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A Helping Hand: The 2026 Resource Guide for People With Cancer
A Helping Hand, a financial resource guide for people with cancer from CancerCare. Download the guide at CancerCare.
Booklet General Cancer Financial Assistance Young Adults Fertility Social Security Wigs Screening and Prevention Treatment Affordable Care Act Insurance Prostheses Transportation Camps and Retreats Legal Assistance Lodging
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Advance Care Planning: Be Prepared
Advance care planning documents are called “advance directives.” The best way cancer patients can make sure your health care wishes are honored.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Hospice and End-of-Life Care Planning Advanced Cancer
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Advice for Caregivers: Caring for Yourself When Your Child Has Cancer
Practical Advice for Caregivers including how to take care of yourself so you can help take care of your child.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Caregiving Children Childhood Cancers
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Advice for Caregivers: Handling Burnout
Caregiving can be stressful and worrisome, leading to burnout on the part of those dedicating time to loved ones. How to manage these stresses?
Fact Sheet General Cancer Caregiving Coping
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Advice for Caregivers: How Can You Help Yourself?
Advice for caregivers who provide emotional and physical care for a person with cancer and taking care of yourself as the caregiver.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Caregiving
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After a Bladder Cancer Diagnosis: Questions to Ask Your Doctor
Fact Sheet Bladder Cancer Doctor-Patient Communication Fertility
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After a Brain Cancer Diagnosis: Questions to Ask Your Doctor
Questions to ask your doctor about a brain cancer diagnosis to help improve the quality of the care you receive.
Fact Sheet Brain Cancer Glioblastoma Doctor-Patient Communication
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After a Breast Cancer Diagnosis: Questions to Ask Your Doctor
After you receive a breast cancer diagnosis, your doctor will order various diagnostic tests that provide important details about your type and stage of breast cancer.
Fact Sheet Breast Cancer Triple Negative Breast Cancer Metastatic Breast Cancer Doctor-Patient Communication
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After a Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis: Questions to Ask Your Doctor
A diagnosis of colorectal cancer can be overwhelming. This fact sheet will provides information on your appointments, colostomy and more about your diagnosis.
Fact Sheet Colorectal Cancer Colostomy
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After a Head and Neck Cancer Diagnosis: Questions to Ask Your Health Care Team
A diagnosis of head or neck cancer can leave you and your loved ones feeling uncertain, anxious and overwhelmed.
Fact Sheet Head and Neck Cancer Doctor-Patient Communication Dental Health
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After a Lung Cancer Diagnosis: Questions to Ask Your Doctor
A lung cancer diagnosis can leave you and your loved ones feeling uncertain, anxious and overwhelmed. Learn more about free support programs.
Fact Sheet Lung Cancer Doctor-Patient Communication
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After a Multiple Myeloma Diagnosis: Questions to Ask Your Doctor
Questions to ask your doctor about a multiple myeloma diagnosis to help improve the quality of the care you receive.
Fact Sheet Multiple Myeloma
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After a Neuroendocrine Tumors Diagnosis: Questions to Ask Your Doctor
A neuroendocrine tumors diagnosis (NETS) can leave you and your loved ones feeling uncertain, anxious and overwhelmed. Find out what to ask your doctor.
Fact Sheet Neuroendocrine Tumors Doctor-Patient Communication
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After a Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis: Questions to Ask Your Doctor
Questions to ask your doctor about a Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis. Good communication with your doctor will help improve the quality of the care you receive.
Fact Sheet Pancreatic Cancer
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After a Prostate Cancer Diagnosis: Questions to Ask Your Doctor
A diagnosis of prostate cancer can leave you feeling uncertain and anxious. Here are questions to ask your doctor.
Fact Sheet Prostate Cancer Doctor-Patient Communication Fertility Intimacy and Relationships
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After a Skin Cancer Diagnosis: Questions to Ask Your Doctor
A diagnosis of skin cancer can be overwhelming. This fact sheet provide information on appointments, actinic keratoses and more about your diagnosis.
Fact Sheet Melanoma Skin Cancer Basal Cell Cancer Squamous Cell Cancer Merkel Cell Carcinoma Doctor-Patient Communication
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After a Testicular Cancer Diagnosis: Questions to Ask Your Doctor
A testicular cancer diagnosis can leave you and your loved ones feeling uncertain, anxious and overwhelmed. Find out what to ask your doctor.
Fact Sheet Testicular Cancer Doctor-Patient Communication Fertility Intimacy and Relationships
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After a Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis: Questions to Ask Your Doctor
Fact Sheet Thyroid Cancer Doctor-Patient Communication
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After an Early Bladder Cancer Diagnosis: Questions to Ask Your Doctor
A diagnosis of early bladder cancer can be overwhelming, this fact sheet will help you prepare for your doctors appointment.
Fact Sheet Bladder Cancer
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After an Endometrial Cancer Diagnosis: Questions to Ask Your Doctor
A diagnosis of endometrial cancer (also known as uterine cancer) can leave you and your loved ones feeling uncertain, anxious and overwhelmed.
Fact Sheet Uterine Cancer Endometrial Cancer Doctor-Patient Communication Fertility Intimacy and Relationships
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After an Epithelioid Sarcoma Diagnosis: Questions to Ask Your Doctor
Questions to ask your doctor about an Epithelioid Sarcoma Diagnosis diagnosis to help improve the quality of the care you receive.
Fact Sheet Sarcoma
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After an Esophageal Cancer Diagnosis: Questions to Ask Your Doctor
Questions to ask your doctor about a Esophageal Cancer Diagnosis diagnosis to help improve the quality of the care you receive.
Fact Sheet Esophageal Cancer Doctor-Patient Communication
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After Treatment Ends: Tools for the Post-Treatment Cancer Survivor
Cancer treatment side effects for post-treatment cancer survivors can include fatigue, chemobrain, pain, weight loss, weight gain and neuropathy.
Booklet General Cancer Post-Treatment Survivorship
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Anticipatory Grief: Preparing for a Loved One's End of Life
This article discusses anticipatory grief and preparing for a loved one's end of life. It explains what is is and how to cope.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Grief and Loss Hospice and End-of-Life
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Anxiety and Cancer
Periods of anxiety following a cancer diagnosis are natural. Learn how to cope with anxiety from CancerCare.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Coping Mind-Body Exercise Relaxation Techniques Anxiety Meditation
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Ask CancerCare: Questions and Answers on Coping With Cancer
This booklet is based on CancerCare’s online column, Ask CancerCare, helps people coping with cancer.
Booklet General Cancer Caregiving Coping Counseling Doctor-Patient Communication Financial Assistance Support Groups
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Biomarkers and the Treatment of Cancer
Biomarkers are able to deliver certain types of information about cancer types, enabling better decisions about treatment and more.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Biomarkers Genetics
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Biosimilars and Their Role in Cancer Treatment
Biosimilars have potential advantages in cancer treatment as they introduce competition into the drug development process.
Booklet General Cancer Treatment Pain Biosimilars
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Body Image After Breast Cancer Surgery
How your body image affects how you feel after breast cancer surgy and reconstruction is very important.
Fact Sheet Breast Cancer Body Image Prostheses
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Bone Marrow Transplantation as a Treatment Option: What You Need to Know
Bone marrow transplantation is an important cancer treatment option for people with blood cancers.
Fact Sheet Multiple Myeloma Lymphoma Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma Leukemia Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Acute Myeloid Leukemia Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma Follicular Lymphoma Hodgkin Lymphoma Mantle Cell Lymphoma Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma Myelofibrosis Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Polycythemia Vera Transplants
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Breast Cancer: Understanding Risk Factors and Screening
Steps to take for early detection and screening is key in the treatment of breast cancer include Mammography, clinical breast exam and breast self exam.
