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Handling Side Effects

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

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

Growing Pains
Childhood cancer survivors cope with long-term effects of treatment

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.

Child and Young Adult Cancer
the articles in this section focus on the impact of a cancer diagnosis on a child.

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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