Cancer and cancer treatment can cause many side effects; some are easily controlled and others require specialized care.

Much of the information in this section is adapted from ASCO's Optimizing Cancer Care: The Importance of Symptom Management, a curriculum that teaches doctors about understanding and treating the side effects of cancer and its treatments.

Cancer.Net En Español: Información sobre cómo controlar los posibles efectos secundarios del cáncer y del tratamiento contra el cáncer.

Also see Cancersymptoms.org: Ask an Oncology Nurse.