Psychosocial

Loneliness may play a key role in an individual’s social constraints following a cancer diagnosis and its treatment, which in turn, may worsen symptom burden, according to recent research.

For those facing cancer, encouraging words can often be good medicine.

A recent survey demonstrated the common tradeoffs most patients report regarding treatment decisions, highlighting the importance of shared decision making.

I never fully understood how ingrained my children were in my soul until I had to give serious thought to the end of my own life, and I knew I didn't want to face it without them.

While celebrating Christmas this year, there was a moment that really surprised me. My youngest stepson said something about being sorry he wasn’t more help when I was going through cancer.

How we deal with our cancer may be a matter of perspective.

As cancer once again robbed me of the chance to make the holiday memories I had hoped for, it took a kid eating frozen pizza on Christmas Eve to remind me what really mattered.

A former caregiver's ongoing journey.

I often joke in training classes on aging that with every new candle on my birthday cake, a new medicine bottle shows up in my cabinet.

As we celebrate the holidays, wish lists are made for gifts. I have a wish list for cancer.

Making peace with radiation can be a challenge, even if high doses of targeted radiation can silence cancer cells. It took me almost two weeks to tame the beast of fear. What have you done to trick yourself into handling difficult situations during cancer treatment?

Here are the top 5 CURE stories for December 2018.

It's the approach we take when handling trauma in our life that can make all the difference.

Whenever I thought about my brother and his death, I used to feel tremendous survivor's guilt. He never knew he had Lynch syndrome when he was diagnosed with colon cancer.

When bad things happen to friends we care about, we often stand in silence because we don't know what to say.

It's not the actual hand we are dealt when live throws us a curve. It's how we play it.

A person’s relationship with food can change after a cancer diagnosis, stirring up feelings of anxiety. A recent seminar discussed strategies that can help.

Instead of fighting the roadblocks that cancer can prevent, what would happen if we embraced them?

Cancer has led me to men and women who grabbed onto life but died anyway.

I try so hard to be positive, but in the back of my mind, I am constantly waiting for the other shoe to drop, for my blood counts to worsen, for the results of the next bone marrow biopsy to be haywire, for the chemo with its side effects to be administered, intensified or changed.

People with cancer who subscribe to a strong spiritual belief system report a better ability to cope.

Winter Storm Diego delivered two things... three days off from work and a set of clean scans!

There are methods to cope with ongoing cancer research and worry.

When I was diagnosed with a hereditary cancer syndrome, I had feelings of death anxiety.

Four years' worth of high-stakes scans have made me an expert in four excellent ways to ease intense anxiety.

Once you or someone you love has been diagnosed with something big, the times between scans become sacred in-between times where you do your best to live in light of the ever-changing circumstances of your body. Sometimes that can be a time full of fear, but others it is a time full of hope.

Feelings of sadness and depression are common among those affected by cancer, but there may be another reason behind those feelings.

Emotions are not an either/or proposition when it comes to metastatic cancer.