Fact Sheet Breast Cancer Screening and Prevention
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Building a Community of Support
Caregivers provide important emotional and practical support to a person with cancer.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Caregiving
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Building Connections as a Veteran: Resources and Support
Cancer resources and support for veterans. Find out about local and national support services available to veterans.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Coping Veterans
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Building Connections as an LGBTQ+ Person: Resources and Support
Organizations exist to help LGBTQ+ individuals navigate their cancer diagnoses, find information and other forms of support especially when resources are otherwise hard to find.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Health Care Disparities LGBTQ+
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Cancer and Gender Diversity
This publication about Cancer and Gender Diversity discusses how LGBTQ+ populations face difficulties in receiving appropriate care in many ways.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Coping Health Care Disparities LGBTQ+
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Cancer and the Workplace
Cancer and the workplace, know your rights through the Americans with Disability Act. Learn more from CancerCare.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Care Planning Workplace Issues Legal Assistance
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Cancer and the Workplace During COVID-19
Returning to the workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic brings challenges and concerns, especially for those diagnosed with cancer.
Fact Sheet General Cancer COVID
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Cancer and Yoga
Coping ith cancer through yoga find a sense of peace by combining breathing, relaxation and meditation exercises.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Mind-Body Exercise Relaxation Techniques Anxiety Spirituality Yoga
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CancerCare Co-Payment Assistance Foundation Brochure
The CancerCare® Co-Payment Assistance Foundation is a nonprofit organization that helps people being treated for cancer afford co-payments for chemotherapy and targeted treatment drugs.
Brochure General Cancer
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CancerCare Patient Access and Engagement Report
Booklet General Cancer Health Care Professionals
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Caregiving and the Coronavirus
Caregiving for someone with cancer during the coronavirus brings special difficulties. Here is advice on how to handle social distancing and other topics.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Caregiving COVID
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Caregiving at the End of Life
Caregiving at the end of life for a cancer patient involves much more than the practical tasks of helping a person with cancer.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Caregiving Hospice and End-of-Life
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Caregiving During the Holidays
For the person who is caring for a loved one with cancer, it can be challenging to balance caregiving responsibilities while preparing for an upcoming holiday or special occasion.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Caregiving Holidays
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Caregiving for a Loved One With a Long-Term Illness
Caregiving for a loved one with a long-term illness can prolong their caregiving role. Here are some helpful hints .
Fact Sheet General Cancer Caregiving
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Caregiving for a Loved One With Bladder Cancer
Bladder cancer receives a treatment update elsewhere; here is advice for those taking care of anyone with a bladder cancer diagnosis.
Booklet Bladder Cancer Caregiving
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Caregiving for a Loved One With Prostate Cancer
Guidance and resources for people helping to care for a loved one with prostate cancer. Role and Guidance for Caregivers.
Booklet Prostate Cancer Caregiving
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Caregiving for Your Loved One With Cancer
Caregiving for your loved one with cancer can be a full-time job, but help from CancerCare is available.
Booklet General Cancer Caregiving
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Caregiving: Providing Emotional Support
Caregiving for cancer patients may require you provide emotional support for your loved one. Learn more from CancerCare.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Caregiving
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Caring for a Veteran With Cancer
Caring for a veteran with cancer can be challenging. This fact sheet contains encouragement and advice for caring for someone after service.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Caregiving Veterans
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Caring for Myself as My Illness Advances
This article, Caring for Myself as My Illness Advances, explains that caring for yourself with a cancer diagnosis may be stressful at times but is important to make sure that you have the strength and energy to devote to living and enjoying your time
Fact Sheet General Cancer Hospice and End-of-Life Advanced Cancer
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Caring for Your Bones When You Have Cancer
Some cancers, such as multiple myeloma, start in bones while other cancers can spread, or metastasize, to the bones.
Booklet General Cancer Bone Cancer Side Effects Bone Health Nutrition Exercise
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Caring for Your Loved One With Lung Cancer (Chinese)
Fact Sheet Lung Cancer Caregiving
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Caring for Your Pets When You Have Cancer
Tips and guidance on caring for your pet when you have cancer from CancerCare.
Booklet General Cancer Coping Exercise Pets
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Caring for Your Skin During Cancer Treatment
Tips for managing and caring for skin conditions caused by cancer treatment from CancerCare.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Side Effects Skin Issues
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Cervical Cancer: Understanding Risk Factors and Screening
Understanding the risk factors for developing cervical cancer and the need for screening is important for many people.
Fact Sheet Cervical Cancer Screening and Prevention
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Chemo Brain: What You Need to Know
Fact sheet about Chemobrain including symptoms, causes, treatments, information on Neuropsychologist and more.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Side Effects Chemo Brain
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Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting
Vomiting and nausea are side effects of some types of chemotherapy (chemo) drugs not all.
Booklet General Cancer Side Effects Chemotherapy Nausea and Vomiting Medical Marijuana
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Children as Caregivers for a Loved One With Cancer
Children as caregivers for loved ones with cancer face unique concerns and challenges. Learn more from CancerCare.
Booklet General Cancer Caregiving Children
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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: The Patient Journey
Publication from CancerCare about the CLL patient journey
Booklet Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
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Clinical Trials: Improving the Care of People Living With Cancer
Cancer clinical trials are research studies that involve people who either have or are at risk of getting cancer.
Booklet General Cancer Clinical Trials
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Clinical Trials: What You Need to Know
Cancer clinical trials are research studies that involve people with cancer. The goal of these studies is to find better ways to diagnose, treat, and prevent cancer.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Clinical Trials
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Cómo ayudan las fundaciones de asistencia de co-pago
Fact Sheet General Cancer Financial Assistance
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Cómo cuidar de un ser querido durante la temporada de fiestas
Fact Sheet General Cancer Caregiving Holidays
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Cómo enfrentarse al miedo de la recurrencia
Fact Sheet General Cancer Coping Post-Treatment Survivorship Recurrence
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Cómo hacerle frente a la pérdida de su pareja o cónyuge
Fact Sheet General Cancer Grief and Loss
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Colorectal Cancer: Understanding Risk Factors and Screening
Facts and information about colorectal cancer early detection and screening. Learn more from CancerCare.
Fact Sheet Colorectal Cancer Screening and Prevention
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Colostomy: Finding Resources and Support
A colostomy surgically creates a small opening in the lower abdomen or a stoma through which stool can exit the body. Find resources and support.
Fact Sheet Colorectal Cancer Colostomy
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Communicating With Your Caregivers and Loved Ones
It can be beneficial to communicate with caregivers and loved ones, in order to focus and guide what will best help you.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Caregiving
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Communicating With Your Health Care Team
Cancer patient's health care team of doctors, nurses and social workers are valuable sources of support as you cope with a cancer diagnosis.
Booklet General Cancer Doctor-Patient Communication Financial Assistance Advocacy
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Confrontando el cáncer pulmonar
Fact Sheet Lung Cancer Coping
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Consejería para lidiar mejor con un diagnóstico de cáncer
Consejería para lidiar mejor con un diagnóstico de cáncer
Fact Sheet General Cancer Coping Counseling
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Consejería para Lidiar Mejor con un diagnóstico de cáncer (Counseling to Better Cope With a Cancer Diagnosis)
Counseling to cope with a cancer diagnosis with a professional oncology social worker can provide emotional and practical support. In Spanish.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Coping Counseling
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Consejos para controlar las náuseas y aumentar el apetito durante el tratamiento del cáncer
Fact Sheet General Cancer Side Effects Chemotherapy Nausea and Vomiting Nutrition
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Consejos para los proveedores de cuidado: ¿Cómo puede ayudarse usted mismo?
Consejos para los proveedores de cuidado
Fact Sheet General Cancer Caregiving
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Coping With Anal Cancer
A diagnosis of anal cancer can leave you and your loved ones feeling uncertain, anxious and overwhelmed.
Fact Sheet Anal Cancer
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Coping With Anxiety About the Coronavirus
Coronavirus (COVID-19) can be overwhelming and can cause anxiety. If you are experiencing anxiety, use these tips from CancerCare to help yourself cope.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Anxiety COVID
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Coping With Appetite and Weight Changes
Treatment side effects can be the reason you react differently to foods, lack an appetite or experience weight loss/gain.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Side Effects Chemotherapy Nausea and Vomiting Nutrition Body Image Weight
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Coping With Bladder Cancer
Coping with bladder cancer can leave you and your loved ones feeling uncertain, anxious and overwhelmed. Learn more about free support programs.
