Coping with Cancer
A wide variety of professionals share their knowledge and experience in easy-to-read, relevant articles, and patients, caregivers, and survivors share their strategies for coping with cancer.
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Yes, You CAN Tap Into the Healing Power of Writing
In the early 1980s, Professor James Pennebaker of the University of Texas conducted a series of studies revealing a direct correlation between writing and enhancing...
Time for a Reflection
Jane Rubin As I approach the 10th anniversary of my peritoneal cancer diagnosis (and 20th for breast cancer), I am compelled to hit pause and...
Fitting Cancer into the School Year
Find time to connect with your kids – play, relax, and forget about cancer for a moment.It’s back-to-school season! This time of year can be...
Why Should I Quit Smoking Even After a Cancer Diagnosis?
Although most people know that smoking is the most preventable cause of illness in the United States, there is considerably less awareness about the risks...
Your Most Personal Questions about Post-Cancer Relationships and Intimacy, Answered
As psychologists who work with cancer survivors, we often address concerns about cancer’s effect on relationships and intimacy. Here are our answers to some of...
How to Cope with the Stress of Cancer
Living with cancer and its treatment can introduce new stressors into your life. Along your cancer journey, you may experience stress from adjusting to illness,...
Let Go of the Hurt and R.E.A.C.H. Toward Forgiveness
Coping with cancer is stressful – not only for the person diagnosed but also for everyone in his or her life. When people are under...
Treating the Pain of Cancer
Pain, as defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain, is “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue...
Bouncing Back from Cancer
Diane Young (Photo by George C. Anderson) The first time I heard the word resilience used in connection with my name, I had just received a single...
Write. Heal. Grow.
Eleven years ago, I participated in a writing and healing group at Stanford University that would serve as an integral part of my treatment and...
Finding My Way
Thirteen years ago, I sat in a waiting room for my consultation with the board of doctors who would decide how my cancer journey would...
Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
Chemotherapy treatments for certain types of cancer may cause a common nerve condition called chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, or CIPN for short. What are the symptoms of...
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