The award-winning Cancer Survival Toolbox^® is a free, self-learning audio program that helps people develop important skills to better meet and understand the challenges of their illness. The program contains a set of basic skills to help navigate a diagnosis and special topics on key issues faced by people with cancer. It is given to newly diagnosed patients as well as those transitioning off treatment, used by patient navigators, offered in patient resource libraries, provided at survivorship programs and conferences, and listened to in a support group setting.

Why the Toolbox is important to you

• Deals with common issues your patients are facing

  The Toolbox can help you anticipate some of these issues and figure out ways to address them in a pro-active manner. This way, you can prevent or at least minimize some of the hardships that accompany the cancer experience.

• It saves you time

  We know you are stretched to the limit for time with patients. The Toolbox helps you use your time most effectively and efficiently by giving your patients basic information to help them understand their cancer, treatment plans, resources available, and common issues and challenges.

• Patients can learn at their own speed

  All programs are broken down track-by-track, making it easy and simple for you to direct your patients to the information they care about most.

• Stay up-to-date on what your patients care about most

  As the voice of survivors, we ensure the content within the Toolbox always reflects the needs of your patients.

• The Toolbox is based on grounded evidence

  Each program is inspired by stories of real patients and survivors.

We encourage nurses, social workers, oncologists and many other health care professionals to use the Toolbox in their professional settings to address key issues cancer patients and survivors face before, during and after treatment.

Basic Skills

Communicating » 

Finding Information » 

Making Decisions » 

Solving Problems » 

Negotiating » 

Standing Up for Your Rights » 

Special Topics

First Steps for the Newly Diagnosed » 

Topics for Older Persons » 

Finding Ways to Pay for Care » 

Caring for the Caregiver » 

Living Beyond Cancer » 

Dying Well - The Final Stage of Survivorship » 

Cancer-specific Programs

Living With Multiple Myeloma »

Living With Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma »

Living With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia »

Living With Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia »

Living With Blood and Marrow Transplant »

The Cancer Survival Toolbox^® was developed through a unique collaboration among three oncology professional organizations: The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS), the Association of Oncology Social Work (AOSW), the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS), and later, the National Association of Social Workers (NASW).