Managing Symptoms and Side Effects

Self-care practices and complementary therapies can help people with cancer manage anxiety and improve cancer outcomes.

Constipation is a common symptom experienced by people with cancer. Understanding complementary therapies and lifestyle practices that can alleviate constipation can help improve your quality of life.

Managing depression can help you maintain your daily activities and relationships and improve your quality of life. Reducing depression can boost your ability to make skillful choices about your care and cope with cancer treatment.

Diarrhea can happen during and even after some cancer treatments. Complementary therapies and lifestyle practices can help to ease diarrhea and improve your quality of life.

Fatigue, whether from cancer or from the demands of caregiving, can impair your quality of life, but several therapies and practices can provide relief.

Gastrointestinal upsets such as nausea, vomiting, constipation, and diarrhea can be common during some cancer treatments. Finding relief can not only greatly enhance your quality of life, but may help you maintain your body weight and even complete your treatment.

Cancer and related treatments can sometimes cause heartburn. We provide information on what can increase your risk of heartburn and ways to manage it.

In addition to a sensation of heat, hot flashes can cause nausea, anxiety, rapid heartbeat, dizziness, and headache. Managing hot flashes can help you maintain your daily activities and improve your quality of life.

Finding relief from nausea and vomiting can greatly enhance your quality of life and may help you maintain your body weight and even complete your treatment. Several lifestyle practices and complementary therapies can help you manage nausea and vomiting.

Neurological symptoms such as chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) can have substantial impacts on your quality of life and ability to complete cancer treatment. Conventional and complementary therapies can help you manage these symptoms.

Cancer-related pain is common, especially in advanced cancer. Conventional and complementary therapies, including self-care practices, can help you manage pain.

Sleep disruption, also called insomnia, can greatly impact your quality of life, but therapies can help you achieve quality sleep.