Why is managing anxiety important?
Anxiety is linked to higher risks of cancer, of recurrence, and of cancer-related death, and also worse inflammation, a body terrainthe internal conditions of your body, including nutritional status, fitness, blood sugar balance, hormone balance, inflammation and more factor linked to cancer. We don’t know whether anxiety contributes to worse health, or if worse health contributes to anxiety, or if the link works in both directions. Since we have good evidence of links, managing your anxiety may be one step you can take to improve your outcomes.
Connections to cancer outcomes
Connections to body terrain
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Connections to symptoms and side effects
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