Side Effects Table of Contents

Coping with the side effects of cancer and cancer treatment is essential to your quality of life. Learn how to manage the major side effects, including anemia, bowel obstruction, cognitive issues, diarrhea, fatigue, fighting infection, hair loss, loss of appetite, mouth soreness, nausea and vomiting, neuropathy and sleep problems. For each side effect, learn about symptoms, prevention, ways to help yourself, treatment, and questions for your health care provider. For help with pain, see our special section on that topic.

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Marian Malloy Blackman, 13-year breast cancer survivor

"This treatment summary and plan is concise and easy. It’s like having someone go through my medical record and extract all the most pertinent information and translate it into an easily readable packet."
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