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When someone you love has advanced cancer. San Francisco Public Library. Let them know that youre open to talking whenever they feel like it. National Cancer Institute US.

When Someone You Love Has Advanced Cancer is a booklet for friends and family members taking care of a person with advanced cancer. Doctors may be saying that the cancer isnt responding to treatment. This booklet covers making new decisions about care how to discuss issues and changes with the health care team getting support and asking for help life planning and advance directives talking with family and friends talking with children and.

Support for caregivers National Cancer Institute US. 2005 When someone you love has advanced cancer electronic resource. Table of Contents.

A Guide for Teens When Your Parent Has Cancer. If you or a loved one is told that you have advanced cancer its very important to find out exactly what the doctor means. When Someone You Love Has Completed Cancer Treatment is for friends and family members of a person who has finished cancer treatment.

When talking with someone who has cancer the most important thing is to listen. A Guide for Teens. Or your loved one may have decided to discontinue treatment and live out his or her days to the fullest.

But once treatment is over many changes and shifts take place for everyone. You may have been told that long-term remission isnt likely. It may help to explain this to them.