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19 Ways to Help Someone During Cancer Treatment

By Laura Nathan-Garner — 2018

When someone you know receives a cancer diagnosis, you want to help. But how? We asked our Facebook community to share helpful things friends and family members have done to support them. Here are their suggestions.

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How to Handle Guilt and Other Caregiving Emotions

Taking care of a loved one with an illness or disability can stir up some complicated emotions.

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Dear Therapist: I Survived Cancer, but Now I’m Afraid My Husband Resents Me

“For your husband, your illness may have made him acutely aware of not just your mortality, but also his own.”

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Types of Complementary Therapies

When you discuss a complementary therapy with your health care team and they agree that it is safe to try as part of your overall cancer care, this is called “integrative medicine.”

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Living with Cancer: ‘My Symptoms Were Dismissed as Stress and Anxiety for a Year—By Then It Was Advanced’

Mary Dawson, 72, has been living with kidney cancer now for more than a decade, which may have been avoided if it was caught earlier

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How I Learned to Cope with Cancer-Related Fatigue

Jelle Damhuis is a 2-time cancer survivor who most recently completed treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2018. He is now reintegrating back into the workplace and helping spread the word about cancer-related fatigue to patient groups around the world.

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Your Secret Weapon During Cancer Treatment? Exercise!

Don't stop moving. Research confirms that exercising can help you not just survive but thrive during and after cancer.

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What Cancer Has Taught Me About Fear

Cancer patients deal daily with dread stirred by organisms produced by the body they attack.

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The Psychosocial Side of Cancer

A cancer diagnosis brings a wealth of psychological challenges. In fact, adults living with cancer have a six-time higher risk for psychological disability than those not living with cancer.

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One Dose of ‘Magic Mushroom’ Drug Reduces Anxiety and Depression in Cancer Patients, Study Says

A single dose of psilocybin, a compound found in “magic mushrooms,” provides long-term relief of anxiety and depression in cancer patients, a new study finds.

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Cancer Diagnosis: 11 Tips for Coping

If you've been diagnosed with cancer, knowing what to expect and making plans for how to proceed can help make this stressful time easier.

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