Fact Sheet Bladder Cancer
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Coping With Bone Cancer
Coping with bone cancer can leave you and your loved ones feeling uncertain, anxious and overwhelmed. Learn more about bone cancer from CancerCare
Fact Sheet Bone Cancer Sarcoma
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Coping With Cancer and Natural Disasters
People living with cancer who are displaced by a natural disaster are not only dealing with their cancer diagnosis, but also with the trauma of relocation.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Coping Disaster Relief
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Coping With Cancer as a Gay or Bisexual Man
Coping with cancer as a gay or bisexual man - information about the likelihood of a cancer diagnosis and issues specific to this community.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Coping Health Care Disparities LGBTQ+
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Coping With Cancer as a Veteran
Cancer is a challenge for anyone. It can be particularly difficult for veterans who are living and coping with cancer.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Coping Veterans
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Coping With Cancer as a Young Adult
Coping with cancer as a young adult is covered in this E-booklet from CancerCare.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Coping Young Adults Fertility Intimacy and Relationships
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Coping With Cancer as a Young Adult
Young adults coping with cancer face challenges that are different than people of other age groups.
Booklet General Cancer Coping Young Adults Intimacy and Relationships Workplace Issues
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Coping With Cancer as an LGBTQ+ Person
Coping with cancer as an LGBTQ+ person - information about the likelihood of a cancer diagnosis and issues specific to this community.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Coping Health Care Disparities LGBTQ+
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Coping With Cancer During the Holidays
Information and tips on how to cope with cancer during the holidays.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Holidays Coping
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Coping With Cancer for Black, Indigenous and People of Color
Every race and ethnicity is impacted by cancer but Black, Indigenous and People of Color face health care disparities in many forms.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Doctor-Patient Communication Advocacy Black or African American Health Care Disparities
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Coping With Cancer of Unknown Primary
Coping with cancer of unknown primary can leave you and your loved ones feeling uncertain, anxious and overwhelmed. Learn more about cancer of unknown primary from CancerCare
Fact Sheet Cancer of Unknown Primary
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Coping With Cancer: Tools to Help You Live
The tools and resources needed for coping with cancer is covered in this E-booklet that covers the challenges that are a part of living with cancer.
Booklet General Cancer Coping Counseling Doctor-Patient Communication Financial Assistance Mind-Body
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Coping With Cancer When You’re On Your Own: How to Get the Support You Need
There are many ways to receive the support you need when you are coping with cancer when your're on your own.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Coping
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Coping With Cancer When You’re Uninsured
Coping with cancer when you are uninsured an bring many challenges that are stressful and emotionally difficult.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Financial Assistance Insurance
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Coping With Cervical Cancer
Coping with cervical cancer can leave you and your loved ones feeling uncertain, anxious and overwhelmed. Learn more about cervical cancer from CancerCare
Fact Sheet Cervical Cancer
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Coping With Chemo Brain: Keeping Your Memory Sharp
Coping with Chemobrain, a side effect of chemotherapy, include making lists, using a personal organizer, wall calendars, notebooks, leaving yourself messages, and more.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Side Effects Chemotherapy Chemo Brain
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Coping With Colorectal Cancer
Information on ways to cope with colorectal cancer and the effects of treatment.
Fact Sheet Colorectal Cancer Coping Colostomy
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Coping With Diarrhea
Diarrhea is a side effect of chemotherapy and is defined as two or more loose stools per day.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Side Effects Chemotherapy Diarrhea
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Coping With Early Bladder Cancer
Coping with early bladder cancer can leave you and your loved ones feeling uncertain, anxious and overwhelmed. Learn more about free support programs.
Fact Sheet Bladder Cancer
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Coping With Eye Cancer
Coping with eye cancer can leave you and your loved ones feeling uncertain, anxious and overwhelmed. Learn more about eye cancer from CancerCare
Fact Sheet Eye Cancers Vision Issues
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Coping With Fertility Concerns: Finding Resources and Support
Coping with fertility concerns as a result of a cancer diagnosis can be difficult. Find resources and support at CancerCare.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Fertility Intimacy and Relationships
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Coping With Gastric Cancer
Coping with gastric cancer can leave you and your loved ones feeling uncertain, anxious and overwhelmed. Learn more about gastric cancer form CancerCare.
Fact Sheet Gastric Cancer
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Coping With Liver Cancer
Coping with liver cancer can leave you and your loved ones feeling uncertain, anxious and overwhelmed. Learn more about liver cancer from CancerCare
Fact Sheet Liver Cancer
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Coping With Liver Cancer (Chinese)
Coping with Liver Cancer
Fact Sheet Liver Cancer
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Coping With Lung Cancer
When coping with lung cancer, you may need help with the emotional, physical, and practical challenges associated with the disease.
Fact Sheet Lung Cancer Coping
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Coping With Lung Cancer (Chinese)
Fact Sheet Lung Cancer Coping
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Coping With Lymphedema
People with cancer who have undergone lymph node removal and/or radiation as part of their treatment are at risk for developing lymphedema.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Side Effects Lymphedema
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Coping With Mesothelioma
A diagnosis of mesothelioma can leave you and your loved ones feeling uncertain, anxious and overwhelmed.
Fact Sheet Mesothelioma
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Coping With Metastatic Breast Cancer
A metastatic breast cancer diagnosis can leave you and your loved ones feeling uncertain, anxious and overwhelmed. This fact sheet from CancerCare gives advice.
Fact Sheet Breast Cancer Triple Negative Breast Cancer Metastatic Breast Cancer Financial Assistance
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Coping With Nerve Damage (Neuropathy)
Neuropathy or nerve damage is a side effect of chemotherapy that causes numbness or tingling in your hands and feet.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Side Effects Neuropathy
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Coping With Non-Small Cell Cancer
When coping with non-small cell lung cancer, you may need help with the emotional, physical, and practical challenges associated with the disease.
Fact Sheet Lung Cancer Coping
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Coping With Oral and Head and Neck Cancer
Coping with oral and head and neck cancer can leave you and your loved ones feeling uncertain, anxious and overwhelmed. Learn more about oral and head and neck cancer from CancerCare
Fact Sheet Head and Neck Cancer
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Coping With Pancreatic Cancer
Coping with pancreatic cancer can leave you and your loved ones feeling uncertain, anxious and overwhelmed. Learn more about pancreatic cancer form CancerCare
Fact Sheet Pancreatic Cancer Coping
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Coping With Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma
Facts about peripheral T-Cell lymphoma including information to help you learn about this type of cancer, find answers to your questions, and sources of support.
Fact Sheet Lymphoma Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma Coping
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Coping With Prostate Cancer
Coping with prostate cancer can leave you and your loved ones feeling uncertain, anxious and overwhelmed. Learn more about prostate cancer form CancerCare
Fact Sheet Prostate Cancer
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Coping With Sadness and Depression After Cancer
Coping with sadness as the result of cancer treatment includes changes in your mood, feeling of isolation, weightloss and more.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Coping Mind-Body Post-Treatment Survivorship Relaxation Techniques
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Coping With Sleep Difficulties During Cancer
Tips for people with cancer who are have sleeping difficulties and insomnia during or after cancer treatment.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Mind-Body Post-Treatment Survivorship Relaxation Techniques Anxiety Yoga Sleep
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Coping With Small Cell Lung Cancer
When coping with small cell lung cancer, you may need help with the emotional, physical, and practical challenges associated with the disease.
