Cancer Care Alberta Patient Resources

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Cancer Care Alberta

A cancer diagnosis can bring many questions. The search table below connects you with trusted resources to support you at every stage—from understanding your cancer to treatment and beyond.

You’ll find information in a variety of easy-to-use formats, including short handouts, detailed handbooks, contact cards for key services, videos, and practical tools. These resources are designed to help you better understand your care, stay organized, and feel more confident in the decisions ahead.


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Adolescent & Young Adult (AYA) Patient Navigation Support & Community Help Brochure
After Treatment: Information & Resources to Help You Set Priorities & Take Action Life After Treatment Handbook
After Treatment Worksheet: Take Actions & Set Priorities Life After Treatment Tool
Axillary Web Syndrome (Cording) Living with Cancer; Understanding Your Cancer Brochure
Adolescent & Young Adult (AYA) Resource Sheet Financial Aid; Practical Help; Support & Community; Living with Cancer Handout
Become a Patient Advisor (People Helping People) Support & Community Brochure
Bedside Message about Hazardous Medication Practical Help Tool
Blood Clots & Cancer (VTE) Living with Cancer Handbook
Brachytherapy Treatment of the Eye Treatment Radiation Therapy Handbook
Cancer & Constipation Living with Cancer Handout
Cancer Care Drug Coverage (Drug Access Coordinator) Financial Aid Brochure
Checkpoint Inhibitor Emergency Contact Card: CACC Practical Help; Treatment Systemic Therapy Contact Card
Checkpoint Inhibitor Emergency Contact Card - CCI Practical Help; Treatment Systemic Therapy Contact Card
Checkpoint Inhibitor Emergency Contact Card - GPCC Practical Help; Treatment Systemic Therapy Contact Card
Checkpoint Inhibitor Emergency Contact Card - JACC Practical Help; Treatment Systemic Therapy Contact Card
Checkpoint Inhibitor Emergency Contact Card - MEYCC Practical Help; Treatment Systemic Therapy Contact Card
Checkpoint Inhibitor Triage Letter Practical Help; Treatment Systemic Therapy Tool
Checkpoint Inhibitors: Information & Resources for Patients & Families Practical Help; Treatment Systemic Therapy Handbook
Counselling & Support Support & Community Brochure
Cytoreductive Surgery & Heated Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy Treatment Surgery Handbook
Disconnecting Your Elastomeric Infusor from a PICC (Peripherally Inserted Catheter) Treatment Handbook
Disconnecting Your Elastomeric Infusor from IVAD Treatment Systemic Therapy Handbook
Disconnecting Your Elastomeric Infusor from Your Tunnelled CVAD (Central Venous Access Device) Treatment Systemic Therapy Handbook
Emergency Contact Card - CACC Practical Help; Treatment Systemic Therapy Contact Card
Emergency Contact Card - CCI Practical Help; Treatment Systemic Therapy Contact Card
Emergency Contact Card - GPCC Practical Help; Treatment Systemic Therapy Contact Card
Emergency Contact Card - JACC Practical Help; Treatment Systemic Therapy Contact Card
Emergency Contact Card - Large - Hematology - PLC Practical Help; Treatment Systemic Therapy Contact Card
Emergency Contact Card - MEYCC Practical Help; Treatment Systemic Therapy Contact Card
Emergency Triage Letter Practical Help; Treatment Systemic Therapy Tool
Extravasation Treatment Systemic Therapy Handout
Fertility & You Living with Cancer Handbook
Find Helpful Resources when a Community Member has Cancer Financial Aid; Practical Help; Support & Community Handout
Frameless Stereotactic Radiosurgery using a Linear Accelerator Treatment Surgery Handout
General Information for Thyroid Cancer Patients in Alberta Understanding Your Cancer Handbook
Getting to Know Your Cancer Centre - Cross Cancer Institute Practical Help Brochure
