The physical and emotional side effects of cancer and cancer treatments

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In the next section of this training, we will deal with the physical and emotional side effects of cancer and the associate treatments, to give you some basic knowledge to start to equip you to deal with colleagues and customers who are receiving treatment for cancer acknowledging that the impact of the treatment may cause almost as many problems as the disease.

In this section, we will explain how:

  • Cancer causes fatigue:
  • Cancer causes pain:
  • Cancer causes anxiety:
  • and
  • Treatment causes side effects too.

 

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Before you move on…

Do you have experience of dealing with friends and family having treatment for cancer?

How was their experience of the physical and emotional side effects of cancer and cancer treatments?

How did it make you feel about cancer treatments?


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