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A Message from CSCET’s Program Director

Mar 31, 2020

written by Debra Sullivan, PhD Uncertainty. Fear of the unknown. Isolation. Fear of death. Loss of control. Fatigue. Worry. “Life changing decisions have to be made quickly and I don’t have all the information I need. What should I do?” Most everyone in the world is having these kinds of feelings with the pandemic of […]

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Things You Can Do to Deal with Chemo Brain

Apr 25, 2017

In our previous article Getting Help for Chemo Brain last week, we described the phenomenon known as Chemo Brain, the cloudy thinking or mental fog that some persons with cancer notice before, during, and after chemo. We described the first step of managing life with Chemo Brain, which is talking to your health care team and […]

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Getting Help for Chemo Brain

Apr 18, 2017

For years, cancer survivors have worried and even joked about the cloudy thinking they notice before, during, and after chemo. This mental fog is called “chemo brain.” In January, Dr. Peter Young, a local neuropsychologist, came to CSC to speak to our members and their caregivers about Chemo Brain. What is Chemo Brain? Research has […]

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Empowering Patients to Become Effective Self-Advocates

Feb 7, 2017

Written by Joanne Buzaglo, PhD, Senior Vice President, Research and Training at Cancer Support Community When it comes to self-advocacy, we talk a good game. We tell patients to ask questions, to seek clarification when they don’t understand the answers and to make sure their values and goals are part of the discussion. We urge people facing […]

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