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Relationships After Cancer Treatment

By National Cancer Institute Content Team — 2021

Cancer can have a long-lasting impact not only on your body, but on your relationships.

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The Importance of Making Informed Cancer Treatment Choices | Jill Wruble | TEDxWestPoint

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.

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Susan Gubar Talks About Shared Decision-Making in Cancer Care

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.

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Doctors Are Having to Make Tough Decisions about Natasha’s Cancer Treatment | Hospital - BBC

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.

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Terminally Ill 29-year-old to End Her Life

Diagnosed with terminal cancer, Brittany Maynard made the decision to take her own life and made a video explaining why.

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Shared Decision Making

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.

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2018
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Conversing with Cancer: How to Ask Questions, Find and Share Information, and Make the Best Decisions (Language as Social Action)

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.

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Waiting for Cancer to Come: Women’s Experiences with Genetic Testing and Medical Decision Making for Breast and Ovarian Cancer

Waiting for Cancer to Come tells the stories of women who are struggling with their high risk for cancer.

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The Smooth River: Finding Inspiration and Exquisite Beauty during Terminal Illness. Lessons from the Front Line.

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.

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The Big Ordeal

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.

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Cancer