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Body Image and Cancer—Macmillan Cancer Support

2015

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Treatments like surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and hormonal therapy can change the way your body looks, works or feels. In this video, Richard, Peter, Heather and Stacey talk about the physical effects of cancer and its treatment. See more...

03:44 min

How Does Sleep Influence Cancer Risk?

Getting enough sleep is important for overall health and may be related to cancer risk.

Elaine K. Howley

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, this New York Times bestseller is “an extraordinary achievement” (The New Yorker)—a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer—from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles...

Siddhartha Mukherjee

How Working Nights and Sleeping Days Can Impact our Health, Cancer Risk

New Fred Hutch study sheds more light on how shift work damages our health — and points toward a potential workaround

Sleep Apnea and Cancer: Is There a Link, and in What Cases?

A study looking at the data of thousands of participants suggests that there may be a link between severe sleep apnea and the likelihood of developing cancer. However, this link appears to be stronger in women.

Sleeping with Cancer

Ten years after diagnosis, could I finally dispense with chemical sleeping aids?

Cancer Survivorship: Insomnia and Sleep Disturbance

Many cancer patients face sleep problems, such as difficulty falling asleep, frequent nighttime waking, rising too early in the morning, or excessive sleeping during the day.

Barrie R. Cassileth

Sleeping Less than 6 Hours May Raise Risk of Cancer, Even Death

Not getting enough sleep may put some people at risk for much more than being drowsy the next day, a new study says.

American Heart Association

Sleep Problems

People with cancer sometimes have an increased risk for sleep problems because of treatment effects and other factors. It's important to know why sleep problems can happen, what can be done to help manage them, and when to ask for help.

American Cancer Society

Insomnia and Cancer

I am a person who always was able to sleep and would generally be out before my head ever hit the pillow. Now I found myself tossing and turning for hours at a time.

Insomnia Common Among Cancer Patients

Roughly half of patients with cancer have symptoms of insomnia, and many may have sleep problems that linger for at least a year, a small study suggests. The most common malignancies were breast cancer, tumors of the prostate or testicles, and colorectal cancer.

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