Cancer Treatment
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- Q What are the benefits of pain management programs during cancer treatment?
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Pain management can help you find relief from pain, which all people with cancer feel to some degree during and after treatment. Medicine is usually prescribed for most levels of pain. Pain management prescriptions also can be combined with... Full Answer
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- Q How can stress management help during cancer treatment?
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Stress management is a learned technique to reduce muscle tension, headaches, edginess, and fatigue that you may experience before, during, and after cancer treatments. Some techniques include: Visual concentration Rhythmic breathing Imagery... Full Answer
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- Q What are the benefits of nutritional therapy during cancer treatment?
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Nutritional therapy helps you replenish any nutrient shortages and helps you maintain a healthy diet. Diet is an important part of cancer treatment. Eating correctly before, during, and after treatment can help you feel better and stronger. The... Full Answer
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- Q How can I prevent weight loss during cancer treatment?
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Weight loss is sometimes associated with chemotherapy and radiation treatments. This may cause tiredness or weakness in some patients. To help keep weight loss to a minimum, doctors may recommend: Medications such as metoclopramide (Maxalon) that... Full Answer
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- Q What is heat therapy for cancer treatment?
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Heat therapy (also known as diathermy) exposes part or all of the body to high temperatures for therapeutic purposes to enhance other treatments for cancer such as radiation and chemotherapy. How it's used: There are three types of heat therapy:... Full Answer
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- Q How can I deal with pain during cancer treatment?
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Cancer treatments, including chemotherapy drugs, can cause painful side effects. Mouth sores, headaches, muscle and stomach pains, and nerve damage leading to burning, numbness, or shooting pains are some of the side effects you may experience.... Full Answer
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- Q How can I deal with fatigue caused by cancer treatment?
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During chemotherapy or radiation treatments, over 50% of cancer patients experience fatigue or tiredness. For extreme fatigue caused by anemia, your doctor may prescribe epoetin alfa (Procrit or Epogen) or darbepoetin alfa (Aranesp). To combat... Full Answer
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- Q What are remedies for changes in taste or smell during cancer treatment?
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Chemotherapy, radiation, or the cancer itself may cause changes in taste or smell. Foods may have less taste to you, or your favorite foods may not taste good anymore. To combat changes, a doctor may: Give you special mouthwashes Set up a visit... Full Answer
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- Q How can I deal with hair loss during cancer treatment?
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One common side effect of chemotherapy is hair loss (alopecia). Special circumstances such as radiation treatments to the head area may cause hair loss. In both cases, hair will usually grow back after the treatments are over. This is a temporary... Full Answer
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- Q What medications help prevent nausea and vomiting during cancer treatment?
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Nausea and/or vomiting are common side effects of many cancer treatments. This may occur before, immediately after, or within the first day or two of treatments. Whenever possible, it is best to prevent nausea and vomiting from happening. Your... Full Answer
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