Patient Education Booklets

MD Anderson's Patient Education office produces several booklets to help patients and caregivers manage common challenges and issues related to cancer and its treatments. Among these booklets are the following:

Bowel management

• Bowel Problems: Prevention and Treatment

Breast

• Hormone Therapy
• Breast Reconstruction Options
• Breast Reconstruction Options (Spanish)
• Breast Reconstruction Options (Arabic)
• My Breast Reconstruction Decision Workbook: Considering Breast Reconstruction After Breast-Conserving Surgery
• My Breast Reconstruction Decision Workbook: Considering Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy

Cancer prevention

• Cancer Prevention Screening Guidelines
• Cancer Prevention Screening Guidelines (Arabic)
• Cancer Prevention Screening Guidelines (Spanish)
• Caregiving After Treatment: A Guide for Caregivers of Survivors
• Survivorship: Heart Health for Cancer Survivors
• Survivorship: Heart Health for Cancer Survivors (Spanish) 
• Survivorship: Living With, Through and Beyond Cancer
• Survivorship: Living With, Through and Beyond Cancer (Spanish)
• Survivorship: Nutrition and Physical Activity Guidelines for Cancer Survivors
• Survivorship: Nutrition and Physical Activity Guidelines for Cancer Survivors (Arabic)
• Survivorship: Nutrition and Physical Activity Guidelines for Cancer Survivors (Chinese)
• Survivorship: Nutrition and Physical Activity Guidelines for Cancer Survivors (Spanish)
  

Cardiopulmonary

• Heart Success: For Patients with Heart Failure and Cancer
• Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices: A Guide to Post Implant Care

Chemotherapy

• Chemotherapy Guide (English)
• Chemotherapy Guide (Spanish)

Clinical trials

• Clinical Trials at MD Anderson
• Clinical Trials at MD Anderson (Spanish)

Diabetes

• Diabetes Management During Cancer Treatment
• Diabetes Management During Cancer Treatment (Spanish)

General information

• First Visit Guide
• Hospital Stay Guide
• Resources and Services Guide
• Tobacco Treatment Program

General internal medicine

• Fatigue and Cancer
• Fatigue and Cancer (Spanish)

Leukemia

• Leukemia Care at MD Anderson

Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant

• Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy Guide

Pharmacy

• Welcome to MD Anderson Specialty Pharmacy
• Welcome to MD Anderson Specialty Pharmacy (Spanish)

Sexuality and fertility

• Sexuality and Cancer

Social support

• Coping With Grief
• Coping with Grief (Arabic)
• Coping with Grief (Spanish)
• End of Life
• End of Life (Arabic)
• End of Life (Spanish)

Supportive care

• Advance Care Planning
• Hospice Care for the Person with Cancer
  
• Hospice Care for the Person with Cancer (Spanish)
• Improving Your Quality of Life: Supportive Care Center