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Survivorship Topics

Survivorship Topics address physical, emotional and practical issues of cancer. You will also find information helpful for diagnosis and treatment of certain types of cancer. 

Physical Topics
Physical side effects that cancer or treatment may cause. 


Late and Long-term Effects
- Aftereffects of Cancer Treatment
- Chronic Pain
- Cognitive Changes
- Fatigue
- Lymphedema
- Neuropathy
- Osteoporosis
- Ostomies
- Second Cancers
- Urinary Incontinence

Fertility
- Female Infertility
- Male Infertility 

Sexual Dysfunction
- Female Sexual Dysfunction 
- Male Sexual Dysfunction

Quality of Life
- Healthy Behaviors
- Physical Rehabilitation
- Quality of Life and Palliative Care

Communicating With Your Health Care Team
- Communicate With Your Health Care Team

Emotional Topics
How cancer may affect you emotionally. 

Emotions and Cancer
- Emotional Effects of Cancer
- Body Image
- Fear of Recurrence
- Finding Meaning
- Grief and Loss
- Hope
- Living With Uncertainty
- Sadness and Depression
- Stress
- Setting Priorities

Relationships
- Communicating With Your Partner
- Dating and New Relationships
- Telling Others You are a Survivor

Support
- Finding a Counselor
- Emotional Support
- Meeting Other Survivors

 

Practical Topics
How to manage everyday matters like insurance, employment, and long-term planning. 

Employment
- Employment Discrimination
Employment Law

Finances
- Planning Your Financial Future
- Tax Planning
- Credit for Survivors
Investment Planning
Retirement Planning
Converting Life Insurance into Income
Converting Personal Assets into Income
Converting Real Property into Income
Converting Retirement Accounts into Income

Insurance
- Health Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Disability Income Insurance
Property and Casualty Insurance

Life and Health Care Planning
- Finding and Evaluating Resources
Important Records Survivors Should Keep
How to Organize Important Records
Creating a Will 
- Planning Your Medical Future
- Life Expectancy
Providing a Guardian for Your Children
Preparing for Not Working
Housing
Home Health Care
Assisted Living and Nursing Home Facilities
Funeral and Memorial Service Preplanning

Hospice
- What Hospice Care Means for Caregivers
- What Hospice Care Means for Survivors

Diagnosis and treatment by cancer type:

- Breast Cancer
- Colon & Rectal Cancer
- Head & Neck Cancer
- Lung Cancer
- Melanoma
- Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
- Ovarian Cancer
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Prostate Cancer
- Testicular Cancer
- Thyroid Cancer
- Uterine or Endometrial Cancer

View the Glossary for definitions of terms commonly used in our Cancer Support information 

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