Living with Cancer

Although a cancer diagnosis rearranges priorities, the majority of patients undergo treatment and emerge to take on the new challenge of living with cancer. Almost 11 million Americans qualify as cancer survivors. The staff at Beaumont Cancer Institute understand that cancer can alter daily routines, roles, relationships, work and finances. They want to see every patient live life to the fullest, with hope and purpose. To that end, there are many sources of advice on coping with treatment and adjusting to the next stage of life.

To learn more, click on the Beaumont links below.
Complications and Side Effects
Nutrition and Cancer
Information for Family and Caregivers
Palliative Care and Hospice
Integrative Medicine
Terminal Cancer
Support Groups
Giving Back

The National Cancer Institute also offers many informative publications, including

• Facing Forward Series: Life After Cancer – covers post-treatment issues such as follow-up medical care, physical and emotional changes, changes in social relationships, and workplace issues. Available at http://www.cancer.gov/search/results.aspx
• Coping with Advanced Cancer – written to help people who have gone through the struggles of diagnosis, treatment and perhaps recurrence of cancer, and persons for whom a cure or long-term remission is no longer likely. NIH Publication #05-0856.
• Taking Time: Support for People with Cancer – available at http://www.cancer.gov/search/results.aspx