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For some children and teens, emotional and cognitive challenges continue or become evident after treatment ends. How do we recognize these challenges and help ensure these children and teens receive the support they need?
Work, school and finance
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Learn more about the fear of recurrence.
Mental health and wellness, Healthcare management
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Learn ways to improve your physical and mental health, lessen anxiety and reduce fear of recurrence by incorporating evidence-based mind-body techniques from Dr. Rob Rutledge, a radiation oncologist in Halifax and the co-creator of the ‘Skills for Healing’ Cancer Weekend retreats.
Mental health and wellness, Healthcare management
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Experiencing a fear of cancer recurrence is very normal. Most cancer survivors will experience the fear that their cancer will come back or progress. In this presentation, Dr. Christian Schulz-Quach, a staff psychiatrist at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, explain this feeling and its impact, and share strategies on how to manage it.
Mental health and wellness, Healthcare management
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Returning to work after cancer can leave you with a mix of emotions and a unique set of challenges. Cancerandwork.ca was developed to help those affected by a cancer to manage the challenges of returning to a job, changing work or looking for work. In this session, cancerandwork.ca Co-Directors Maureen Parkinson and Dr. Christine Maheu, explore the website’…
Work, school and finance
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Exercise is a vital component of your care after cancer and provides not only physical benefits, but also mental and emotional benefits. In this session, Dr. Nicole Culos-Reed, a professor in the faculties of Kinesiology and Medicine at the University of Calgary, share resources that will support moving for health and wellness for individuals living with…
Mental health and wellness, Healthcare management
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Effectively managing chronic pain after treatment or with a chronic cancer should take into consideration the physical, emotional, social and spiritual parts of an individual. Jocelyn Brown, RN, MN, a pain and palliative care clinical nurse specialist, share strategies for managing your pain.
Treatment and side effects, Healthcare management
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Once you finish treatment for your cancer, you might struggle with isolation, distress and anxiety. How do you manage these challenges and make a successful transition to a life after cancer? In this session, Dr. Linda Watson, Scientific Director of Applied Research and Patient Experience with Cancer Care Alberta, explore the impact of a cancer diagnosis…
Mental health and wellness, Healthcare management
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Jeff Chow is an ALL (Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia) survivor who was diagnosed when he was 15 years old. He shares his story of receiving a cancer diagnosis as a teenager, and the support that he received during his experience.
Leukemia
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A love life can be positively or negatively affected if one of the partners is diagnosed with cancer. Meeting a new partner following the disease could also cause several concerns. How to discuss changes in the relationship with your partner? How to deal with possible sexuality and fertility problems? Should someone tell a new date that they had cancer? If…
Mental health and wellness