Getting to Know Your Cancer Centre - Barrhead Practical Help Brochure
Getting to Know Your Cancer Centre - Bonnyville Practical Help Brochure
Getting to Know Your Cancer Centre - BowValley / Canmore Practical Help Brochure
Getting to Know Your Cancer Centre - Camrose Practical Help Brochure
Getting to Know Your Cancer Centre - Central Alberta Cancer Centre (CACC) Practical Help Brochure
Getting to Know Your Cancer Centre - Drayton Valley Practical Help Brochure
Getting to Know Your Cancer Centre - Drumheller Practical Help Brochure
Getting to Know Your Cancer Centre - Fort McMurray Practical Help Brochure
Getting to Know Your Cancer Centre - Grande Prairie Practical Help Brochure
Getting to Know Your Cancer Centre - High River Practical Help Brochure
Getting to Know Your Cancer Centre - Hinton Practical Help Brochure
Getting to Know Your Cancer Centre - Jack Ady Cancer Centre (JACC) Practical Help Brochure
Getting to Know Your Cancer Centre - Lloydminster Practical Help Brochure
Getting to Know Your Cancer Centre - Margery E. Yuill Practical Help Brochure
Getting to Know Your Cancer Centre - Peace River Practical Help Brochure
Guide to Cancer Care in Alberta for Newly Diagnosed Indigenous People Newly Diagnosed; Financial Aid; Practical Help; Support & Community Handbook
Having an Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant Treatment Stem Cell Handbook
Having an Autologous Stem Cell Transplant Treatment Stem Cell Handbook
HDR (High Dose Rate) Prostate Brachytherapy Treatment Radiation Therapy; Understanding Your Cancer Handbook
HDR Brachytherapy for Gynecological Cancer Treatment Radiation Therapy; Understanding Your Cancer Handbook
Hereditary Cancer & Genetic Testing After a Cancer Diagnosis Understanding Your Cancer; Diagnostics & Screening Handbook
How to Manage Cancer Related Fatigue Living with Cancer Handbook
How to Manage Your Diarrhea Living with Cancer Handbook
Immunization Protocol Living with Cancer; Treatment Surgery Handout
Indigenous Cancer Patient Navigators Support & Community Brochure
Influenza Immunization Display Poster - Adults Living with Cancer Poster
Influenza Immunization Display Poster - HSCT Living with Cancer; Treatment Stem Cell Poster
Irradiated Blood Products Treatment Handout
Jaw & Neck Exercises Living with Cancer Handout
Keeping Track of Symptoms on Checkpoint Inhibitor Treatment; Living with Cancer Tool
Keeping Track of Your Symptoms - Chemotherapy & Targeted Therapy Treatment Systemic Therapy; Living with Cancer Tool
LEEP (Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure) OR CRH Treatment Procedural Brochure
LEEP (Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure) Outpatients CHR Treatment Procedural Brochure
Low Sexual Desire Living with Cancer Handbook
Lung Cancer Resource Sheet Financial Aid & Practical Help; Living with Cancer; Support & Community; Understanding Your Cancer Handout
Managing Gas & Bloating with Nutrition During Radiation Treatment Treatment Radiation Therapy; Understanding Your Cancer Handout
Managing Your Diarrhea with Nutrition During Radiation Treatment Treatment Radiation Therapy; Understanding Your Cancer Handbook
Managing Your Nausea & Vomiting Living with Cancer Handbook
Medical Cannabis & Cancer Living with Cancer Handbook
Sexual Health Information for Men with Cancer Living with Cancer Handbook
Mouth & Dental Care for Cancer Patients Living with Cancer Handbook
Newly Diagnosed with Cancer: Information & Resources to Help Patients & Families Be Active in their Cancer Care Newly Diagnosed; Support & Community; Practical Help Handbook
Participating in a Cancer Clinical Trial Treatment Radiation Therapy; Treatment Stem Cell; Treatment Systemic Therapy; Treatment Procedural; Treatment Surgery Brochure
Patient Navigator Program Practical Help; Support & Community Brochure
