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Side Effects of Cancer Treatment
Fighting cancer might be the toughest thing you ever have to do.
It’s a 24-hour-a-day job that can drain both your brain and your body.
Cancer can hit you on multiple fronts — the disease itself, the aggressive treatments used to fight it and the side effects of those treatments. Dealing with this barrage of physical effects takes its toll on you emotionally as well.
Learn more about some of the common physical and emotional effects and the steps you can take to mitigate these stressors.
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