[Narrator]

When people face something new in their lives – new people, a new job, or… a new diagnosis of cancer – they often look to others to help them learn what to do. In other modules of the Cancer Survival Toolbox, you'll find information vital to your being your own best advocate, no matter how long ago your cancer was detected. But, people who are recently diagnosed may have questions, issues, and needs not covered thoroughly in other modules.

In this module, we offer guidance to help you take those first steps toward successfully meeting the challenges that a cancer diagnosis can impose. You may want to listen to this module more than once, as it contains a lot of information that at first can be hard to absorb. Don't worry about writing down names, web site addresses, book titles and other resources mentioned; they are all included in the Resource Booklet that comes with the Cancer Survival Toolbox.

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