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Services > Cancer > Notebook > My Physical Care

My Physical Care

Provides information about the types of treatments that you may receive and what to expect during those treatments. The glossary will make you more comfortable with unfamiliar terms.

  • Glossary of Cancer Terms (pdf)
  • Understanding Cancer (pdf)
  • Genetic Counseling (pdf)
  • Radiation Therapy (pdf)
  • Surgical Treatment (pdf)
  • Medical Treatment (pdf)
  • Interventional Radiology Therapy (pdf)
  • Clinical Research Trials (pdf)
  • Coping with Side Effects (pdf)
  • Supportive Care (pdf)
  • When Cancer Treatment Ends (pdf)
  • Cancer Registry (pdf)

We have prepared the following information sheets pertaining to specific types of cancer and treatment:

Breast Cancer

  • Treatment considerations for people with breast cancer (pdf)
  • Supportive care for patients undergoing radiation to the breast (pdf)
  • Hormone Therapy for Women with Breast Cancer (pdf)
  • Hormone Therapy for Men with Breast Cancer (pdf)

Prostate Cancer

  • Treatment considerations for men with prostate cancer (pdf)
  • Supportive care for patients undergoing radiation to the prostate (pdf)
  • Seed Implants to Treat Prostate Cancer (pdf)
  • Hormone Therapy for Men with Prostate Cancer (pdf)

Lung Cancer

  • Treatment considerations for people with lung cancer (pdf)
  • Supportive care for patients undergoing radiation to the chest (pdf)

Gynecological Cancer

  • High dose brachytherapy to treat gynecological cancer (pdf)

Bone

  • Bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell transplants (pdf)
  • Supportive care for people with bone metastasis (pdf)

Radiation
-Supportive care for patients undergoing radiation to the:

  • abdomen (pdf)
  • brain (pdf)
  • breast (pdf)
  • chest (pdf)
  • mouth or throat (pdf)
  • pelvis (pdf)
  • prostate (pdf)
  • rectum (pdf)

Instructions for Using Domeboro's Soaks (pdf)

Hormone Therapy

  • Hormone Therapy for Women with Breast Cancer Hormone Therapy for Men with Breast Cancer (pdf)
  • Hormone Therapy for Men with Prostate Cancer (pdf)

Pediatrics

  • Inova pediatric cancer services (pdf)



  • Introduction (.pdf)
  • My Journal
  • My Physical Care
  • My Emotional Care
  • My Financial Information

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