About the disease in the family, different ways of coping, and the closeness that sometimes fades. Cancer never affects just one person, even if it's one person who receives the diagnosis, undergoes tests, and undergoes treatment. The disease also quickly affects relationships: between partners, parents and children, siblings, adult children, and aging parents. It changes the rhythm […]

Cancer rarely affects only the body. Even when treatment focuses on test results, consultations, therapy, pain, or side effects, another, less visible dimension often looms in the background: the way a person begins to think about themselves. Not every person with cancer experiences guilt, but it's worth discussing this phenomenon, because when […]

Talking to a child about a parent's cancer is one of those conversations no one wants to have. Many adults say, "I don't know what words to use," "I'm afraid I'll scare them," "I don't want to take away their childhood," "Maybe it's better not to say anything." These fears are understandable—a parent facing their own diagnosis, anxiety, […]

Cancer often triggers a need for action in loved ones. When someone we love is ill, it's difficult to simply stand by. We want to do something, organize, expedite, supervise, learn more, protect, make decisions, relieve them of at least some of their burden. Simply... help. This impulse is often filled with love, fear, and helplessness. The problem arises when […]

Returning to work after cancer treatment is often seen as the end of a difficult phase. Treatment is over, the results are stable, the doctor allows the patient to return to activity, so the people around them say with relief, "Great, now everything will be normal." For many people, work is indeed an important step towards daily life. It provides rhythm, a sense of agency, social contact, financial security, […]

There are people who, after diagnosis, quickly hear: "You're so brave," "I admire you," "I don't know where you get so much strength." Sometimes these words are truly powerful—they make you feel seen, appreciated, that your efforts are not invisible. But sometimes these words also become a kind of role that's hard to escape. If everyone sees you […]

Studies show that more than one-third of people living with cancer experience moderate to severe pain. This pain can result from either the cancer itself or its treatment—and often from both. According to a large study conducted by the American Cancer Society, pain was among the three symptoms that most significantly reduced […]

There's often a belief that psychological support is only worth seeking when emotions are completely out of control, a crisis occurs, or when one simply "can't take it anymore." However, psycho-oncology isn't a last-ditch option—and it's not intended solely for those in crisis. Cancer is an experience that affects significantly […]