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Managing Side Effects of Treatment
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Chemotherapy and Diarrhea
Chemotherapy can save lives, but it can also produce life-threatening side effects. New hormonal agents help counter these effects.
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Managing Side Effects of Chemotherapy: Hormonal Treatments for Diarrhea
People receiving cancer treatments sometimes experience diarrhea. Learn how hormonal therapy quiets diarrhea and helps cancer patients stick with their chemotherapy program.
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Coping with GI Side Effects of Radiation Therapy
Chemotherapy is bad enough. But what about undergoing radiation therapy, too? Listen to the story of how one patient coped with the side effects of a one-two blow to the GI tract.
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Dealing With Diarrhea: One Cancer Patient's Experience
Staying the course with chemotherapy against cancer can be tough. All the more so when patients experience disabling GI side effects. Listen to the story of a how one patient got through it.
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Going Under: Self-Hypnosis for Pain Relief
In the movies, hypnosis usually involves someone falling under the magical spell of a villainous character. In a medical setting, however, self-hypnosis—in which people induce a hypnotic state by themselves—can help people manage pain, anxiety, addiction and phobias, among other problems.
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A Side Effect of Cancer Treatment: Diarrhea
Millions of Americans are treated for cancer each year, and for many of these people, treatment side effects will pose a significant challenge. Chemotherapy, which targets and kills rapidly-dividing cancer cells, can cause gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea.
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Derailing The Course of Chemotherapy
Most people know that chemotherapy for cancer can cause hair loss and nausea, but there are other chemo-induced side effects, some with potentially serious consequences. Learn how one such side effect that can throw the course of cancer therapy off track.
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Appetite Adjustments: How To Eat Well During Cancer Treatment
Even though cancer therapies can sometimes take the pleasure out of eating, treatment is a time when a healthy diet is more important than ever. You may have to get creative about your food choices, but studies and dieticians say that maintaining a healthy weight and getting the nutrients you need to stay strong is worth the effort.
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