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With increased cancer screening and improved treatment, a disease that was once considered a death sentence has, for many cancer patients, been transformed into a chronic disease. Cancer patients and the health professionals who care for them are faced with a host of often unexpected and poorly understood physical and psychological problems -- as Specialists Help Cancer Survivors Face Unexpected Challenges
"For about 1 year, I refused to buy clothes as I wasn't sure that I'd live long enough to use them. One day, I realized I felt normal. That was about 18 months after the diagnosis. I decided to get new clothes and become a cancer survivor." (A cancer survivor)