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First Steps After Diagnosis of Cancer
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Welcome
to The Cancer Information Network |
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What You Need to Know about Cancer
- Overview information about cancer provided by National Cancer Institute.
Cancer:
50 Essential Things To Do - A "Must Have" book for
newly diagnosed cancer patients, their families, and caregivers. The
book goes hand-in-hand with the patient's medical treatment and is
an invaluable roadmap to recovery.
Understanding
Prognosis and Cancer Statistics - Cancer patients
frequently ask this question, "What is my prognosis?"
Cancer
Information Network - Comprehensive
cancer information website for cancer patients and general public.
Cancer News
and Features - Updated frequently.
On this page, you will find the latest headline news on cancer
diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and much more.
Know
What to Ask Your Doctor
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Learn
about a treatment option that works in a different way than traditional
therapies.
Living
with Cancer - Provides information on issues after the
diagnosis of lung cancer, include follow-up issues, cancer
rehabilitation services, and survivorship/quality of life issues.
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Marijuana
Use in Supportive Care for Cancer Patients
- Marijuana cigarettes
have been used to treat chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting,
and research has shown that THC is more quickly absorbed from
marijuana smoke than from an oral preparation.
Cancer
Fatigue - Cancer-related fatigue is the most common and
debilitating side effect of cancer and its treatment. The Oncology
Nursing Society has developed this web site to provide you with
this symptom.
Cancer Pain
- Our cancer pain web page provides numerous links to web sites
deal with cancer pain.
Paraneoplastic
Syndrome - A large group of
complications and medical problems in patients who suffer from
cancer. Paraneoplastic
syndromes are not due to the direct impact of cancers, yet rather
due to the production of chemical substances from the cancer
cells.
Anemia
in Cancer
Patients
- Cancer-related anemia may occur as a direct effect of the
disease, due to products of the cancer, or it may develop as a
result of the cancer treatment itself.
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About
Follow-up Care: Questions and Answers --
Understanding what to expect after cancer treatment can help patients and their loved ones plan for
follow-up care, make lifestyle changes, and make decisions about quality of life and finances.
Your
Cancer Treatment Team --
No one doctor is able to provide all the care and services you may need, and you will quickly learn about new people who will be on your treatment team.
American
Family Physician: Cancer Screening Guidelines -
Review article provides cancer screening guidelines developed by numerous medical organizations.
Although the article was published in a professional medical
journal, it was written in laymen language.
Cancer
Life Center -
Provides secure online access to Board Certified
Oncologists to answer your questions about cancer and a free subscription to
Oncology Care Today, a printed newsletter written by Dr. Douglas R.
Jones, Board Certified Oncologist/Hematologist.
Cancer
Detection and Prevention Online - A service of the journal
of the International Society for Preventive Oncology.
Home
Care for Cancer Patients
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Many patients want to stay at home so that they will not be separated from family, friends, and familiar surroundings. Home care can help patients achieve this desire.
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Top
10 Questions after Cancer
Diagnosis - Virtual
Hospital provides this informative lecture hitting
all the major points about diagnosis and
treatment. |
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Ask
a Physician -
From
Mayo Health - Do
you have specific questions or concerns? Click
here to ask a specialist, or browse frequently
asked questions about cancer. |
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Web
casts - Alphacancer
provides discussions between leading health
professionals on a particular topic.
Currently available topics include breast cancer
and colon cancer. |
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