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Handling Side Effects

Childhood and Young Adult Cancer

For articles and information about cancer's impact on children, young adults and their families, please visit: Cancer and the Family

The following articles address a variety of side effects related to cancer and its treatment:

Tired of Being Tired?
Cancer Center's Symptom Management and Supportive Care Clinic helps patients fight fatigue and other side effects of treatment

The Next Generation:
Building a family after cancer

When to Ask for Help:
Larry Stone is back to playing the guitar after the U-M Symptom Management & Supportive Care Clinic helped him find relief from pain and numbness.

Cancer-Related Fatigue
Cancer-related fatigue is the most common side effect of cancer and cancer treatment. December is cancer-related fatigue awareness month.

Bone Deep
Learn how to keep bones healthy even if cancer treatment has increased your risk for osteoporosis

Restoring Intimacy
Prostate Cancer Survivorship program helps men maintain sexual health

Making the Most of It
New symptom management program helps patients get back to their lives

Preserving the Future:
New symptom management program helps patients get back to their lives

Reducing the Swelling:
New laser therapy among treatment options for lymphedema

7 Things You Can Do to Prevent Lymphedema

Take a Mental Vacation:
Our guide to the best in distractions

To Catch a Thief: Why you should address pain -- before it robs you blind
There is no reason to live with pain when we have the ability to control pain.

Protecting the Heart
Cardiovascular risks decline, but vigilence is warranted

Clearing the Mind: Coping with "chemobrain"
The impact of chemortherapy on our memory and cognitive thinking.

Bald and Beautiful
How to reduce cancer's impact on how you view yourself.

Fertility
-this web page provides links to services available through the U-M Cancer Center.

Sexuality
Sex is definitely not the first thing on your mind after a cancer diagnosis, but intimacy is a key component of quality of life is



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