Video done to support and raise awareness of body image and breast cancer survivors.
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As a professional counselor for many years in my own right, and now semi-retired, I congratulate you, Marc, on giving what I would consider excellent advice...you are professional, sympathetic, and your priorities regarding "care" for all involved is sold and "visible.
Cancer pain can be challenging but there are ways to manage it. Overcoming Cancer Pain covers issues such as talking about pain; the pain scale; keeping a pain diary; when to take medication; dosage; side effects, including depression; and other ways to reduce pain, such as meditation and music.
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A metastatic breast cancer patient with a history of substance use disorder candidly shares her story and challenges of balancing her past with her need for pain management for her cancer.
"Cancer Pain" Short Film 9 of 50 in the LIFE Before Death documentary series about the global crisis in untreated pain and the dramatic life changing effect palliative care services can deliver to patients and their families around the world.
This video will help you describe your cancer pain.
Cancer is among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, responsible for 18.1 million new cases and 9.6 million deaths in 2018. Pain is experienced by 55% of patients undergoing treatment for cancer and by 66% of patients who have advanced, metastatic, or terminal disease.
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.
Nicola, diagnosed with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) in 2017, talks about cancer related fatigue, both during chemotherapy treatment, and afterwards throughout her recovery.
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.