Overviews on Managing Side Effects

General
Radiation Therapy and You: A Guide to Self-Help During Cancer Treatment - National Cancer Institute (NCI) Contains chapter on managing side effects of skin, mouth, digestive system.

Chemotherapy and You: A Guide to Self-Help During Cancer Treatment - NCI Contains chapter on managing side-effects of chemotherapy

Coping with the Side Effects of Radiation and Chemotherapy - Cancer Care

Coping with Cancer - NCI

Symptom Management - People Living With Cancer

Symptom Management - Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) - Common Side Effects

Diarrhea
Diarrhea - Symptom Management - People Living With Cancer

Diarrhea - National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NIDDK)

Fatigue
NCI/PDQ® Patients Fatigue
Patient - Consumer Level
Health Professional - Written in medical language.

Cancer Related Fatigue Treatment Guidelines for Patients - National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)

Cancer-Related Fatigue - The Cleveland Clinic

Hair Loss (Alopecia)
Tips for Managing Hair Loss - Cancer Care

Hair Loss - Chemotherapy and You - NCI

Insomnia
Sleeping problems (insomnia) - People Living With Cancer

Lymphedema
NCI/PDQ® Lymphedema
Patient - Consumer Level
Health Professional - Uses medical language

Lymphedema - Symptom Management - People Living With Cancer

Lymphedema - Arm or Leg Swelling - Life After Cancer Treatment - NCI

Menopausal Symptoms
Menopausal Symptoms - Symptom Management - People Living With Cancer

Menopause - Life After Cancer Treatment - NCI

Nausea/Vomiting
NCI/PDQ® Nausea and Vomiting
Patient - Consumer Level
Health Professional - Written in medical language

Preventing and Treating Nausea and Vomiting Caused by Cancer Treatment - American College of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

Nausea and Vomiting Treatment Guidelines for Patients with Cancer - National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)

Neutropenia/ Low Blood Count
NeutroPhil Teaching Booklet - Oncology Nursing Society (ONS)

Nutrition - Eating Problems
Eating Hints for Cancer Patients: - NCI Pamphlet - with chapter that describes the most common side-effects of cancer treatment and hints for managing them.

NCI/PDQ® Nutrition
Patients - Consumer Level
Health Professional - Written in medical language.

NCI/PDQ® Oral Complications of Chemotherapy and Head & Neck Radiation
Patients - Consumer Level
Health Professional - Written in medical language

Pain
NCI/PDQ® Pain
Patients - Consumer Level
Health Professional - Written in medical language

Pain - Hope Through Research - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, - (NINDS) - Overview of types of Pain as well as diagnosis and treatment

Cancer Pain - American College of Physicians

Cancer Pain Treatment Guidelines for Patients - National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)

The Management of Acute, Chronic, and Cancer Pain - American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)

Help for Caregivers: Providing Care for Someone in Pain - Cancer Care

Peripheral Neuropathy
Peripheral Neuropathy Information Page -National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

Sexual Side Effects
Sexual Health - Symptom Management - People Living With Cancer

Intimacy and Sexuality – Life After Cancer Treatment – NCI

Websites

• Cancer-Pain.org
• CancerSymptoms.org
• Coping with Cancer – NCI. Information about complications of cancer and its treatment.
• Greater Boston Lymphedema Network
• International Psycho Oncology Society
• Massachusetts General Hospital Cares About Pain Relief
• National Lymphedema Network
• Symptom Management – CancerCare

• American Cancer Society
• Cancer Care
• National Cancer Institute
• People Living With Cancer - an ASCO website

Connect With Others

• LymphLink - subscribe to the National Lymphedema Network

• Association of Cancer Online Resources (ACOR)
  Mailing Lists -offers a wide variety of email discussion groups on many cancer types and topics
  OncoChat - offers live chat with cancer survivors, their families and friends
  
  
• American Cancer Society
  Cancer Survivors Network offers a variety of ways to communicate with others
  
  
• Cancer Care
  Telephone Support Groups offers groups that connect by using the telephone
  Online Support Group post messages on their moderated electronic bulletin board
  
  
• CarePages
  CarePages offers a way to keep family and friends informed during medical treatment at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Revised 2008

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