If you or your loved one is interested in immunotherapy, it is important to know about the possible side effects of immunotherapy treatments. Immunotherapy side effects are generally different from the side effects of other cancer treatments, like chemotherapy or radiation therapy. Some immunotherapy side effects may occur right away. Others may not occur for days, weeks, or months after treatment. Every cancer patient receiving immunotherapy should talk to their doctor about possible side effects. Watch this 10-minute guide to learn more. 

Cancer patients and their loved ones may start hearing more about immunotherapy treatments. These treatments use the body’s natural defense system (called the immune system) to help fight cancer. Immunotherapy treatments can use lots of different ways to attack cancer cells. This eLearning guide will explain what immunotherapy is and how it works. The guide covers 8 common types of immunotherapy treatments and explains how each treatment works in different ways with your immune system to fight cancer.

This quick guide will teach you 10 tips to help you or a loved one navigate a cancer journey where you will learn more about how to talk with your health care team about a new cancer diagnosis and treatment.

This quick guide gives tips for caregivers of people with cancer. A caregiver is someone who provides emotional support, goes to appointments, helps with decision making, coordinates care, helps with transportation, or helps manage finances. Some caregivers do all of these, and others may only do one or two. Being a caregiver is an important job. This guide will highlight what’s important to know and help you take care of yourself while you’re taking care of someone you love.

Healing Light Meditation is a guided meditation that uses breath, visualization and intention to call upon healing within. As you follow along, truly believe in the practice and you shall receive.

Metta/Loving Kindness Meditation will bring you in deeper connection to yourself. The use of mantra or repetition of words or phrases elicits a relaxation response within. 

During this class we will alternate gentle strengthening exercises with longer stretches to create the balance between feeling strength and ease. We will meet peaks of physical intensity with the breath and then recover by softening and slowing down to stretch. This is similar in life because sometimes we need and want to be strong. Other times it’s necessary to just be vulnerable, process emotions and have grace for your cancer journey. Let go of what doesn’t serve you and work within your current strength. 

This is a slow flow yoga practice that connects breath to body through a combination of grounded postures and ones that require strength and balance. We begin with a complete breathing exercise that involves breathing into 3 parts of your torso (belly, ribs and chest) which cultivates a sense of peace and balance. Seated poses then help ground the body, and we will work toward a standing peak pose. 

This yoga practice will bring awareness to your roots by flowing through grounded postures that foster flexibility. Becoming more fluid on the mat helps us become more flexible in life as well. We will begin with breathing mindfully and then transition into moving slowly to inspire connection of your breath to body. Using dynamic movement in sync with steady breath will create greater flexibility and sustainability as we flow through the poses. The focus is on opening the hips and shoulders (heart space). The practice ends with a body scan to relax your nervous system.