Fact Sheet Lung Cancer Coping
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Coping With Stomach Cancer
Coping with stomach cancer can leave you and your loved ones feeling uncertain, anxious and overwhelmed. Learn more about stomach cancer from CancerCare
Fact Sheet Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors Carcinoid Tumor Stomach Cancer
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Coping With the Fear of Cancer Returning
For cancer survivors, fear of cancer recurrence is a common concern. Here are ways you can manage this anxiety.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Post-Treatment Survivorship Anxiety Recurrence
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Coping With the Loss of a Parent With Cancer as a Young Adult
Losing a parent to cancer can be one of the most difficult things to deal with as a young adult. Learn more from CancerCare.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Grief and Loss Young Adults
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Coping With the Loss of Fertility
The loss of fertility from a cancer diagnosis can touch every aspect of one’s life – from the way you feel about yourself, to your relationship with friends or loved ones.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Post-Treatment Survivorship Fertility
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Coping With the Loss of Your Partner or Spouse
Here are some steps you can take to comfort yourself due to the lost of a partner or spouse to cancer. Learn more from CancerCare.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Grief and Loss
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Coping With the Stress of Caregiving
Stress is common among caregivers of people coping with cancer, who face so many competing demands.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Caregiving Anxiety
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Coping With Triple Negative Breast Cancer
When coping with triple negative breast cancer, you may need help with sorting through medical information or finding financial assistance for expenses.
Fact Sheet Breast Cancer Triple Negative Breast Cancer Metastatic Breast Cancer
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Coping With Vaginal Cancer
A diagnosis of vaginal cancer can leave you and your loved ones feeling uncertain, anxious and overwhelmed.
Fact Sheet Vaginal Cancer
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Coping With Venous Thromboembolism
A diagnosis of cancer can leave you and your loved ones feeling uncertain, anxious and overwhelmed, especially if you are at risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE).
Fact Sheet General Cancer Side Effects Blood Clots
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Coping With Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
Coping with a diagnosis of Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia can leave you and your loved ones feeling uncertain, anxious and overwhelmed.
Fact Sheet Lymphoma Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia
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Coronavirus and COVID-19: What You Need to Know
With the coronavirus (COVID-19) having a huge impact around the world, it is important to know the basic information about the virus and potentially resulting disease.
Fact Sheet General Cancer COVID
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Coronavirus Concerns for Older Adults
Older populations facing a cancer diagnosis have particular concerns regarding the coronavirus. Here are some tips and advice in how to handle the pandemic.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Caregiving Older Adults COVID
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Coronavirus y COVID-19: lo que necesita saber
With the coronavirus (COVID-19) having a huge impact around the world, it is important to know the basic information about the virus and potentially resulting disease.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Coping COVID
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Counseling to Better Cope With a Cancer Diagnosis
Counseling to cope with a cancer diagnosis with a professional oncology social worker can provide emotional and practical support.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Coping Counseling Doctor-Patient Communication Financial Assistance Advocacy Anxiety Young Adults Workplace Issues Insurance Advanced Cancer
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Counseling to Better Cope With Grief and Loss
Cancer counseling from a professional oncology social on how to cope with grief and loss can help you heal.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Counseling Grief and Loss
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Counseling to Better Cope With Post-Treatment Survivorship
Information from CancerCare about cancer counseling to better cope with survivorship. Learn more for CancerCare.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Coping Counseling Post-Treatment Survivorship Recurrence
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Creating an Ethical Will
An ethical will is a document that enables the writer to convey his or her values and wisdom with family and friends.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Hospice and End-of-Life
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Cuidando a un ser querido con cáncer pulmonar
Cuidando a un ser querido con cáncer pulmonar
Fact Sheet Lung Cancer Caregiving
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Dating and New Relationships: During and After Cancer
A cancer diagnosis can often impact how you view dating, intimacy and romantic relationships.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Young Adults Intimacy and Relationships Body Image
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Decision Making at the Point of Care: Voices of Oncology Providers
Booklet General Cancer Health Care Professionals
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Doctor, Can We Talk?: Tips for Communicating With Your Health Care Team
Tips for communicating with your health care team including starting a health care journal, prepare questions, bring someone with you to your appointment and more.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Doctor-Patient Communication
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¿Doctor, podemos hablar?: Consejos para comunicarse con su médico
¿Doctor, podemos hablar?: Consejos para comunicarse con su médico
Fact Sheet General Cancer Doctor-Patient Communication
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El Valor de Asertividad al hablar con su Doctor (The Value of Assertiveness When Talking to Your Doctor)
There is value of assertiveness when talking to your doctor and your health care team about your cancer diagnosis. Spanish.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Doctor-Patient Communication Advocacy
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Emotional Concerns After Treatment Has Ended
Common emotional concerns faced by cancer survivor. Find support and resources from CancerCare.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Post-Treatment Survivorship Spirituality
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Employers' Prescription for Employee Protection Toolkit: Best Practices for Prescription Drug Benefit Design
Employers' Prescription for Employee Protection Toolkit: Best Practices for Prescription Drug Benefit Design.
Booklet General Cancer
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Eye and Vision Concerns During Cancer Treatment
Eye and vision concerns may result from cancer treatment. Here is information about these side effects.
Booklet General Cancer Vision Issues
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Eye and Vision Concerns During Treatment
Eye and vision changes are a cancer treatment side effect that can be distressing but there are ways cope with this treatment side effect.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Side Effects Vision Issues Sensory Disruptions
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Eye and Vision Concerns: Resources and Support
Talk to your health care team about resourced and support for cancer treatment side effects including eye and vision concerns.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Side Effects Vision Issues Sensory Disruptions
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Financial Assistance for Children and Teens
This fact sheet lists various sources of financial assistance available to children and teenagers who are affected by cancer.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Financial Assistance Children Adolescents and Teens Childhood Cancers
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Finding Practical Resources During the Coronavirus
Finding resources and support during the coronavirus pandemic.
Fact Sheet General Cancer COVID
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Finding Resources in Your Community
The fact sheet provide information about cancer resources in your community designed for people with cancer and their loved ones.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Financial Assistance Disaster Relief
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For Caregivers: Coping With Holidays and Special Occasions
Caregivers and their loved ones with cancer may feel out of step, worried, or sad when they think about an upcoming holiday or special occasion.
Booklet General Cancer Caregiving Holidays
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For Health Care Professionals: Coping With Stress and Anxiety
The coronavirus has brought stress onto the health care system, including many professionals handling its effects. Here is advice on how to handle these difficult times.
Fact Sheet General Cancer COVID
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For Health Care Professionals: Cultural Humility in Cancer Care
There are numerous ways health care professionals can improve relations with patients in terms of health care disparities. or Cultural Humility.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Advocacy Health Care Disparities
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Fuentes de Asistencia Financiera
Fact Sheet General Cancer Financial Assistance
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Grief and Healing: Coping With the Loss of a Loved One
Grief is a natural reaction to loss; it can be felt emotionally, physically, and spiritually. Learn more about coping with the loss of a loved one.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Grief and Loss
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Hair Loss During Treatment: Finding Resources and Support
Hair loss from chemotherapy or radiation happens when hair follicles are weakened by the cancer treatment.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Side Effects Hair Loss Wigs Body Image
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Healing With Words: Journaling and Reflecting Throughout Treatment
Journal and relfecting thoughout cancer treament can help decrease stress by helping people process feelings and clarify thoughts.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Mind-Body Journaling
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Health Care Disparities and Cancer
Health Care Disparities and Cancer includes socioeconomic status, race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, location and other factors that impact health care outcomes.
