By Elson Haas
Cancer is one of the greatest fears of modern societies. It squelches life too early in many cases and is often a difficult demise in later years. Many cancers are preventable with lifestyle changes.
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Cancers are a motley crew. A few, like pirates, are deadly and unstoppable. Some are like mutineers, threatening mutant cells, that treatment can contain or cure. Most are harmless stowaways that hide silently and pose no threat.
NCCS CEO Shelley Fuld Nasso interviewed Susan Gubar in the Fall of 2014. Susan writes a series for The New York Times ‘Well Blog’ titled, Living with Cancer. In this clip, Susan discusses the importance of shared decision-making and the concept of doctor informative and doctor interpretive.
The gynaecological oncology department at University Hospital Coventry, led by surgeon Smruta Shanbhag, emerges from the pandemic facing a mounting backlog of suspected cancer patients.
Diagnosed with terminal cancer, Brittany Maynard made the decision to take her own life and made a video explaining why.
What is shared decision making? Shared decision making relies on an individual and their families having accurate information and a clear understanding of their situation in order to make the best decision for themselves with their healthcare provider.
With more than 40% of people eventually facing a cancer diagnosis, Conversing with Cancer is a much-needed addition to understanding and improving cancer care through strong communication among providers, patients, and caregivers.
Waiting for Cancer to Come tells the stories of women who are struggling with their high risk for cancer.
A couple developed a far more expansive and creative view of what strength means in response to a cancer diagnosis for which there are no medical cures. They called this the Smooth River.
Coping with cancer is hard. It is an emotional ordeal as well as a physical one, with known and somewhat predictable psychological responses. And yet, patients often feel isolated and alone when dealing with the stress, anxiety, depression, and existential crises so typical with a cancer diagnosis.
This compassionate book presents dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), a proven psychological intervention that Marsha M. Linehan developed specifically for the impossible situations of life--and which she and Elizabeth Cohn Stuntz now apply to the unique challenges of cancer for the first time.
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