Food safety is important for people who are receiving or recovering from cancer treatment. Foodborne illness (also called food poisoning) occurs when you eat food that has harmful bacteria, parasites, or viruses.

Whether you're a cancer survivor, or a family member or friend of someone living with cancer, you have a lot of valuable, first-hand experience on coping that can help other people with cancer and their families and friends. Consider becoming a volunteer for a cancer organization or another type of organization that interests you, or offer to help someone you know who is coping with cancer in your community.

More than 10 million people in the United States—approximately 3.5% of the total U.S. population—have survived cancer, and each person has a story to share if he or she wishes to do so.

Some men who receive treatment for prostate cancer have side effects caused by treatment. Learn more about these side effects and how you can manage them with the help of your doctor.

Although infertility can be a serious complication of cancer and cancer treatment, many cancer survivors may still be able to become parents. A wide range of procedures can preserve fertility, and other options, such as surrogacy or adoption, can be explored.

Some types of cancer treatment may affect the ability of a man to father a child or a woman to become pregnant. This article explains how cancer treatment may affect fertility and addresses some common questions and concerns of cancer survivors.

Many women who plan or undergo a unilateral mastectomy (removal of a breast) have the option of reconstructive surgery to reshape the breast, or a breast prosthesis (an artificial breast). This article examines the option of using a breast prosthesis after surgery.