- Tips for Creating a Plan to Continue Working
- The Importance of Self Advocacy
- Questions for Our Panel of Expert
- Overview of the Medical & Indirect Costs of Treatment
- What to Do When Cancer Treatment Seems Unaffordable – Self Advocacy
- Talking with Your Health Care Team about Your Financial Concerns
- The Benefits & Limitations of Your Health Plans, Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Coverage
- Tips on Appealing Your Insurance & Medicare Claims & Provider Denials
- Living Wills, Health Care Proxies & Advance Health Care Directives
- Accessing Financial, Co-Payment Assistance & Medicaid Programs
- Support for the Underinsured & Uninsured, Including the Affordable Care Act (ACA) & Medicaid
- Other Resources for Financial Help
- Questions for Our Panel of Experts
- Overview of Common Eye & Vision Changes Related to Cancer Treatments
- Discussion of Common Eye & Vision Changes, Including Causes & Risk Factors
- Tips to Manage Dry Eyes, Watery Eyes, Itching Eyes, Blepharitis, Loss of Eyelashes, Changes in Vision, Cataracts, Floaters & Flashing Lights
- The Role of the Multidisciplinary Team
- Tips to Manage Low Vision & How Eye Products Can Help You Manage Eye/Vision Changes
- Clinical Trials: How Research Increases Your Treatment Options
- Communicating with Your Health Care Team
- Guidelines for Eye Examinations & Check-Ups
- Quality-of-Life Concerns
- Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, Including Technology, Prepared List of Questions, Follow-Up Appointments & Discussion of Open Notes
- Questions for Our Panel of Expert
- Understanding Your Cancer Diagnosis & Treatment Options
- Clinical Trial Opportunities: How Research Increases Treatment Options
- Factors That May Affect Treatment Planning
- How Your Health Care Team May Help You Address Your Care
- Participating in Decisions about Your Treatment Plans, Side Effect Prevention & Management
- Understanding the Role of Supportive Care
- The Role of Self Advocacy in Your Oncology Care
- Key Questions to Ask Your Health Care Team about Quality-of-Life Concerns
- Preparing for Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, Including Technology, Prepared List of Questions, Follow-Up Care & Discussion of OpenNotes
- Questions for Our Panel of Experts
- Overview of CAR T-Cell Therapies
- Understanding CARs – Chimeric Antigen Receptors
- When to Consider CAR T-Cell Therapies as a Treatment Choice
- Clinical Trials for CAR T-Cell Therapies
- Discussion of CAR T-Cell Therapies
- Managing Potential Treatment Side Effects
- Specific Examples of How CAR T-Cell Therapies Contribute to Oncology Care
- Key Questions to Ask Your Health Care Team about CAR T-Cell Therapies
- The Benefits of CAR T-Cell Therapies
- Follow-Up Care: What to Expect
- Guidelines to Prepare for Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, Including Technology and List of Questions
- Questions for Our Panel of Experts
- How to Cope While Waiting for Test Results from Cancer Work-Up
- Managing Cancer When You Have Other Health Problems
- The Impact of Chronic Illness on Cancer Treatment
- The Importance of Adherence: Taking Your Treatment on Schedule
- Reducing Harmful Drug Interactions
- The Role of Clinical Trials: How Research Increases Your Treatment Options
- Knowing When to Call Your Health Care Team Between Appointments
- Key Questions to Ask Your Health Care Team
- The Role of the Dietitian & Physical Therapist in Helping You Cope with Cancer
- Quality-of-Life Concerns
- Managing the Emotional, Social, Practical & Financial Issues of Coping with Cancer
- Creating the Right Care Plan for You, Including Scheduling Appointments & Follow-Up Care
- Guidelines to Prepare for Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, Including Technology, Prepared List of Questions & Discussion of OpenNotes
- Questions for Our Panel of Experts
- Overview of the Different Names for Biomarker Testing & Why They Can Be Helpful for Treatment
- Tumor Marker Testing, Genomic Profiling, Genomic Sequencing, Molecular Profiling, Next Generation Sequencing
- The Relationship Between Biomarker Testing & Precision Medicine
- Types of Biomarker Tests for Cancer Treatment
- Do I Need Biomarker Testing for My Cancer?
