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Cancer LOVED ONE OR FRIEND
When a loved one or friend has cancer, you want to do what you can to help them through this time. Here, you will find resources to help you be the best support to your loved one. Choose a link from the panel on the right to learn more.
First, there are some things family members of cancer patients
should know:
- More people are living with cancer now than ever before,
and new ways to treat cancer are being discovered daily.
- Cancer is not
a death sentence. Today,
more people survive cancer than not
- If someone in
your family has cancer, that doesn't mean that you or
anyone else in your family will
also have cancer.
- It is good for
you, as well as the patient, to
continue with the normal routine of life. Work, school
and outside activities all have a positive emotional, and
possibly, a therapeutic effect on the patient - and on
the family. Reducing stress on the family will help
to reduce stress forthe patient.
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