Phase 1 Clinical Trials Treatment Radiation Therapy; Treatment Stem Cell; Treatment Systemic Therapy; Treatment Procedural; Treatment Surgery Handbook
Preparing for Prostate Brachytherapy Implant - CCI Treatment Radiation Therapy; Understanding Your Cancer Handout; Tool
Preparing Your Bowels and Bladder for CT Simulation & Treatments - Arthur Child Calgary Treatment Radiation Therapy Handout
Prostate Brachytherapy Radioactive Iodine-125 Seed Treatment Radiation Therapy handbook
Radiation Treatment Breath Hold Treatment Radiation Therapy

Handout

Radiation Treatment Contact Card - Arthur Child Calgary Treatment Radiation Therapy; Practical Help Contact Card
Radiation Treatment of the Skin Treatment Radiation Therapy Handbook
Radiation Treatment: Information for Patients & Family Treatment Radiation Therapy Handbook; Tool
Rehabilitation Oncology Support & Community Brochure
Returning to Work or School after Cancer Treatment in Alberta Living with Cancer Handbook
Self-Injection Guide Treatment Systemic Therapy Handbook
Sexual Health & Cancer (Oasis) Living with Cancer; Support & Community Brochure
Skin Care During & After Radiation Treatment: Making a Water-Based Dressing Treatment Handout
Social Work - For Patients & Families Support & Community Brochure
Stem Cell Transplant Contact Card - Arthur Child Calgary Treatment Stem Cell Contact Card
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy to Your Abdomen Treatment Radiation Therapy Handout
Supports for People with Cancer Support & Community Handbook
Surgery for Head & Neck Cancer: Information & Resources for Patients & Families Treatment Surgery; Understanding Your Cancer Handbook; Tool
Systemic Treatment: Chemotherapy, Targeted Therapy & Hormone Therapy Information for Patients & Families Treatment Systemic Therapy Handbook
Total Body Irradiation ARC Treatment in Alberta Treatment Radiation Therapy Handbook
Tunnelled CVAD Treatment Systemic Therapy Handbook
Understanding Ovarian Cancer Genetic Tumour Testing: Information for Cancer Patients Understanding Your Cancer Handbook
Vaginal Vault Brachytherapy Treatment Radiation Therapy Handbook
Sexual Health Information for Women with Cancer Living with Cancer Handbook
Your CADD-Solis Pump for Chemotherapy: A Guide for Patients Treatment Systemic Therapy Handbook
Your Elastomeric Ambulatory Infusor Treatment Systemic Therapy Handbook
Your Guide to Bladder Installation Treatment Treatment Systemic Therapy Handbook
Your Guide to Chemotherapy Subcutaneous Self-Injection Treatment Systemic Therapy Handbook
Your IVAD (Implanted Venous Access Device) Treatment Systemic Therapy Handbook
Your Journey through Breast Cancer Surgery Treatment Surgery; Understanding Your Cancer Handbook
Your Referral to the Hereditary Cancer Clinic - Testing for Lynch Syndrome Understanding Your Cancer Handout
Your Systemic Treatment Appointment - CACC Treatment Systemic Therapy; Practical Help Brochure
Your Systemic Treatment Appointment - CCI Treatment Systemic Therapy; Practical Help Brochure
Your Systemic Treatment Appointment - GPCC Treatment Systemic Therapy; Practical Help Brochure
Your Systemic Treatment Appointment - JACC Treatment Systemic Therapy; Practical Help Brochure
Your Systemic Treatment Appointment - MEYCC Treatment Systemic Therapy; Practical Help Brochure
Head & Neck Cancer: Information & Resources for Patients & Families Treatment Surgery; Treatment Systemic Therapy; Support & Community; Understanding Your Cancer Handbook
Magnetic Resonance (MR) in Radiation Treatment Treatment Radiation Therapy Handout
Preparing Your Bowels & Bladder for CT Simulation & Treatments – Stereotactic Prostate - Calgary Treatment Radiation Therapy Handout
Autologous Stem Cell Transplant Contact Card - CCI Treatment Stem Cell; Practical Help Contact Card
Bladder Cancer Resource Sheet Support & Community; Understanding Your Cancer Handout
