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Patient Education Videos

Patient Education provides resources specific for each step of your MD Anderson experience. For patients and caregivers, we offer materials in different formats – booklets, documents, online links and videos.

The following is a list of available patient education videos. The videos are organized by topic so you can easily find what you need when you need it.

Welcome to MD Anderson

Tips while you are at MD Anderson

Finding your way around MD Anderson

MD Anderson in The Woodlands

My care team

New patient and family orientation

Parking at MD Anderson

Scheduling an appointment at MD Anderson

Traveling to MD Anderson

The Learning Center at MD Anderson

Your first appointment at MD Anderson

Bone Health

Introduction

Bone health & bone loss

Risk factors for cancer patients

Detection of osteoporosis

Treatment of bone loss

Prevention strategies

Breast Cancer

Exercises with drains

Exercises without drains

Guide to managing hormone therapy

Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer

Lymph node mapping with sentinel node biopsy

Wound drainage system care: Biopatch dressing

Wound drainage system care: DuoDerm dressing

Wound drainage sys. care: Suture only, no dressing

Wound drainage system care: Tegaderm dressing

Wound drainage sys care: 4x4 gauze tape w/dressing

Wound drainage system care: Cutie dressing

Wound drainage system care: Mepilex dressing

Catheters and Pumps

APBI: Care for your catheter

Central venous catheter: Informed consent

Peripherally inserted central catheter: Consent

Care of your central venous catheter

Port needle removal at home

CADD Solis pump: Parts of the pump

CADD Solis pump: Changing a bag

CADD Solis pump: Troubleshooting alarms

Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy class for breast cancer patients

Chemotherapy: What to expect as an outpatient

Sarcoma chemotherapy class

GI chemotherapy education program

Guide to managing your chemotherapy treatment

GI chemotherapy education: Overview - Folfiri

GI chemotherapy education: Side effects: Folfiri

Clinical Trials & Research

Part 1: Access to hope

Part 2: Center for Targeted Therapy

Part 3: What is targeted therapy?

Part 4: Who pays for the trial?

Part 5: What to expect as a patient

Part 6: A summary of Phase 1 clinical trials

What you should know: Donating tissue for research

Colonoscopy

About MD Anderson

About colon cancer

About the colonoscopy procedure

Preparing for & having a colonoscopy

After the procedure

Questions to ask your doctor

Diagnostics & Tests

Bone marrow aspiration

Bone mineral density test

Bone scan

Breast MRI

Computerized tomography (CT) scan

Fluoroscopy

Lung biopsy

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Positron emission tomography (PET) scan

Ultrasound scan

Discharge & Self Care at Home

Care of your urinary drainage bag (male)

Fall prevention

Tube feeding: What you need to know

Lung resection discharge & home care instructions

Tracheostomy care at home

Wound drainage system care: Biopatch dressing

Wound drainage system care: DuoDerm dressing

Wound drainage sys. care: Suture only, no dressing

Wound drainage system care: Tegaderm dressing

Wound drainage sys care: 4x4 gauze tape w/dressing

Wound drainage system care: Cutie dressing

Wound drainage system care: Mepilex dressing

Distress Management

Coping with cancer

Endocrine Cancers

Diagnosis & treatment of adrenal disease

Hyperparathyroidism

Thyroid nodules: Diagnosis & treatment

Leukemia

Leukemia specialty care unit

Living with leukemia

Lymphedema

Lymphedema management: Caregiver bandaging leg

Lymphedema management: Self bandaging your leg

Lymphedema: Upper extremity manual lymph drainage

Lymphedema: Lower extremity manual lymph drainage

Lymphedema management: Self bandaging your arm

Lymphedema management: Caregiver bandaging arm

Lymphedema and breast cancer

Melanoma

What is high-dose Interleukin-2 therapy?

Who should receive high-dose Interleukin-2?

Interleukin-2: Welcome to the melanoma unit

Interleukin-2: Patient perspectives - FAQs

Orthopedics

What is a rotationplasty?

Ovarian Cancer

Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer

Palliative and Supportive Care

Palliative Care Unit tour

Pancreatic Cancer

Multidisciplinary approach to pancreatic cancer

Pediatrics

Preparing for pediatric CT scan with anesthesia

Preparing for pediatric CT scan without anesthesia

Preparing for pediatric MRI scan with anesthesia

Prepping for pediatric MRI scan without anesthesia

Prevention & Screening

Bowel management

Cancer-related fatigue

Colonoscopy screening: Virtual vs. optical

Lung cancer screening: Is it right for me?

Physical activity for cancer risk reduction

Super defender kids tackle sepsis & germs

Radiation

Radiation Therapy: An introduction

Your radiation treatments

What to expect after radiation treatment

Radiation treatment side effects & diet

Pencil beam proton therapy

Proton Therapy Center: Questions and answers

Accelerated partial breast irradiation

Gamma Knife radiosurgery

Head and neck radiation treatment

Radiation gating technique for lymphoma patients

Proton therapy for pediatric patients

Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR)

Sarcoma

Diagnosis

Treatment

Coping

Patient experiences

Sarcoma chemotherapy class

Side Effects

Bowel management

Stem Cell Transplant - Allogeneic: Early Discharge

Introduction & discharge criteria

Leaving the hospital

Day of discharge

Ambulatory Treatment Center

Caring for yourself

How to avoid an infection

Medicines

When to go to the Emergency Center

Graft vs. host disease

Services to support you

Stem Cell Transplant - Allogeneic: Leaving the Hospital

Introduction & discharge criteria

Leaving the hospital

Day of discharge

Ambulatory Treatment Center

Caring for yourself

How to avoid an infection

Medicines

When to go to the Emergency Center

Long term follow-up

Graft vs. host disease

Services to support you

Stem Cell Transplant - Autologous: Leaving the Hospital

Introduction & discharge criteria

Leaving the hospital

Day of discharge

Fast Track Clinic

Caring for yourself

How to avoid an infection

Medicines

When to go to the Emergency Center

Services to support you

Surgery

Hemipelvectomy: Part 1

Hemipelvectomy: Part 2

Hemipelvectomy: Part 3

Hemipelvectomy: Part 4

Hemipelvectomy - Alan's story

Hemipelvectomy - Cathy's story

Hemipelvectomy - Matt's story

Hemipelvectomy: Marc's story

Overview of anesthesia care

General and regional anesthesia

Anesthesia sedation

Patient care after parathyroid surgery

Strong for surgery: MD Anderson IMPAC clinic

Total pelvic exenteration: Patient stories

Total pelvic exenteration: What you need to know

Patient care after thyroid surgery

Surgery (ERAS) for Gynecology: Before Surgery

Surgery (ERAS) for Gynecology: Day of Surgery

Surgery (ERAS) for Gynecology: Recovery Day

Survivorship

Heart success for cancer patients

Making memories last

Living with, through & beyond cancer

Healthy living and follow-up care

Thoracic

Lung resection: What to expect & how to prepare

Urgent Care

Clinical Decision Unit

Wellness

Introduction

Physical activity: Getting started

Maintaining a healthy diet

Nutrition & exercise for cancer risk reduction

Relaxation massage in hospital setting: Head, neck

Relaxation massage, hospital setting: Extremities

Relaxation massage in hospital setting: Back

Tibetan meditation: Connect with the heart

Tibetan meditation: Sacred sounds

Exercises in the hospital – lower body

Exercises in the hospital – upper body

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