Information for Patients and Families

There are many excellent resources available on symptom and side-effect management for cancer patients.  The DCCRP highly recommends the peer-reviewed data collected by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).  The following are some of the areas that may be of concern to our patients.  Click on the topic and a separate window will open with the ASCO information.

• Pain

• Appetite Loss

• Weight Loss

• Anemia

• Mouth Sores or Oral Mucositis

• Nausea and Vomiting

• Neutropenia

• Hand-Foot Syndrome