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How Should You Tell a Child That a Parent Has Cancer?
When a parent has cancer, children should be part of a conversation. Tips for talking to kids about the disease.
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Depression and Cancer: Why Emotional Care Is Key During Treatment
Emotional distress and depression associated with cancer can be debilitating for patients and their families, learn what signs to look for and what treatments can help.
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Support Without a Cancer Diagnosis: Helping People at Risk Find Comfort
Learn more about how people with a genetic predisposition to cancer can benefit from support groups as much as cancer patients, but options for the former group are limited.
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7 Ways to Maintain Your Sanity After the Death of a Spouse
After losing a spouse, it’s normal to feel alienated and alone. A social worker, writer and cancer widow offers her tips for healing.
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Finding ‘Fierce Gratitude’ in Sickness and Loss: a Cancer Widow’s Story
Kiristin's husband was diagnosed with advanced adrenal cancer when he was 33. Hear their cancer story including his cancer diagnosis and their fierce gratitude.
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Complementary Cancer Therapies: Can They Really Help?
Complementary cancer therapies like art therapy & guided imagery sessions help lessen the discomfort of treatment. Here's more on complementary cancer treatments.
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Reducing Stress for Cancer Patients During Treatment and Beyond
A psychiatrist offers advice to cope with cancer treatments. She recommends eating healthy and being open with doctors. See additional ways of coping with cancer.