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6 Surviving and Thriving Beyond Cancer with Belleruth Naparstek—More Q&A

By Belleruth Naparstek — 2013

Belleruth Naparstek discusses research showing guided imagery can reduce chemotherapy symptoms and help the body fight cancer by boosting the immune system.

09:06 min

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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Lisa Sparks, Anna Leahy
2018
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Steve Jobs’ Cancer Treatment Regrets

Jobs’ “magical thinking” may have defined his business brilliance, but it could have been his downfall in his fight against cancer.

Article
Alice G. Walton
2021
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Why Cancer Patients Don’t Have Enough Information to Make Decisions About Their Treatments

In the past four years, Bruce Mead-e has undergone two major surgeries, multiple rounds of radiation and chemotherapy to treat his lung cancer. Yet in all that time, doctors never told him or his husband whether the cancer was curable — or likely to take Mead-e’s life.

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Liz Szabo
2017
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I Thought Being a Health Care Reporter Would Make Cancer Easier. I Was Wrong.

Nothing can prepare you for the immense number of complicated, sometimes life-or-death decisions the disease forces you to make about your own treatment.

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Alexandra Glorioso
2019
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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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Sharlene Hesse-Biber
2025
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A Food Lover Faces an Unimaginable Choice: Give Up Her Stomach or Risk a Fatal Cancer

I had just learned I carry a genetic mutation that puts me at an incredibly high risk for a rare stomach cancer.

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Sáša Woodruff
2021
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Young People Facing End-of-Life Care Decisions

It is extremely difficult for anyone, especially young people in their 20s and 30s, to be told that their treatment(s) haven’t worked. If the cancer you have continues to progress despite treatment, it may be called end-stage cancer.

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National Cancer Institute
2020
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Making Important Decisions During Cancer: A Survivor’s Story

A sage piece of advice I’d gotten once was to never make any big life decision in an emotional state. Always give yourself time. But what happens when you don’t have time? No person with cancer has the luxury of time. I sure didn’t. So what happens then?

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Bethany Hart
2021
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Cancer Treatment Decisions: 5 Steps to Help You Decide

Here are five steps to guide you in becoming a partner with your doctor in determining and guiding your cancer treatment.

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Mayo Clinic Staff
2021
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Understanding Your Options and Making Treatment Decisions

Your cancer care team will teach you about your treatment options. But, there’s lots of information about cancer treatments available from other sources, too. There’s also a lot of misinformation out there.

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American Cancer Society
2021
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