Booklet General Cancer Black or African American Health Care Disparities Health Care Professionals
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Helping a Colleague Cope With Cancer in the Workplace
Read this article from CancerCare on how to be supportive of a colleague with cancer in the workplace.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Workplace Issues
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Helping Children Prepare for the Loss of a Loved One
Children may react to the end of life of a loved one or parent in many ways; this fact sheet may help guide them.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Caregiving Children Grief and Loss
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Helping Children Understand Cancer: Talking to Your Kids About Your Diagnosis
Talking to your kids about your cancer diagnosis and helping them understand. Find information on how to talk with your children about cancer. Talking to your kids about your cancer diagnosis and helping them understand.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Children
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Helping Children Who Have Lost a Loved One
Here are suggestions on how to help a child when they have lost a loved one to cancer. Learn more from CancerCare.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Children Adolescents and Teens Grief and Loss
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Helping Teenagers When a Parent Has Cancer
Tips on how to help teenagers cope with a parent that is diagnosed with cancer from CancerCare.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Adolescents and Teens
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Helping Teenagers Who Have Lost a Parent
Here are some points to keep in mind when helping your teenager cope with the loss of a parent to cancer.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Adolescents and Teens Grief and Loss
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Helping the Siblings of a Child With Cancer
Steps you can take to help the siblings a child with cancer cope with the diagnosis.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Children Siblings Childhood Cancers
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Helping Your Child or Another Loved One Cope With Hair Loss
There are many ways caregivers and parents can help their child and loved ones cope with hair loss, a cancer treatment side effect.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Caregiving Chemotherapy Children Childhood Cancers Hair Loss Wigs
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Helping Yourself Cope With the Loss of a Parent
Here are some suggestions for coping with the loss of a parent to cancer.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Grief and Loss Young Adults
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Highlights From the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Guide to the Latest Cancer Research and Treatments: Highlights From the 2024 and 2025 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
Booklet Lung Cancer Ovarian Cancer Breast Cancer Melanoma Prostate Cancer Colorectal Cancer Lymphoma Sarcoma Leukemia Head and Neck Cancer Pancreatic Cancer Brain Cancer
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How Co-Payment Assistance Foundations Help
CancerCare Co-Payment Assistance Foundation helps people afford co-payments for chemotherapy and targeted treatment drugs.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Financial Assistance
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How Counseling Can Benefit Caregivers
Counseling to better cope with caregiving for someone living with cancer. Find resources for caregivers. Learn more from CancerCare.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Caregiving Counseling
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How Health Care Disparities Affect Your Care
The need for self-advocacy for your treatment are high when facing health care disparities in the health care systems and outcomes.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Doctor-Patient Communication Advocacy Black or African American Health Care Disparities
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How Schools Can Support Families Affected by Cancer
Learn how schools can support families affected by cancer. This fact sheet is intended to help speak with your child’s school.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Advocacy Children Adolescents and Teens
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How to Help Someone Who Is Grieving
Here are some ways you can give support to someone who is grieving from the loss of loved one to cancer.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Grief and Loss
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If You've Just Been Diagnosed
Information on what to do if you receive a cancer diagnosis.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Coping Advocacy
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Improving Resources and Support for Patients with Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumor (TGCT)
Publication from CancerCare about Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumor (TGCT)
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Improving Support In Treatment Decision Making For Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer
Improving support in treatment decision making for patients with metastatic breast cancer from CancerCare.
Booklet Metastatic Breast Cancer
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Improving the Quality of Life for Lung Cancer Patients
Booklet Lung Cancer Health Care Professionals
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Intimacy and Cancer
Intimacy and sex with your partner can be impacted by cancer treatments side effects.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Side Effects Post-Treatment Survivorship Young Adults Intimacy and Relationships Body Image
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Keeping Your Pets Healthy When You Have Cancer
Tips for managing the health of your pets while you are undergoing treatment for cancer and beyond.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Pets
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Keeping Yourself Healthy as a Pet Owner During Treatment
Pets give a lot of love, but can provide hazards as you go through cancer treatment. Here are tips and things to look out for.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Pets
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Las deudas médicas y el cáncer (Medical Debt and Cancer)
Advice and help with medical debt, in Spanish.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Financial Assistance Financial Education
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Legal Assistance: Finding Resources and Support
Legal Assistance and resources to help cancer patients understand the Family and Medical Leave Act and unpaid leave from your job to care for a loved one with cancer.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Financial Assistance Care Planning Insurance Legal Assistance Immigrant
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Living With Grief: How Can You Help Yourself?
Information about how to cope with your grief when you have lost a loved one to cancer.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Grief and Loss
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Long-Distance Caregiving
Many people living with cancer have caregivers who live far away. We refer to those individuals as long-distance caregivers.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Caregiving
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Lung Cancer Screening for Black and African American Men
Lung cancer screening is important for any demographic, not the least of which are Black and African American men. Find tips to reduce barriers to care.
Fact Sheet Lung Cancer Screening and Prevention Black or African American Health Care Disparities
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Lung Cancer: Understanding Risk Factors and Screening
In this article, Lung Cancer: Understanding Risk Factors and Screening, learn how lung cancer screening is vital to catching incidences of cancer before it enters into more serious stages.
Fact Sheet Lung Cancer Screening and Prevention
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Lymphedema: Finding Resources and Support
For individuals undergoing breast cancer treatment and those who are post-treatment, lymphedema can pose new challenges at an already difficult time.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Financial Assistance Lymphedema
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Making Sense of Prescription Drug Insurance Policies
This article helps patients make sense of prescription drug insurance policies. Learn more and find some common terms insurers use.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Doctor-Patient Communication Insurance
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Managing Cancer Pain
Managing cancer pain is an important part of your cancer treatment and overall care. In this e-booklet, learn more about the types of pain.
Booklet General Cancer Side Effects Pain
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Managing Fatigue
Fatigue is a side effect of chemotherapy, cancer treatment and the emotional aspects of coping with cancer and cancer pain and anemia.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Side Effects Chemotherapy Fatigue
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Managing Nausea and Increasing Appetite During Cancer Treatment
Find information on managing nausea and increasing appetite during cancer treatment including chemotherapy and radiation.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Side Effects Chemotherapy Nausea and Vomiting Nutrition Weight
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Managing Practical Concerns Raised by Metastatic Breast Cancer
Information on sources of assistance and support available and what you can do on your own to cope with metastatic breast cancer.
Fact Sheet Breast Cancer Metastatic Breast Cancer Financial Assistance
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Managing the Cost of Cancer
For people without insurance, the direct medical costs can be a serious obstacle to obtaining care. Learn how to manage the cost of cancer.
Booklet General Cancer Financial Assistance Advocacy Medicare Care Planning Workplace Issues Affordable Care Act Insurance Legal Assistance
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Managing the Emotional Impacts of Social Distancing
Emotional impacts of social distancing due to coronavirus concerns can have an impact on mental health. Here are tips to help you cope.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Anxiety COVID
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Managing the Practical Concerns of Social Distancing
The practice of social distancing against the coronavirus brings physical and logistical issues. Here are tips on how to make life a little bit easier while staying safe.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Caregiving COVID
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Managing the Practical Concerns of Your Loved One's Diagnosis
A cancer diagnosis raises many practical concerns and challenges. Tips for caregivers to manage the practical issues.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Caregiving
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Mastectomy and Lumpectomy: Understanding Your Treatment Options
Mastectomy and lumpectomy are two breast cancer treatment options for surgery for people diagnosed with breast cancer.
Fact Sheet Breast Cancer Metastatic Breast Cancer Doctor-Patient Communication Body Image Lymphedema Treatment Mastectomy Prostheses
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Medical Debt and Cancer
Get expert advice for handling medical debts from cancer from this fact sheet from CancerCare.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Financial Assistance Financial Education
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Medical Marijuana and Cancer
Studies show that medical marijuana can help cancer patients with pain, neuropathy, nausea and vomiting and appetite and weight loss.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Doctor-Patient Communication Chemotherapy Nausea and Vomiting Medical Marijuana Pain
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Melanoma: Early Detection, Risk Factors and Screening
Risk factors for melanoma include ultraviolet (UV) radiation, sunburns, fair skin and freckles, light hair and eye color, moles, family history, and non-melanoma skin cancer.
Fact Sheet Melanoma Skin Cancer Screening and Prevention
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Misinformation and Cancer
The importance of recognizing and combatting misinformation about cancer for yourself and others.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Caregiving Advocacy
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Mobile Applications (Apps) and Cancer
Here are some free mobile application for cancer patients such as Cancer.Net, CaringBridge, My Cancer Circle and more.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Caregiving Coping
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Mom or Dad Has Cancer...Now What?
