For many people with cancer, connecting with others provides emotional support and inspiration during this challenging time.What might help is to join an online community where you can connect with others. Joining an online community also makes it easier to keep friends and family updated on your situation.
Counseling can be a way for someone to better understand and resolve a pressing issue or concern. Counseling can also help explore longstanding problems unrelated to the disease that may have come to the surface during the cancer experience. Read more ways that counseling can help people with cancer and those who care about them.
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.
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) created the Managing the Cost of Cancer Care booklet to help patients start and guide conversations with their health care team about financial planning before, during, and after treatment. To learn more about this resource and what people with cancer should know, Cancer.Net talked with Lidia Schapira, MD.
Learn about organizations that offer “buddy programs” where you can be matched with a survivor of the same type of cancer to get one-on-one support throughout your cancer treatment.
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.
Cancer is a disease that affects a person’s physical and emotional health. Fortunately, counseling can help reduce stress, improve coping and decision-making skills, and improve overall quality of life.
The beginning of a new year is the perfect time to take control of your health and develop a strategy that will help you reach your goals for the coming year. Here are seven tips to help you have a healthier and happier new year.
Traveling, especially during the holiday season, can sometimes seem overwhelming to a person living with cancer. In addition to the usual holiday travel headaches, there are also important health issues to consider before leaving town.
