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Patient Education Videos

In addition to the text content of CancerQuest, we have developed many videos and animations to teach cancer biology, detection and diagnosis. The videos are distributed throughout the site but we have collected some of them here as a central resource for patients who want to learn about specific detection, diagnosis or treatment techniques.

• Medical Testing:  It is important for patients to understand the limitations and interpretation of medical tests.  NO medical test is perfect. These videos cover basic properties of all medical tests and allow viewers to make more informed decisions about their healthcare.  These videos are located in the Detection and Diagnosis section.
  • False Positives and False Negatives
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
• Specific Medical Procedures: The documentaries presented here cover common some common medical procedures.
  • Care of Central Lines (Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters, or PICC lines)
  • Gastrostomy (G-tube, PEG tube, stomach tube)
  • Biopsy (Core Biopsy)
  • Biopsy (FIne Needle Aspiration)
  • Mammography
  • Ultrasound
  • Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
• Breast Cancer Video Collection: A colection of breast cancer education videos and COMPASS: Breast Cancer Edition, a fully integrated breast cancer education resource that includes many videos and links to reliable information.
• Cancer Biology: An eleven minute animation covering the basics of cancer development, growth and spread. This video is located in the Educator Resources section.
• Cervical Cancer Education: Visit 'Papillomaville', a virtual town designed to let users view interactions about different aspects of the human papilloma virus (HPV), and cervical cancer detection, diagnosis and treatment.