If your mom or dad has cancer, you probably have many questions. Learn more about cancer from CancerCare.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Children Adolescents and Teens
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Multiple Myeloma and Diverse Populations
African American and Hispanic American populations face higher incidences of multiple myeloma and worse outcomes than other populations.
Fact Sheet Multiple Myeloma Doctor-Patient Communication Advocacy Black or African American Health Care Disparities
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Music, Drumming, Vibration: Tools to Help Maintain Balance for Cancer Patients and Caregivers
Music, drumming, vibration are tools to help maintain balance for cancer patients and caregivers.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Caregiving Mind-Body Relaxation Techniques Anxiety Spirituality
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Nauseas y vómitos inducidos por la quimioterapia
Fact Sheet General Cancer Side Effects Chemotherapy Nausea and Vomiting
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Neutropenia and Infections: What You Need to Know
The term “neutropenia, a side effect of cancer and its treatments, refers to an unusually low number of neutrophils, a type of infection-fighting white blood cell.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Side Effects Chemotherapy Infection
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Newly Diagnosed African American Women: What You Need to Know
What You Need to Know about Breast Cancer is a guide for newly diagnosed African American women.
Fact Sheet Breast Cancer Triple Negative Breast Cancer Metastatic Breast Cancer Body Image Treatment Mastectomy Black or African American Health Care Disparities
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No Le Tenga Miedo A Los Ensayos Clínicos: Podrían Mejorar La Calidad De Su Cuidado Médico
No le tema a los estudios clínicos
Fact Sheet General Cancer Clinical Trials
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Older Adults Coping With Cancer
Older adults (people age 65 or older) with a cancer diagnosis have unique needs when coping with cancer.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Coping Older Adults
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Pain and Symptom Management: Talk to Your Health Care Team
For people living with cancer, it is important to talk to your health care team about pain and symptom management
Fact Sheet General Cancer Doctor-Patient Communication Side Effects Care Planning Pain
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Palliative Care: What You Need to Know
Palliative care improves the quality of life throughout the treatment of a serious illness such as a cancer diagnosis.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Pain Palliative Care
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Patient Survey: Financial Hardship Associated With Cancer
Fact Sheet General Cancer Health Care Professionals
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Patient Values Initiative: The Many Voices of Value
Booklet General Cancer Advocacy Health Care Professionals
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Patients’ Bill of Rights and HIPAA
Cancer Patients’ Bill of Rights and HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) guarantee medical care and protect individuals’ medical record.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Care Planning Insurance
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¿Por qué unirse a un grupo de apoyo?
¿Por qué unirse a un grupo de apoyo? Los grupos de apoyo brindan la oportunidad de conocer e interactuar con otras personas que puedan entender su experiencia.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Coping Support Groups
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Preguntas para su equipo de atención médica sobre el coronavirus y COVID-19
The presence of the coronavirus and COVID-19 has created concerns in our cancer communities. What are some key questions to address with your health care team about your treatment and safety?
Fact Sheet General Cancer Coping COVID
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Preventing, Managing & Treating Infection in Adults Living With Cancer
Treating Infection in Adults Living With Cancer is about infections that are a side-effect of many kinds of cancer treatment. Here are ways to address the issue.
Booklet General Cancer Side Effects Infection
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Prostate Cancer: What You Should Know About Screening and Diagnosis
Information about screening for and the diagnosis of prostate cancer from CancerCare.
Fact Sheet Prostate Cancer Screening and Prevention
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Prosthesis Resources
Prostheses resources including CancerCare’s Breast Prosthesis Clinic, National Prostheses Resources, Cancer Survivors’ Fund and more.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Breast Cancer Metastatic Breast Cancer Financial Assistance Side Effects Body Image Mastectomy Prostheses
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Provisión de cuidados y coronavirus
Caregiving for someone with cancer during the coronavirus brings special difficulties. Here is advice on how to handle social distancing and other topics.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Caregiving COVID
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¿Qué es la navegación de recursos? (What Is Resource Navigation?)
Resource navigation can help you find support from organizations and elsewhere to help your needs. In Spanish.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Caregiving Doctor-Patient Communication Financial Assistance Advocacy Care Planning
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Questions to Ask Your Health Care Team
Learn what questions to ask your health care team by getting started with getting more information about your diagnosis.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Doctor-Patient Communication
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Questions to Ask Your Health Care Team About the Coronavirus and COVID-19
The presence of the coronavirus and COVID-19 has created concerns in our cancer communities. What are some key questions to address with your health care team about your treatment and safety?
Fact Sheet General Cancer COVID
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Relaxation Techniques and Mindfulness Practices: Coping With Cancer
Cancer relaxation techniques and mind & body practices that can help you cope with the challenges of cancer from CancerCare.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Coping Mind-Body Relaxation Techniques Anxiety Meditation Spirituality
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Shared Decision Making for Caregivers
The ways that caregivers can help their loved ones with shared decision making.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Caregiving
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Shared Decision Making for Patients
How shared decision making will help you, the patient, make decisions as someone diagnosed with cancer.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Caregiving Coping
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Skin Cancer and People of Color
People of color still stand a risk of developing skin cancer. They should understand the risks and undergo screening.
Fact Sheet Skin Cancer Screening and Prevention
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Sources of Financial Assistance
Sources of financial assistance for cancer patients struggling with the overwhelming cost associated with cancer.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Financial Assistance Social Security Medicare
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Staying Physically Active During and After Cancer Treatment
Staying physically active during and after cancer treatment can help you keep your strength up, which can help you finish your full course of treatment or post-treatment fitness.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Mind-Body Post-Treatment Survivorship Bone Health Exercise Body Image
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Strengthening the Spirit
Tips for strengthening your spirituality when you have been diagnosed with cancer from CancerCare.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Mind-Body Anxiety Spirituality
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Su Equipo de Atención Medica: Entendiendo su Función (Your Health Care Team: Understanding Their Roles)
Health care professionals who work with people with cancer include oncology social workers, psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, home aides, rehabilitation specialists and more. Spanish.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Doctor-Patient Communication
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Supporting a Child With Cancer
Here are some communication tips on supporting a child with cancer to help children cope with their cancer diagnosis.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Children Siblings Childhood Cancers
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Survivorship Care Plan: Follow-Up Care and Returning to Work
The survivorship care plan is a very important part of follow-up care for everyone who completes treatment for cancer.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Post-Treatment Survivorship
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Synthetic Wig Care and Resources
Hair loss especially can be a distressing side effect of cancer, but synthetic wigs can help.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Hair Loss Wigs Body Image
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Talking to Children When a Loved One Has Cancer
Talking to a child about a parent’s, grandparent’s or sibling’s cancer and how it will affect the family isn’t easy, but it is necessary
Booklet General Cancer Children Adolescents and Teens Siblings
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Talking to Your Health Care Team About Treatment Side Effects
Cancer treatment side effects can vary from person to person and can be treated by your health care team.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Doctor-Patient Communication Side Effects
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Talking With Children About the Coronavirus
Talking With Children about the coronavirus and what is happening can be difficult. Get tips for handling the conversation from CancerCare.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Children COVID
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Telemedicine and COVID-19
Many appointments have shifted to video conferencing during the coronavirus, often called telemedicine. Here are tips on how to best prepare.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Caregiving COVID
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Telemedicine: What You Need to Know
Telemedicine or telehealth is an option for many patients, enabling them to consult with doctors, pharmacists, and others by way of video conferencing technology.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Caregiving Doctor-Patient Communication
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Terms to Know: Insurance Definitions
Understanding your insurance policy can be overwhelming. This fact sheet defines various insurance-related terms.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Insurance
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Terms to Know: Screening and Diagnosis
A cancer diagnosis turns a person’s world upside down. This fact sheet defines various cancer-related terms.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Screening and Prevention
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Terms to Know: Symptoms, Treatments and Side Effects
A cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming. This fact sheet is designed to help define and clarify various cancer terms.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Chemotherapy Nausea and Vomiting Hospice and End-of-Life Lymphedema Care Planning Fatigue Neuropathy Health Care Professionals
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The Hidden Cost of Cancer: Helping Clients Cope with Financial Toxicity
Booklet General Cancer Health Care Professionals
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The Importance of Dental Health
It is important for people with cancer manage their dental health including mouth sores, dry mouth, sensitive gums and more.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Side Effects Dental Health Mouth Issues
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The Importance of Hospice Care
Hospice offers quality of life care (end of life care) to people with cancer who are at the end of life and may no longer wish to undergo treatment.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Hospice and End-of-Life
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The Importance of Nutrition and Healthy Eating
Booklet General Cancer Nutrition
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The Importance of Nutrition During Treatment
Nutrition is an important part of maintaining your strength and weight and can help cope with cancer treatment side effects.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Side Effects Nutrition Weight
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The Importance of Taking Your Pills Every Day on Schedule
Tips for cancer patients for sticking (or “adhering”) to a drug treatment plan.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Adherence Care Planning
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The Importance of Taking Your Pills on Schedule
Taking your pills on schedule and adherence to chemotherapy treatment are key to getting the best result possible from your cacner treatment.