Brain Tumour Resource Sheet Support & Community; Understanding Your Treatment Handout
Breast Cancer Resource Sheet Support & Community; Understanding Your Treatment Handout
Colorectal Cancer Resource Sheet Support & Community; Understanding Your Treatment Handout
Head and Neck Cancer Resource Sheet Support & Community; Understanding Your Treatment Handout
Kidney Cancer Resource Sheet Support & Community; Understanding Your Treatment Handout
Leukemia Resource Sheet Support & Community; Understanding Your Treatment Handout
Living Your Best with Advanced, Metastatic, Chronic or Non-curable Cancer - Resource Sheet Living with Cancer Handout
Lymphoma Resource Sheet Support & Community; Understanding Your Treatment Handout
Melanoma Resource Sheet Support & Community; Understanding Your Treatment Handout
Multiple Myeloma Resource Sheet Support & Community; Understanding Your Treatment Handout
Ovarian Cancer Resource Sheet Support & Community; Understanding Your Treatment Handout
Pancreatic Cancer Resource Sheet Support & Community; Understanding Your Treatment Handout
Prostate Cancer Resource Sheet Support & Community; Understanding Your Treatment Handout
Testicular Cancer Resource Sheet Support & Community; Understanding Your Treatment Handout
Important Information for Patients with Multiple Myeloma (and NSAIDs) Treatment; Understanding Your Cancer Handout
General Information for Thyroid Cancer Patients in Alberta Treatment; Support & Community; Understanding Your Cancer Handbook
Your Journey Through Breast Cancer Surgery (MyHealth.Alberta.ca) Treatment Surgery; Understanding Your Cancer Webpage
Your Journey Through Breast Cancer Surgery Book Treatment Surgery; Understanding Your Cancer Handbook
Surgery for Head & Neck Cancer: Information & Resources for Patients & Families Treatment Surgery; Understanding Your Cancer Handbook
Jaw & Neck Exercises Living with Cancer Handout
HDR (High Dose Rate) Prostate Brachytherapy Treatment Radiation Therapy; Understanding Your Cancer Handbook
Preparing for Prostate Brachytherapy Implant (Edmonton) Treatment Radiation Therapy; Understanding Your Cancer Tool
Prostate Brachytherapy Radioactive Iodine-125 Seed Treatment Radiation Therapy; Understanding Your Cancer Handbook
Understanding Ovarian Cancer Genetic Tumour Testing: Information for Cancer Patients Understanding Your Cancer; Diagnostics & Screening Handout
Preparing Your Bowels and Bladder for CT Simulation and Treatments – Stereotactic Prostate - Calgary Treatment Radiation Therapy; Understanding Your Cancer Handout
Supportive Care & Living Well Support & Community Webpage
Reducing Your Risk & Screening Diagnostics & Screening Webpage
Testing & Diagnosis Treatment Radiation Therapy; Diagnostics & Screening Webpage
In Treatment Treatment Radiation Therapy; Treatment Stem Cell; Treatment Systemic Therapy; Treatment Procedural; Treatment Surgery; Understanding Your Cancer Webpage
Advanced, Chronic, Metastatic or Non-Curative Cancer Understanding Your Cancer; Support & Community Webpage
Palliative & End-of-Life Care Understanding Your Cancer; Support & Community; Practical Help Webpage
Patient & Family Engagement Support & Community; Understanding Your Cancer Webpage
Online Resources About Anal Cancer Support & Community; Understanding Your Treatment Handout
Online Resources About Cervical Cancer Support & Community; Understanding Your Treatment Handout
Online Resources About Endometrial Cancer Support & Community; Understanding Your Treatment Handout
Online Resources About Esophageal Cancer Support & Community; Understanding Your Treatment Handout
Online Resources About Liver Cancer Support & Community; Understanding Your Treatment Handout
Online Resources About Skin (Non-melanoma) Cancer Support & Community; Understanding Your Treatment Handout
Online Resources About Stomach Cancer Support & Community; Understanding Your Treatment Handout