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Cancer Treatment Decisions: 5 Steps to Help You Decide

By Mayo Clinic Staff — 2021

Here are five steps to guide you in becoming a partner with your doctor in determining and guiding your cancer treatment.

Read on www.mayoclinic.org

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Are Certain Cancers More Painful than Others?

While all cancers can cause pain, some, such as those affecting the bones or pancreas, are more frequently associated with pain. Regardless of the type of cancer, it’s important to remember that cancer pain can often be treated.

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Jill Seladi-Schulman
2021
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Facts About Cancer Pain

Having cancer does not always mean having pain. But if you do have pain, you can work with your health care team to make sure a pain relief plan is part of your care. There are many different kinds of medicines, different ways to take the medicines, and non-drug methods that can help relieve it.

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American Cancer Society
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Steve Jobs’ Cancer Treatment Regrets

Jobs’ “magical thinking” may have defined his business brilliance, but it could have been his downfall in his fight against cancer.

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Alice G. Walton
2021
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Why Cancer Patients Don’t Have Enough Information to Make Decisions About Their Treatments

In the past four years, Bruce Mead-e has undergone two major surgeries, multiple rounds of radiation and chemotherapy to treat his lung cancer. Yet in all that time, doctors never told him or his husband whether the cancer was curable — or likely to take Mead-e’s life.

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Liz Szabo
2017
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Young People Facing End-of-Life Care Decisions

It is extremely difficult for anyone, especially young people in their 20s and 30s, to be told that their treatment(s) haven’t worked. If the cancer you have continues to progress despite treatment, it may be called end-stage cancer.

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National Cancer Institute
2020
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Exercise May Help to Ease ‘Chemo Brain’

Women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer who stayed physically active had fewer problems with memory and thinking.

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Gretchen Reynolds
2021
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Cognitive Changes After Cancer Treatment

Some cancers and treatments can result in cognitive changes that affect thinking, learning, processing or remembering information. These changes can affect many aspects of life such as the ability to work or even to do everyday tasks. Find out whether you have an increased risk of cognitive changes.

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Livestrong
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Leukaemia Patient Mistook Cancer for Covid-19

A leukaemia patient is urging people not to assume their symptoms are coronavirus after he mistook his cancer for long Covid.

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BBC News
2021
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The Fog that Follows Chemotherapy

Nearly every chemotherapy patient experiences short-term problems with memory and concentration. But about 15 percent suffer prolonged effects of what is known medically as chemotherapy-induced cognitive impairment.

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Jane E. Brody
2009
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How to Lift Your Cancer Brain Fog

Many people with cancer have problems with memory, attention, and thinking. It can start during treatment or after it’s over. You might have heard it called “chemo brain,” but other cancer treatments besides chemotherapy can cause this brain fog, too.

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Stephanie Booth
2020
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