Booklet General Cancer Chemotherapy Adherence Care Planning Pain
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The Need for Consistent Terms for Testing in Precision Medicine
Paper from a Working Group of Patient Advocacy Groups, Professional Societies and Industry Partners on Consistent Terms for Testing in Precision Medicine.
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The Role of a Health Care Proxy
A health care proxy is the preferred form of advance directive because it allows the most flexibility.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Hospice and End-of-Life Care Planning Advanced Cancer
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The Role of Clinical Trials in Your Cancer Treatment
Progress in cancer treatment results from researching new procedures and drugs through clinical trials.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Clinical Trials
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The Role of Lung Advocacy Organizations in Biomarker Testing
Publication from CancerCare about the Role of Lung Advocacy Organizations in Biomarker Testing.
Booklet Lung Cancer Health Care Professionals Personalized Medicine Targeted Treatments Biosimilars
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The Role of Pharmacists During Cancer Treatment
The role of pharmacists during cancer treatment is to provide information on taking medications, drug interactions and medication schedules.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Doctor-Patient Communication Adherence Care Planning Pain Personalized Medicine
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The Value of Assertiveness When Talking to Your Doctor
There is value of assertiveness when talking to your doctor and your health care team about your cancer diagnosis.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Doctor-Patient Communication Advocacy
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The Value of Oncology Social Workers
Oncology social workers understand these complex issues raised by cancer. Learn more from CancerCare.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Caregiving Coping Counseling Support Groups
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Tips for Managing Hair Loss
Managing hair loss during cancer treaments including tips on how to obtain a wig. Learn more from CancerCare.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Side Effects Hair Loss Wigs Body Image
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Tips for Managing the Cost of Cancer
The financial costs associated with cancer are often overwhelming. Get tips for managing the cost of cancer.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Doctor-Patient Communication Financial Assistance Social Security Insurance Legal Assistance
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Transportation Resources
Transportation resources from CancerCare who provides limited financial assistance for people affected by cancer.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Financial Assistance Transportation
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Treatment Update: Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Get the latest treatment update for Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), a cancer of the blood and bone marrow.
Booklet Leukemia Acute Myeloid Leukemia Doctor-Patient Communication Side Effects Transplants
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Treatment Update: Advanced Skin Cancer
Basal cell carcinoma is the most common type of skin cancer, followed by melanoma and squamous cell carcinoma.
Booklet Melanoma Skin Cancer Basal Cell Cancer Squamous Cell Cancer
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Treatment Update: Basal Cell and Squamous Cell Cancer
Basal cell carcinoma is the most common type of skin cancer, with nearly 4.5 million cases diagnosed in the United States each year. Squamous cell carcinoma is the second most common, with more than 1 million annual U.S. cases.
Booklet Skin Cancer Basal Cell Cancer Squamous Cell Cancer
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Treatment Update: Bladder Cancer
Bladder cancer is nearly three times more common in men than in women. Among men, it is the fourth most common cancer.
Booklet Bladder Cancer
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Treatment Update: Blood Cancers
Blood Cancer treatments discussed in this booklet are in early stages of research and may not be available outside of clinical trials.
Booklet Multiple Myeloma Lymphoma Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma Leukemia Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Acute Myeloid Leukemia Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma Follicular Lymphoma Hodgkin Lymphoma Mantle Cell Lymphoma Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma Myelofibrosis Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Polycythemia Vera Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Marginal Zone Lymphoma Myelodysplastic Syndromes
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Treatment Update: Breast Cancer With Highlights From the 2022 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
In this treatment update, we talk about current available breast cancer treatments and new medicines in development.
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Treatment Update: Breast Cancer With Highlights From the 2023 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
In this treatment update, we talk about current available breast cancer treatments and new medicines in development.
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Treatment Update: Breast Cancer With Highlights From the 2024 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
In this treatment update, we talk about current available breast cancer treatments and new medicines in development.
Booklet Breast Cancer Triple Negative Breast Cancer Metastatic Breast Cancer
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Treatment Update: Breast Cancer With Highlights From the 2025 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
In this treatment update, we talk about current available breast cancer treatments and new medicines in development.
Booklet Breast Cancer Triple Negative Breast Cancer Metastatic Breast Cancer
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Treatment Update: Cervical Cancer
This e-booklet covers cervical cancer new treatments, managing treatment side effects and HPV vaccine.
Booklet Cervical Cancer Fertility Intimacy and Relationships
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Treatment Update: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Each year in the United States, approximately 20,000 people are diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), a cancer of the blood and bone marrow.
Booklet Leukemia Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
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Treatment Update: Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
Treatment updates have become available for people living with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML).
Booklet Leukemia Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
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Treatment Update: Colorectal Cancer
The treatment for colorectal cancer often involves a combination of surgery and medication. Learn more from CancerCare.
Booklet Colorectal Cancer
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Treatment Update: Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL)
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma is a cancer that starts in white blood cells called lymphocytes. Learn more from CancerCare.
Booklet Lymphoma Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma
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Treatment Update: Early Stage Breast Cancer
Treatment approaches for early stage breast cancer are individualized. Learn more from CancerCare.
Booklet Breast Cancer
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Treatment Update: Endometrial Cancer
This booklet from CancerCare provides the latest treatment update for endometrial cancer.
Booklet Uterine Cancer Endometrial Cancer
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Treatment Update: Gastric Cancer
New treatment approaches have been developed to treat gastric cancer. Learn more in this treatment update.
Booklet Gastric Cancer
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Treatment Update: Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
More than 5,000 people are diagnosed with a gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) which belongs to a class of cancers called soft-tissue sarcomas.
Booklet Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors Sarcoma
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Treatment Update: Glioblastoma
Glioblastomas (also called glioblastoma multiforme, or GBM) are the most common form of brain cancer, accounting for about 55 percent of cases.
Booklet Brain Cancer Glioblastoma
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Treatment Update: Kidney Cancer
Each year, over 75,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with kidney cancer. Learn more about kidney cancer treatment.
Booklet Kidney Cancer Renal Cell Cancer
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Treatment Update: Liver Cancer
Liver cancer treatments include surgery or hepatectomy liver transplants, embolization or chemoembolization, Radiofrequency ablation (RFA), Cryoablation, radiation and more.
Booklet Liver Cancer
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Treatment Update: Lung Cancer
This booklet provides the latest treatment update for lung cancer. Advances in treatments have fewer side effects.
Booklet Lung Cancer
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Treatment Update: Merkel Cell Carcinoma
The treatment for Merkel Cell Carcinoma often involves a combination of surgery and medication.
Booklet Merkel Cell Carcinoma Chemotherapy
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Treatment Update: Metastatic Breast Cancer
Treatment approaches for metastatic breast cancer are individualized. Learn more from CancerCare.
