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Coping physically

Find out about managing cancer symptoms and possible side effects from cancer treatment. There is information about pain, sickness, diet problems and much more. Go to the information about treatment to find more general information about the side effects of treatment.

  • B

    • Bowel problems
    • Breathing problems
  • C

    • Calcium levels in the blood and cancer
    • Cancer and the risk of blood clots
    • Changes to your appearance
  • D

    • Diet problems
    • Difficulty sleeping
    • Donating blood
  • E

    • Exercise guidelines for cancer patients
  • F

    • Fatigue
    • Fever
    • Fluid in the abdomen (ascites)
    • Fluid on the lungs in people with cancer (pleural effusion)
    • Fungating tumour or wound
  • G

    • Graft versus host disease
  • H

    • Hiccups and cancer
    • Hormone symptoms
  • I

    • Intrauterine systems (IUS) after cancer
  • L

    • Lymphoedema and cancer
  • M

    • MRSA
    • Mouth problems and cancer
  • P

    • Pain control and cancer
  • S

    • Sepsis, infection, and cancer
    • Sex and sexuality and cancer
    • Sickness
    • Skin problems
    • Spinal cord compression
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