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Ask Your Doctor

ASK Your Doctor Overview

When someone is diagnosed with cancer, it's like a thunderstorm deluge; information overload, worries about the future and emotions are all in upheaval At the same time, that person may appreciate guidance as to what to focus on when consulting their doctors and engaging in productive conversations.

Each of the following sections contain example questions that function as a springboard for the patient in forming their own questions to ask when meeting with their physicians. These example questions are not exhaustive by any means but may spark a conversation about an unknown but pertinent subject in pursuit of defining their disease as well as its potential treatment.

Write down such questions as they arise and ponder them a bit before your meeting with your doctor so you capture and distill which topics are the most important to you. It helps to have your questions in front of you so you can focus and not get as distracted during your meeting.

  1. Understanding Your Diagnosis: Questions for your General Practitioner (GP)

  2. Surgery and Watch & Wait: Questions for your Surgeon, Pre and Post Surgery

  3. Interviewing Your Oncologist: Questions for Choosing your Oncologist, Specialist

  4. Defining Your Treatment: Questions for your Oncologist about genomic testing & treatment regimen options

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ASK Your Doctor Overview

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Disclaimer: Information presented in Living With Lung Cancer© & LungPedia© websites and its wiki is not intended as a substitute for the advice given by your healthcare provider. Although this patient resource website and wiki strives to present accurate information, readers should not consider it as professional advice, which can only be given by a health care provider. As all content is anecdotal in nature and based upon personal experiences its author, editors, contributors and its agents shall not be held responsible or in any way liable for the continued currency of the information or for any errors, omissions or inaccuracies in this publication, whether arising from negligence or otherwise or for any consequences arising there from. The website and wiki author, editors, contributors and its agents make no representations or warranties, whether express or implied, as to the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of the information contained herein or the results to be obtained from using the information. This website, ASK Your Doctor™ and the Patient Alleviation Guide wiki author, editors, contributors and its agents are not engaged in rendering medical or other professional services. If medical or other expert assistance is required the services of a competent professional person should be sought. The publication of advertisement, whether paid or not, is not an endorsement. The contents of Living With Lung Cancer website and LungPedia has copyright and all rights and privileges herein are retained by its author. The contents of this website and wiki may not be reproduced or distributed without the express written permission of the author. The use of this website’s underlying data to train an artificial intelligence program to express a value, or answer, that the underlying data was designed to supply shall be considered an unauthorized use. Living with Lung Cancer, ASK Your Doctor, Symptom Alleviation Guide, LungPedia are all service marks.

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Disclaimer: Information presented in Living With Lung Cancer© & LungPedia© websites and its wiki is not intended as a substitute for the advice given by your healthcare provider. Although this patient resource website and wiki strives to present accurate information, readers should not consider it as professional advice, which can only be given by a health care provider. As all content is anecdotal in nature and based upon personal experiences its author, editors, contributors and its agents shall not be held responsible or in any way liable for the continued currency of the information or for any errors, omissions or inaccuracies in this publication, whether arising from negligence or otherwise or for any consequences arising there from. The website and wiki author, editors, contributors and its agents make no representations or warranties, whether express or implied, as to the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of the information contained herein or the results to be obtained from using the information. This website, ASK Your Doctor™ and the Patient Alleviation Guide wiki author, editors, contributors and its agents are not engaged in rendering medical or other professional services. If medical or other expert assistance is required the services of a competent professional person should be sought. The publication of advertisement, whether paid or not, is not an endorsement. The contents of Living With Lung Cancer website and LungPedia has copyright and all rights and privileges herein are retained by its author. The contents of this website and wiki may not be reproduced or distributed without the express written permission of the author. The use of this website’s underlying data to train an artificial intelligence program to express a value, or answer, that the underlying data was designed to supply shall be considered an unauthorized use. Living with Lung Cancer, ASK Your Doctor, Symptom Alleviation Guide, LungPedia are all service marks.

Living With Lung Cancer© 2024 / LungPedia© 2015

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Disclaimer: Information presented in Living With Lung Cancer© & LungPedia© websites and its wiki is not intended as a substitute for the advice given by your healthcare provider. Although this patient resource website and wiki strives to present accurate information, readers should not consider it as professional advice, which can only be given by a health care provider. As all content is anecdotal in nature and based upon personal experiences its author, editors, contributors and its agents shall not be held responsible or in any way liable for the continued currency of the information or for any errors, omissions or inaccuracies in this publication, whether arising from negligence or otherwise or for any consequences arising there from. The website and wiki author, editors, contributors and its agents make no representations or warranties, whether express or implied, as to the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of the information contained herein or the results to be obtained from using the information. This website, ASK Your Doctor™ and the Patient Alleviation Guide wiki author, editors, contributors and its agents are not engaged in rendering medical or other professional services. If medical or other expert assistance is required the services of a competent professional person should be sought. The publication of advertisement, whether paid or not, is not an endorsement. The contents of Living With Lung Cancer website and LungPedia has copyright and all rights and privileges herein are retained by its author. The contents of this website and wiki may not be reproduced or distributed without the express written permission of the author. The use of this website’s underlying data to train an artificial intelligence program to express a value, or answer, that the underlying data was designed to supply shall be considered an unauthorized use. Living with Lung Cancer, ASK Your Doctor, Symptom Alleviation Guide, LungPedia are all service marks.

Living With Lung Cancer© 2024 / LungPedia© 2015