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Living with cancer
Receiving the diagnosis of cancer is a life changing event for a patient, and may affect a person in many ways, both physically and emotionally.
Dr. Jeff Livingston reviewed this
24 year experience in Obstetrics and Gynecology
How long it usually lasts:
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What is the normal reaction to living with cancer?
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Is there a website with tips and things to do everyday when living with cancer?
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Do you know any website where they give things to do everyday when living with cancer?
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Power of healing prayer in living with cancer?
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What is the life expectancy for someone living with cancer?
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Is there anyone who has experienced power of healing in living with cancer?
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Is there anyone who has experienced power of healing words with living with cancer?
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How is someone suppose to act when living with cancer?
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Power of healing words from preacher for living with cancer?
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Living with cancer. How many millions of americans are cancer survivors now?
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How is someone suppose to act when it comes to seeing a friend living with cancer?
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A 34-year old asked:
Is having Alzheimer's similar to living with cancer?
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How many people are living with skin cancer?
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A 53-year old asked:
What are the risks of living with cervical cancer without getting treatment?
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A 42-year old asked:
Living with lung cancer? Are most people terminal by the time they are diagnosed?
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A 41-year old asked:
What are the chances of living regular lifespan with cancer?
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A 48-year old female asked:
Had an ultrasound to check gallbladder due to being symptomatic. Report noted a liver cyst with septation. I also am living with metastatic breast cancer. Is this particular cyst a metastasis and could it explain my symptoms?
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A 39-year old asked:
Can I use fmla leave to visit mother with cancer living in china?
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A 37-year old asked:
Can cancer cells continue living after you die?
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A 47-year old asked:
Will people living near the airport make me more prone to cancer?
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A 32-year old female asked:
How long would cancer cells stay alive outside body (not preserved )in an hostile condition ?
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A 42-year old asked:
I'm just wondering, if your diagnosed with cervical cancer what are your chances of living?
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A 36-year old asked:
Can you tell me more about henrrietta lacks cancer cells, still living and used for research?
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A 36-year old asked:
Henrrietta lacks cancer cells, still living and used for research, can you tell me about this?
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A 35-year old female asked:
Does living under a flight path and loving next to an international airport cause cancer? Is air pollution worse?
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A 34-year old asked:
Can living on a tropical island increase or decrease risk for skin cancer?
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A 21-year old male asked:
How much higher are the chances of getting any cancer without a spleen? Or not living to an old age like 80?
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A 44-year old asked:
In regards to metastatic cancer, how many times have you heard of a person being diagnosed and living for years?
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A 33-year old female asked:
I know cancer is not contagious but if someone with cancer bled on a desk then how long will the cancer cells stay alive in it?
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A 37-year old male asked:
Ultrascan for testis cancer 18 months ago. Showed nothing. Sometimes worry it was wrong. But would I even be alive after almost 2 years, if it's TC?
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