2005
A Catholic priest and an English teacher get stranded in a school in Kigali during the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
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This path-breaking collection of essays is a clarion call to build communities that nurture our spirit. Lorde announces the need for a radical politics of intersectionality while struggling to maintain her own faith as she wages a battle against liver cancer.
Living with the fear that cancer will return is common for both cancer survivors and their loved ones. Amy Grose, a social worker at Dana-Farber, discusses how to deal with fear of recurrence.
A cancer diagnosis often brings concerns about how long your life will be. In these two “Moving Forward” videos from ASCO and the LIVESTRONG Foundation, learn from oncology experts and young adult survivors about coping with this common fear.
Cancer patients deal daily with dread stirred by organisms produced by the body they attack.
Understanding the patterns of reaction to a prolonged illness with perhaps years of remission and a significant chance of being cured will help you put your emotional survival in focus while your doctor concentrates on your physical survival.
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After treatment ends, one of the most common concerns survivors have is that the cancer will come back. The fear of recurrence is very real and entirely normal. Although you cannot control whether the cancer returns, you can control how much the fear of recurrence affects your life.
In this LiveLaughLearn video from Rethink Breast Cancer, Dr. Mary Elliott shares tips for dealing with stress and fear after a cancer diagnosis.
Being diagnosed with cancer and undergoing treatment can impact a patient's mental well-being. This video discusses anxiety and general mood as it can relate to a cancer experience.
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A cancer diagnosis brings a wealth of psychological challenges. In fact, adults living with cancer have a six-time higher risk for psychological disability than those not living with cancer.