Cancer (oncology)
Have you been diagnosed with cancer? Has one of your loved ones just been diagnosed with cancer?
We offer services to accompany you in your treatments. Our employees actively work in a meaningful way to improve the well-being of patients and the population.What do you want to know?
Available tools
Brachytherapy
Information guide about the treatment
Recommandations to follow at the end of treatments
Chemotherapy
Information video
What are the side effects of chemotherapy? What are the daily precautions? Our video answers your questions!
- Watch the video
Good to know : The video is divided into chapters. You can choose the segments that are more relevant to you.
Information guide
- With you... to facilitate your appointments
- With you... to facilitate your appointments - Digestive cancers
- With you...to help you understand and cope with chemotherapy treatments
Recommendations to follow during your treatments
Fertility and cancer
Gamma knife
Information guide about the treatment
- Gamma Knife Cancer Treatments
Immunotherapy
Information video
What are the side effects of immunotherapy? What are the daily precautions? Our video answers your questions!
- Watch the video
Good to know : The video is divided into chapters. You can choose the segments that are more relevant to you.
Radiotherapy
Radio-oncology patient trajectory at the CIUSSS de l'Estrie – CHUS
This informative video for users and their loved ones explains each of the steps in radiotherapy treatment. It gives them a visual perspective of the site and the equipment, and explains the roles of each professional they will meet in radio-oncology. This video was made possible thanks to the financial contribution of the Fonds Brigitte-Perreault, Fondation du CHUS.
Planning your radiation oncology treatments
- Your first appointment
- Moisturizing cream
- Preparation before metallic markers are implanted in your prostate
Recommendations to follow during your treatments
- Abdomen
- Chest (radiosurgery)
- Pelvis
- Orthovoltage
- ENT
- Prostate
- Breast
- Head
- Thorax
- Full blader protocol
- General recommandations
Recommendations to follow at the end of treatments
- Abdomen
- Chest (radiosurgery)
- Pelvis
- ENT
- Prostate
- Breast
- Head
- Thorax
- Thorax (radiosurgery)
- Orthovoltage
- General recommandations
Stereotactic radiotherapy (metastasis)
Ressources disponibles
Aide financière
Un diagnostic de cancer peut affecter plusieurs aspects de votre vie, notamment vos finances.
Besoin d'aide financière?
Voir les programmes et les ressources d'aide financière pour mieux vivre avec le cancer
Hébergement
Vous habitez à l’extérieur de Sherbrooke et avez besoin d’hébergement pour faciliter l’accès à vos traitements?
Sachez que la Fondation québécoise du cancer offre de l’hébergement directement sur le site de l'Hôpital Fleurimont afin de vous permettre de vous concentrer sur votre guérison.
Organismes d'aide
Vous n'êtes pas seul(e)
Vivre avec le cancer comporte son lot d’inquiétudes, mais vous n’êtes pas seul(e). La Société canadienne du cancer et la Fondation québécoise du cancer sont là pour vous soutenir.
Appelez dès maintenant! C’est gratuit et confidentiel.
- Société canadienne du cancer : 1 888 939-3333
- Fondation québécoise du cancer : 1 800 363-0063
Autres outils
Fertilité et cancer
Unité d'oncologie pédiatrique
COVID-19 et l'influenza