How to Cope with Chemotherapy-Related Skin, Hair, and Reproductive Tract Changes
Chemotherapy can be a life-saving cancer destroyer. Unfortunately, the drugs don’t take aim solely at cancer. They can also kill hair, skin, and reproductive tract cells. This collateral damage leaves [more…]
Coping with Common Radiation Therapy Side Effects
Because radiation therapy involves focusing strong beams of radioactive energy directly on the cancerous tumor and not throughout the body, most side effects occur in the immediate area where the radiation [more…]
Radiation Therapy’s Side Effects on Sexuality and Fertility
Because radiation therapy involves focusing strong beams of radioactive energy directly on the cancerous tumor and not throughout the body, most side effects occur in the immediate area where the radiation [more…]
Radiation Therapy’s Effects on the Head, Neck, Chest, and Abdomen
If you’re receiving radiation to fight cancer in your neck, you may develop trouble swallowing. If you’re radiation is targeting an abdominal tumor, you may have to fight bouts of diarrhea. [more…]
How to Spot Skin Cancer
We all go outside, which means we’re all at risk for developing skin cancer. Fortunately, skin cancer is usually successfully treated when it’s found in its early stages. Along with making sure a skin [more…]
Checking the Prostate Gland
Having regular prostate exams are important as a man ages. The prostate gland — located below the bladder — can become enlarged and cause increased frequent urination. This problem, called [more…]
How to Check for Breast Cancer
One woman in nine will develop breast cancer in the United States. Because of this risk, every woman must know how to do a breast self-exam. Examining your breasts for cancer is easy but critical. Because [more…]
How to Physically Check for Testicular Cancer
Testicular cancer can be deadly. Luckily, the disease is also easily curable — if a man finds it in time. Testicular cancer usually begins as a painless lump, which can be found without a doctor’s help [more…]
Is There a Sex Life after a Mastectomy?
Survival is the first concern for women who undergo a mastectomy because of breast cancer; yet women shouldn’t forget their sexual feelings. Breast cancer treatment, surgery, and optional breast reconstruction [more…]
Facing Hair Loss from Cancer Treatments
Many forms of chemotherapy cause temporary hair loss, and radiation causes permanent hair loss for the body part treated. Losing your hair is an emotional experience, so you need to spend some time getting [more…]
Building a Cancer Treatment Support Team
When you’ve been diagnosed with cancer and you’re going through treatment, you need not only help from your family and friends but from an entire support team of people, with your doctors at the forefront [more…]
Treating Yourself Well during Chemo and Radiation
While you’re going through chemotherapy and radiation, take some time to pamper yourself. Even if you experience just a few cancer treatment side effects, you may not have your usual level of energy. So [more…]
Managing Chemotherapy and Radiation Side Effects
Don’t panic and assume that since you’re undergoing chemo or radiation that you will experience every possible side effect. Cancer patients experience treatments differently, but most experience nausea [more…]
Chemotherapy and Radiation For Dummies Cheat Sheet
Facing cancer treatment is unnerving so during your chemotherapy or radiation build a team of people that can support and help you and take care of yourself to ease the stress. Use some practical methods [more…]
Fighting Cancer with Bone Marrow Transplants
More than 15,000 bone marrow transplants are performed in the United States every year, and the treatment is ever-evolving. Bone marrow transplants are commonly used to treat leukemia, lymphoma, multiple [more…]
What to Eat When You Have Cancer
After you’ve been diagnosed with cancer, you may be wondering what foods you should eat. You may have to modify your diet during treatment, but there are some key nutrients you should always strive to [more…]
Combating Cancer Treatment Side Effects with Food
Like most people facing cancer, you may worry about having side effects from treatment. Fortunately, treatments for many cancers have become more targeted, lessening the risk and severity of side effects [more…]
Staying Active during Cancer Treatment
Staying active provides many benefits during cancer treatment. It can help you maintain a healthy body weight, as well as reduce your risk of a cancer recurrence, a secondary cancer, or other medical problems [more…]
Cancer Nutrition & Recipes For Dummies Cheat Sheet
Nutrition plays a key role when you’re fighting cancer — and knowing what to eat is important. When you’re being treated for cancer, you may face a variety of unwelcome side effects — everything from nausea [more…]
