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Thrive, Spring, 2007

Strange Bedfellows: Cancer and Sex

Read Ask the Expert: Sex Matters for Cancer Patients, or go here for .pdf.

Listen to the full interview with Sallie Foley, director of the U-M Center for Sexual Health.

Working Through It

Balancing the Challenges of Cancer Treatment and Professional Life

Learn more about coping with work and cancer by reviewing Work and Cancer (view on-line). Or, go here for .pdf.

Lessons Learned

Addressing Long-Term Side Effects of Cancer Treatment in the Classroom Learn more about cognitive late effects of childhood cancer treatment by reviewing the resource document, Pediatric Survivorship (view on-line). Or, go here for .pdf.

Vist the Cancer Center's Long-Term Follow-Up Clinic.

Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah

A guide to summer camps for children with cancer and their siblings (view on-line). Or, go here for .pdf

Finding the Calm Within

Guided Imagery Offers Comfort, Strength

Listen to the guided imagery podcast. Or find out when you can join a group session in the Cancer Center's Patient & Family Center.

Fads Fade Fast

Healthy Eating Sticks
Learn more about how to spot a fad diet or try out some new recipes (opens as a .pdf document). To make an appointment with a Cancer Center dietician call 734-936-6000.

Research Round-Up

Print out the full published articles for each of the studies featured in our Research Round-Up. If you think they may apply to you, bring them to your next doctor's appointment:

Risks Outweigh Benefits of Aspirin in Preventing Colorectal Cancer, Study Finds
from the Annuals of Internal Medicine website.

U-M Study Finds Esophagectomy Safe in Obese Patients
To view a patient-education video about the procedure, visit this web page.

Therapy for Advanced Kidney Cancer Prolongs Life, Study Shows
from the The New England Journal of Medicine website.

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