- How is Biomarker Testing Done? Using Samples of Your Cancer & Your Healthy Cells
- Samples are Sent to the Lab Where Pathologists Test for Certain Biomarkers
- Some Results Might Lead to Genetic Testing – Inherited or Germline Mutations
- Some Biomarker Testing is Done as Part of Clinical Trials for New Cancer Treatments
- Other Uses of Biomarkers – Determining a Person’s Cancer Risk or Finding Cancer
- Biomarkers Used to Show if a Treatment is Effective or May Show if Cancer is Returning
- Biomarkers Play Such an Important Role in Choosing the Best Treatment for You & In Determining Your Progress
- Questions for Our Panel of Experts
- Overview & Definition of Biomarkers
- What are Some Examples of Biomarker Testing
- How Biomarker Testing Provides Useful Information for Cancer Treatment
- Why the Molecular Portrait of Cancer is so Important
- The Role of the Pathologist
- Benefits of Biomarker Testing & Precision Medicine
- Predicting Response to Treatment
- Clinical Trials: How Research Contributes to Your Treatment Options
- Key Questions to Ask Your Health Care Team
- Guidelines for Preparing for Telehealth Appointments with Your Health Care Team, Including Technology, Prepared List of Questions & Discussion of OpenNotes
- Quality-of-Life Concerns
- Questions for Our Panel of Experts
- Overview of Clinical Trials & Why They are Important
- Understanding Your Treatment Options, Including Clinical Trials
- Concerns About Participating in Clinical Trials
- Types of Clinical Trials
- What Happens in a Clinical Trial?
- The Meaning of Informed Consent
- Benefits & Risks of Participation
- How & Where Clinical Trials are Conducted
- How to Participate in Clinical Trials
- Specific Questions to Ask Your Health Care Team About Clinical Trial Participation
- Guidelines for Preparing for Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, Including Technology, Prepared List of Questions & Discussion of OpenNotes
- Accessing Resources for Clinical Trials
- Questions for Our Panel of Experts
- Skin Toxicity - How Cancer Treatments Affect Your Skin
- The Multidisciplinary Approach to Managing Skin Changes & Irritation
- Practical Tips to Manage Rash, Dry/Itchy/Peeling Skin & Nail Changes
- Sun Safety Tips During Cancer Treatments
- When to Call Your Health Care Team about Skin Toxicity
- The Role of Clinical Trials: How Research Increases Your Treatment Options
- The Importance of Communicating with Your Health Care Team: Key Questions to Ask
- Quality-of-Life Concerns
- How to Prepare for Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, Including Technology, Prepared List of Questions & Discussion of OpenNotes
- Questions for Our Panel of Experts
- Overview of Blood Cancers
- New Research Presented at ASH
- Disease-Specific Treatment Updates from ASH on: Leukemia, Lymphoma, Multiple Myeloma & Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPNs)
- The Role of Precision Medicine & Clinical Trials
- Guidelines to Prepare for Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, Including Technology, Prepared List of Questions & Discussion of OpenNotes
- Key Questions to Ask Your Health Care Team About Quality-of-Life Concerns
- Questions for Our Panel of Experts
- Overview of the Challenges Young Adults Living with Cancer Face
- Talking with the Health Care Team About Survivorship Questions & Concerns
- Choosing Who & What to Tell Others: Disclosure
- School: Deciding How to Deal with Financing Education– Community College, Technical Training, College, Graduate School – Scholarships
- Financial Concerns, Including Health Insurance, School, College & Career
- Knowing Your Rights: ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act) & Additional Legal Protections
- Working During Cancer Treatment: Suggestions from the Health Care Team
- Dealing with Physical Changes Due to Cancer or Its Treatment
- Short & Long-Term Follow-Up for Young Adult Cancer Survivors: Young Adult Follow-Up Clinic
- Coping with Fear of Cancer Recurrence
- Guidelines to Prepare for Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, Including Technology, Prepared List of Questions, Quality-of-Life Concerns & Discussion of OpenNotes
- Questions to Ask Our Panel of Experts
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