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Part I - Cancer Industry Overview: 
Part II - Initial Diagnosis of Cancer:
Part III - Cancer Therapy Options: 
  a. If chemo is being considered, it's critical to have the chemosensitivity testing results or possibly MD Anderson recommendation for gene mutation analysis being performed. 
  b. Understanding the importance of building up and protecting the immune system prior to and during cancer treatment. 
  c. Understanding how cancer cells work (abnormal growth pattern, how they communicate, how they build up defenses against immune system, etc.) 
  d. Getting a Physicians Data Query (PDQ) for your type of cancer which discusses therapy options by stage based on clinical trial data. 
  e. Knowing your odds of survival and typical progression timeline. 
  f.  Determining measures of success versus failure for various therapy options (i.e. living with cancer in remission vs. cure). 
  g. Becoming informed on measures that will mitigate side effects of therapy option chosen. 
  h. If late stage cancer diagnosis, a review of clinical trials available.  Understanding the different types of clinical trials and the pros and cons of each.  The importance in many clinical trials of no previous therapy options used.

Part IV - Nutrition for Cancer:
Part V - More Cancer Resources:
Part VI – Cancer Medical Terms:
Part VII – Survivor Characteristics:
Part VIII - Self-help Approaches:
Part IX – Testimonials of Survivors:
Part X – Forum for Patients:
Part XI - What would I do: 
Part XII - Recent Developments:
Part XIII - Other Cancer Info: 

Part III - Making Critical Decisions on Cancer Therapy Options 
            g. Becoming informed on measures that will mitigate side effects of therapy options chosen

There are a number of actions that one can take to reduce the side effects of various treatment options.  A discussion of these actions is shown below:

For chemotherapy treatment, a discussion of how to reduce side effects is contained in the link below from the Life Extension Foundation, an organization that involves medical physicians:
Life Extension 
MedicineNet 

For radiation treatment, a discussion of how to reduce side effects is contained at the following links:
The Cleveland Clinic 
About.com 
Life Extension 

For both chemo and radiation therapy, it is important to protect the liver from the toxicity of the treatment being given as well as the elimination of dead cancer cells.  The best product for such protection is milk thistle (the generic name is silymarin) which is discussed at the following link:
Natural Wellness