Psychosocial

Daily, we are learning more about ways to stay healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic. For the person affected by cancer, self-care can already play a vital role in healing and can now help during social distancing.

A friend's call to list all the good things people without cancer have done for those with cancer brings an unexpected rush of hope and happiness.

Health literacy is important for any patient with cancer trying to understand their diagnosis, and they need help from their care team to gain that.

Words are powerful and precious. And cancer survivors can use their stories and words of encouragement to help others as they go through their own journey with cancer.

As a cancer survivor or patient with cancer, being honest about feeling cranky some days and knowing it is being human is important to the journey.

Having lived with the possibility of early death as a two-time cancer patient, I’m used to the coronavirus threat and all that it entails.

After waiting on scan results, the whole process can be so draining that I'm left broken and depleted. Often for several days later. Making it hard to completely enjoy the relief good news should provide.

Forced isolation after cancer can be triggering, but the alternative with a compromised immune system in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic is much worse.

Being able to wait is a skill many patients with cancer learn to acquire, but that doesn't make it easy. Here's how to get your own patience power.

Survivors of childhood cancer with post-traumatic stress symptoms reported more psychosocial late effects, a new study shows.

Hotter than a pistol, words and thoughts have the power to make us crazy. But we can determine how we move forward with them.

One survivor shares three things that helped her find a sense of control in the chaos that a cancer diagnosis can bring.

A look at a survivor's survivorship appointment.

This time around, newfound joy and passion have added a different layer to Scanxiety.

A cancer survivor discusses the ongoing emotional roller coaster ride of cancer survivorship.

On every cancer journey we need a strong support group to provide strength, acceptance and love — for one patient with cancer their spouse stepped into that role and beyond.

Hair loss, a common side effect of some chemo drugs, affects us all in different ways. Yet when hair grows back differently, it becomes a reminder of the changes that come with a diagnosis of cancer.

Words of courage from a friend who knows that "getting through" may not be the point.

It’s no surprise that patients with cancer might become depressed, but now researchers say depression could precede a diagnosis. Here’s what you should know about the link between these two conditions.

Gratitude is my ultimate coping tool for managing my cancer survivorship.

Cancer, like many things in history, can be an unexpected landmark in our lives. With it can come crushing fear. If you feel that, even years after that moment in time, you are not alone.

The story of a Bamba, a Granddaddy, a parachute man and the anticipation to get through another procedure.

It's pretty clear that I have a lot of work ahead of me after years of devastation from cancer, but lately, I'm taking a new approach.

We asked our audience about the impact social media has had on their cancer journey, here's what they had to say.

From NFL Hall of Famer Kurt Warner leading a recognition service for cancer caregivers during the Super Bowl to Tylenol’s key ingredient possibly being added to California’s proposition 65 list for chemicals that may cause cancer, here’s what is making headlines in the cancer space this week.

Music therapy isn't the same for everyone, so find some joy in the music of your real-life and maybe even push away a moody cancer funk.

A two-time cancer survivor celebrates and worries about the chemicals in her life.