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How to help someone with advanced cancer. Here are some suggestions to get you started. For others the cancer may have spread or come back recurred after treatment. They can help you find the words that feel right for you.

They will talk when they are ready. Just being by their side may be enough. A loss of appetite often leads to weight loss and malnutrition.

Eating is important to help you maintain your. When Someone You Love Has Advanced Cancer is for friends and family members taking care of a person with advanced cancer that is no longer responding to treatment or someone diagnosed with late-stage cancer. Help to put words to their feelings of loss but dont be surprised if they dont want to talk when you do and dont push if they prefer not to talk.

Palliative care is not the same as hospice. Baby-sit children take them to and from school. They may start trying to get their life back to the way it was before the cancer.

If the aim of the treatment was to cure the cancer the person may not need any more treatment. Offering practical help to the carer may allow them to take a much-needed break. Some people live with advanced cancer as a chronic illness for many years so there may not be much difference in.

People with advanced cancer often notice changes in their appetite. Or they may be living with cancer and need more treatment in the future. To keep up school activities and regular routines.