Booklet Breast Cancer Triple Negative Breast Cancer Metastatic Breast Cancer
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Treatment Update: Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC)
Treatment approaches for metastatic triple negative breast cancer are individualized. Learn more from CancerCare.
Booklet Breast Cancer Triple Negative Breast Cancer Metastatic Breast Cancer
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Treatment Update: Multiple Myeloma
Information on multiple myeloma or bone marrow cancer including treatments, diagnosis, and research.
Booklet Multiple Myeloma
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Treatment Update: Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
A treatment update for MDS, a form of rare blood cancer originating in the bone marrow.
Booklet Myelodysplastic Syndromes
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Treatment Update: Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPNs)
An update on the latest treatments and advances in Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
Booklet Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
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Treatment Update: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
There have been many developments in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer, with more options available.
Booklet Lung Cancer
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Treatment Update: Oral and Head and Neck Cancer
With improved treatments and a team of specialists, people with head and neck cancer can have a better quality of life.
Booklet Head and Neck Cancer Dental Health Mouth Issues
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Treatment Update: Ovarian Cancer
Ovarian cancer when treated with chemotherapy may cause side effects like mouth sores, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, chemobrain and more.
Booklet Ovarian Cancer
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Treatment Update: Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic cancer treatment is usually based on where the cancer is located in the pancreas and whether the tumor can be removed by a surgeon.
Booklet Pancreatic Cancer
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Treatment Update: Prostate Cancer
New treatment approaches have been developed to treat prostate cancer. Learn more in this treatment update.
Booklet Prostate Cancer
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Treatment Update: Sarcoma
Sarcoma is a cancer of the bone or connective tissues, which include bone, fat, muscle, blood vessels, nerves, deep skin tissue, and cartilage.
Booklet Bone Cancer Sarcoma
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Treatment Update: Small Cell Lung Cancer
This booklet provides the latest treatment update for small cell lung cancer. Advances in treatments have fewer side effects.
Booklet Lung Cancer
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Treatment Update: Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumor (TGCT)
Treatment approaches for Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumor (TGCT) are individualized. Learn more from CancerCare.
Booklet Sarcoma
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Treatment Update: Thyroid Cancer
With improved treatments and a team of specialists, people with head and neck cancer can have a better quality of life.
Booklet Thyroid Cancer
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Términos que debe tener en cuenta: Definiciones de seguros (Terms to Know - Insurance Definitions)
Definition of insurance terms, in Spanish.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Doctor-Patient Communication Insurance
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Términos que debe tener en cuenta: Síntomas, tratamientos y efectos secundarios (Terms to Know - Symptoms, Treatments and Side Effects)
Definition of terms related to symptoms, treatment, and side effects, in Spanish.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Doctor-Patient Communication Treatment
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Understanding Biosimilars
Biosimilars have potential advantages in the treatment of cancer, as they introduce competition into the drug development process.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Screening and Prevention Treatment Targeted Treatments Biosimilars
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Understanding Colorectal Cancer Side Effects
Information about how to better understand signs and side effects of colon cancer and its treatment.
Fact Sheet Colorectal Cancer Side Effects
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Understanding Epithelioid Sarcoma
Information about how to better understand an epithelioid sarcoma diagnosis and treatment options
Fact Sheet Sarcoma
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Understanding Medicare
Medicare Insurance is a federal health insurance program for individuals 65 or over and individuals who have been deemed “disabled”.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Medicare Insurance
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Understanding Peripheral Neuropathy
Peripheral neuropathy may be a side effect of cancer treatment, or it could be caused by other conditions not associated with cancer..
Booklet General Cancer Side Effects Pain Neuropathy
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Understanding Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder (PTLD)
PTLD | Transplants
Fact Sheet General Cancer Transplants
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Understanding the Affordable Care Act
Millions of people are able to enroll for health care coverage through the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Learn more at CancerCare.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Affordable Care Act Insurance
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Understanding the Role of Biomarkers in Treating Cancer
Update on advancements in biomarkers and their continued use in treating cancer.
Booklet General Cancer Treatment Targeted Treatments Biomarkers Genetics
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Understanding the Role of CAR T-Cell Therapy in Treating Cancer
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy is a type of immunotherapy that uses a person’s own T-cells (a type of white blood cell) to treat certain blood cancers.
Booklet Lymphoma Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Mantle Cell Lymphoma
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Understanding the Role of Immuno-Oncology in Treating Cancer
Immuno-oncology is the study and development of treatments for cancer that take advantage of the body’s own immune system.
Booklet General Cancer Side Effects Screening and Prevention Immunotherapy
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Understanding The Role of Telemedicine in Treating Cancer
Telemedicine is a way of communicating with one's health care team by means of remote appointments, which can help cancer patients in many ways.
Booklet General Cancer Doctor-Patient Communication Treatment Health Care Professionals
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Understanding Workplace Issues and Cancer
As one returns to work during or after treatment, there are many things to consider. This booklet covers issues ranging from insurance, safety regulations and more.
Booklet General Cancer Workplace Issues Fatigue
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Understanding Your Insurance Coverage
Understanding your insurance coverage for treatments and medical services your insurance covers is critical for peopel with cancer.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Insurance
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"We Can Help" CancerCare Client Brochure
Learn how CancerCare can help cancer patients, caregivers and loved ones cope with cancer through publications.
Brochure General Cancer
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What Are Copay Accumulator Adjustor Programs?
Copay Accumulator Adjustment Programs are policies people with insurance may encounter. Here are tips on how to understand what they are.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Doctor-Patient Communication Insurance
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What Can I Say to a Newly Diagnosed Loved One?
Here are some tips for being as supportive as possible when a loved one is diagnosed with cancer.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Caregiving
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What Is a Living Will?
A living will and health care proxy is a written document to specify health care wishes and medical treatments.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Hospice and End-of-Life Care Planning Advanced Cancer
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What Is a Specialty Pharmacy?
A patient may be required to use a specialty pharmacy in acquiring their medication. This fact sheet explains what they are.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Doctor-Patient Communication Insurance
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What Is Cachexia?
Cachexia is a condition related to chronic diseases such as cancer and in patients with cancer, it is also called Cancer Cachexia Syndrome.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Nutrition Fatigue Advanced Cancer Palliative Care
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What is Immunotherapy?
Immunotherapy, also called biologic therapy, is a type of cancer treatment that uses the body’s immune system to fight cancer.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Side Effects Screening and Prevention Immunotherapy
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What Is Pre-Authorization?
Pre-authorization is when an insurance company may require a patient to get its approval before it agrees to cover the cost of a prescribed drug. Learn more.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Doctor-Patient Communication Insurance
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What Is Resource Navigation?
Tips on how to understand resource navigation for those with cancer and their caregivers
Fact Sheet General Cancer Caregiving Coping Counseling Doctor-Patient Communication Financial Assistance Support Groups Advocacy Care Planning Financial Education
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What Is Step Therapy?
Step Therapy is a way insurance companies control costs. Here is what you need to know about what it is.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Doctor-Patient Communication Insurance
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When to Get a Second Opinion
With a new cancer diagnosis there is a period of time before treatment begins when getting a second opinion may be an essential component of treating one’s diagnosis.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Doctor-Patient Communication Advocacy
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Why Join a Support Group?
Cancer support groups can offer a network of comfort and encouragement, a place of support and recognition.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Coping Support Groups Patient and Peer Matching
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Young Adults as Caregivers
For a young adult, adjusting to the role of caregiver for a loved one with cancer can be a challenge.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Caregiving Young Adults
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Your Guide to the Latest Cancer Research and Treatments: Highlights From the 2022 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Guide to the Latest Cancer Research and Treatments: Highlights From the 2022 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
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Your Health Care Team: Understanding Their Roles
Health care professionals who work with people with cancer include oncology social workers, psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, home aides, rehabilitation specialists and more.
Fact Sheet General Cancer Doctor-Patient Communication
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