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Coping with Cancer: For Caregivers, Family, and Friends

For Caregivers, Family, and Friends

Information to help caregivers cope while caring for a loved one with cancer, as well as help someone with cancer cope with the illness.

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One daughter’s story of her mother’s stage III ovarian cancer diagnosis and the importance of family members helping a loved one learn about treatment options, including clinical trials, and then make informed decisions.

On this page:
Support for Caregivers
Guides for Children and Teens Who Have a
    Family Member with Cancer
 

Support for Caregivers

  • When Someone You Love Is Being Treated for Cancer 3
    Practical and supportive information to help caregivers cope while caring for a loved one with cancer.
  • Facing Forward: When Someone You Love Has Completed Cancer Treatment 4
    Practical and supportive information to help caregivers cope with the shift in focus from treatment to recovery when caring for a loved one with cancer.
  • When Someone You Love Has Advanced Cancer: Support for Caregivers 5
    Practical and supportive information for caregivers of loved ones with advanced cancer that is no longer responding to treatment. It explores many of the questions and crossroads caregivers may face.
  • Caring for the Caregiver 6
    Practical and supportive information to help caregivers cope while caring for a loved one with cancer. It is an easy-to-read version of the booklet, When Someone You Love Is Being Treated for Cancer.
  • Family Caregivers in Cancer (PDQ®)
    [ patient ] 7 [ health professional ] 8
    Expert-reviewed information summary about the challenges faced by family caregivers of cancer patients. This summary focuses on typical caregiver roles and concerns, and helpful interventions for caregivers.
  • Communication in Cancer Care (PDQ®)
    [ patient ] 9 [ health professional ] 10
    Expert-reviewed information summary about communicating with the cancer patient and his or her family, including unique aspects of communication with cancer patients, factors affecting communication, and training in communication skills.
  • Palliative Care in Cancer 11
    A fact sheet that describes the role of palliative care, which is comfort care given to a patient who has a serious or life-threatening disease, such as cancer, from the time of diagnosis and throughout the course of illness.

Guides for Children and Teens Who Have a Family Member with Cancer

Table of Links

1http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer
2http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N302q5CU6OM
3http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/coping/when-someone-you-love-is-treated
4http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/coping/someone-you-love-completed-cancer-tre
atment
5http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/coping/when-someone-you-love-has-advanced-ca
ncer
6http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/caring-for-the-caregiver
7http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/caregivers/patient
8http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/caregivers/healthprofessi
onal
9http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/communication/patient
10http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/communication/healthprofe
ssional
11http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Support/palliative-care
12http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/coping/when-your-parent-has-cancer
13http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/coping/when-your-sibling-has-cancer