Quick Tips for Newly Diagnosed
Trusted guidance for navigating diagnosis, treatment, and leiomyosarcoma. Helpful tips and resources organized by topic to support you on your LMS journey.
About Quick Tips
Our Quick Tips collection provides practical, actionable advice organized by topic. Each document contains multiple tips to help you navigate various aspects of your journey with leiomyosarcoma.
Click on any topic below to access a Google Drive document with detailed tips and guidance.
General
NLMSF Survivorship Caring Guide
A revised guide for survivorship care, including managing emotions, loneliness, and rebuilding strength after treatment
View Tips DocumentSurvivorship Care Planning
A roadmap for recovery including treatment summaries, follow-up schedules, and physical and emotional late effects to monitor
View Tips DocumentTreatment
The Role of a Tumor Board in Patient Care
How multidisciplinary teams of experts collaborate to determine the best treatment plans for sarcoma patients
View Tips DocumentSarcoma Imaging
A guide to the different types of imaging used in sarcoma diagnosis and monitoring
View Tips DocumentImaging Information for Uterine Leiomyosarcoma
Imaging protocols specifically focused on uterine leiomyosarcoma (uLMS)
View Tips DocumentLeiomyosarcoma (LMS) Surgical Guide
Comprehensive guide to surgical treatment options for LMS
View Tips DocumentRadiation Therapy for Soft Tissue Sarcoma
How radiation destroys sarcoma cells, covering techniques like IMRT and SBRT and how radiation is used with surgery
View Tips DocumentPalliative Care
Patient-centered specialty focused on quality of life, addressing physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs from diagnosis
View Tips DocumentCaregiving
Cancer Caregiving Guide
A guide focused on supporting those who care for sarcoma patients
View Tips DocumentEmotional
Psychosocial Support (Psycho-oncology)
The psychological impact of cancer on patients and caregivers, including scan anxiety, fears of recurrence, and benefits of early counseling
View Tips DocumentFinancial
Revised Health Insurance Quick Tips
Navigating Private, Medicare, and Medicaid insurance to help manage treatment costs, including direct and indirect expenses
View Tips DocumentSocial Security Disability for Cancer
A guide regarding disability benefits for sarcoma / LMS patients
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