If you or someone you love has recently been diagnosed with cancer, it can be a disorienting and scary time. With so many medical decisions to make, looming treatments and...

Cancer is one of the most feared diseases in the world. Treating cancer is difficult and more challenging because it’s not a single disease, but rather a group of diseases....

How does one survive middle to advanced stage cancer? If that thought has ever occured to you, we’re here to help. Whether you're awaiting a prognosis, have recently been diagnosed...

Hair loss is one of the common side effects of chemotherapy and depending on the type of treatment, patient may lose hair in scalp, eyebrow, eyelashes, arms, legs and pubic...

Responding to the situation In our reactivity, we attempt to turn away from the situation by such behaviours as fighting the reality of the diagnosis, denying or disengaging from the...

Cancer is commonly construed as a painful condition. Indeed, what many patients, especially those with advanced cancer, fear is unrelenting and intractable cancer pain. It may therefore be a surprise...

Patients with advanced cancer and their families frequently worry about having unrelenting pain.  Many fear that cancer pain will become unbearable, especially during the last days of life.  It may...

Cancer specialists treating cancer with drugs will have to know how to manage nausea and vomiting associated with cancer chemotherapy. Nausea refers to the unpleasant feeling of wanting to vomit....